The Best Homemade Chocolate Cupcakes

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These chocolate cupcakes are the BEST with a moist spongy chocolate base and a creamy chocolate cream cheese frosting on top!

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STEP 1: Mix the flour, cocoa powder, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together.

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STEP 2: In another bowl, mix the oil, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, buttermilk, and sour cream. Add the hot water.

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STEP 3: Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix them together.

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STEP 4: Scoop batter into a lined cupcake tin until each liner is 2/3 full.

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STEP 5: Bake the cupcakes at 350°F for 16-19 minutes. Let them cool before frosting.

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STEP 6: Beat butter and cream cheese for 2 minutes. Add sifted powdered sugar and cocoa powder and mix. Then add vanilla and beat it.

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STEP 7: Pipe the frosting onto the cupcakes. Optionally add chocolate pearls as decoration

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