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St.Patricks day pot of gold chocolate cupcakes are a great way to get the whole family involved for the holidays. You can pick your favourite candies to make the pot of gold out of. I used Rainbow candy sour ropes to create the arch.

This cupcake is perfectly moist and super chocolaty in every bite. Since the main chocolate flavour comes from the cocoa powder the cupcake is not overly sweet and lends itself nicely to a butter cream or chocolate frosting. Any chocoholic in your life will be thankful that you made these. This base cupcake recipe need not apply to only St.Patricks day treats, you can add a chocolate buttercream to really perfect the chocolate gem this is. You can’t get this flavour out of a box.

Cupcake Ingredients

Ingredients:

  • 1 and ½ cups All purpose flour
  • 1 and ½ cups granulated sugar
  • ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 and ½ teaspoons Baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon Baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 large Eggs, room temperature
  • ½ cup Vegetable oil
  • ¾ cup buttermilk, room temperature
  • 2 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
  • ½ cup hot coffee or boiling water
Dry Ingredients
Wet Ingredients
Cupcake batter

Tips & Tricks:

  • Cupcake batter: To get a very consistent batter sift all of your dry ingredients before adding the liquids. This will help prevent batter clumps
  • Baking tray liner: To reduce waste you can use silicone cupcake liners. If you take the liners off though keep in mind that the cupcakes can dry out faster.
  • Scooping batter: Use a large ice cream scoop to get a consistently sized cupcakes.
  • Storage: Store your cupcakes in an air tight container for up to a week.
Cupcake Batter

Decorating your pot of gold cupcakes:

  • Frosting: Make your favourite butter cream frosting and add some green food colouring to reach your desired grass like colour. Using a star tip on a piping bag to create the swirl.
  • Candy: I used Sour candy belts for the rainbows that can usually be found at your local dollar store. The pot of gold is made of a mini Reese’s cup with frosting on the top dipped in gold sprinkles.
  • Adding the rainbow: Cut slits into the top of the cupcake to add the candy into before you frost the cupcake. This will make it easier to support the rainbow. If your sour candy ropes are too long you can also cut them storer so the rainbow doesn’t fall over.
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Chocolate Cupcakes

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Course: DessertDifficulty: Medium
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Servings

20-22

servings
Prep time

5

minutes
Cooking time

14

minutes
Calories

158

kcal
Total time

21

minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 and ½ cups All purpose flour

  • 1 and ½ cups granulated Sugar

  • ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder

  • 1 and ½ teaspoons Baking powder

  • ½ teaspoon Baking soda

  • ½ teaspoon salt

  • 2 large Eggs, room temperature

  • ½ cup Vegetable oil

  • ¾ cup buttermilk, room temperature

  • 2 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract

  • ½ cup hot coffee or boiling water

  • Toppings:

  • Green food colouring & icing

  • Sour candy belts

  • Reese’s cups

  • Gold sprinkles

Directions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F, and line standard cupcake pan with paper liners.
  • In a large mixing bowl add flour, sugar, Cocoa Powder, Baking powder, Baking soda and salt. Whisk to combine.
  • In a measuring cup, whisk together the eggs, vegetable oil, buttermilk and vanilla. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and whisk to combine. Add boiling water OR hot coffee and mix until combined and smooth. Batter will be runny.
  • Scoop batter into cupcake liners, filling them ⅔ way full. Bake for 14-16 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean.
  • Remove cupcakes from oven and allow to cool in pans for about 10 minutes, then transfer to cooling racks to cool completely before frosting.
  • Pipe the coloured vanilla frosting in a swirl on top of the cupcake.
  • Add a strip of rainbow sour belt to the top of the cupcake, make sure to stick the end of the rainbow into the actual cupcake so it will stay in place.
  • Place your pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. To make the pot of gold take a mini Reese’s cup and add a little bit of yellow frosting to the top. Then dip the frosting into your choice of candy or sprinkles.

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