Old-fashioned Chocolate Cupcakes

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 3/4 cups sugar (originally 2 cups)
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup cocoa powder
• 2 tablespoons instant espresso powder
• 1 1/2 cups low-fat milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Recipe

• 1 beat butter until softened. add sugar and beat until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
• 2 add eggs, one at a time, beating 30 seconds after each addition.
• 3 measure the flour, baking soda, salt, cocoa powder, and espresso powder into a medium sized bowl and whisk to combine.
• 4 measure the milk and vanilla into a measuring thing.
• 5 add about a third of the dry ingredients to the butter/sugar and beat to combine. add about a half of the milk/vanilla and beat to combine. continue adding, alternating between.
• 6 dry and wet and finishing with the dry.
• 7 scoop batter into cupcake cups about 2/3’s full. plop a ball of bean paste in each. push down slightly and cover with batter using the back of a spoon.
• 8 bake at 350 degrees for about 25-30 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.