Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with White Chocolate Buttercream
A light and fluffy dark chocolate cupcake with a creamy, luscious white chocolate buttercream.
I had the honor of making the cupcakes and cake for one of my colleague’s wedding. He got married on New Year’s Eve. What a great way to bring in the New Year by celebrating with all your friends and family, and committing to the one you love.
When I originally spoke to the lovely couple about what they wanted, they just mentioned chocolate. So I decided to go with a bold, dark chocolate cupcake and contrast it with a soft, smooth white chocolate buttercream. The two opposite flavors compliment one another like Yin & Yang.
When I say the cupcake is dark, I mean it’s almost black in color. The texture is soft and moist with the most intense chocolate flavor. There is also strong black coffee mixed into the batter, so there is a hint of coffee flavor. I also thought the kick of caffeine would be fun at midnight.
The frosting is made with Lindt White Chocolate which gives it a luxurious and velvety smooth, vanilla cocoa butter flavor – a true white chocolate taste.
Here’s what the actual set-up looked like. What you see is 120 cupcakes with a 3-layer 8″ cake on top and yes, that is a Minion wedding couple cake topper. Cute, eh? The groom’s last name is Minion and the gold clock cupcake toppers represent the stroke of midnight. I was intently making sure everything looked perfect. I also had the help of my awesome husband that night.
Congratulations Faith and Chris! I wish you enjoy all the pleasures that togetherness brings in life. 🙂
Cupcake recipe adapted from Half Baked Harvest
Buttercream recipe by Little Sweet Baker
I will also be bringing these to Fiesta Friday #49 @The Novice Gardener. Have a fabulous weekend everyone!
PrintDark Chocolate Cupcakes with White Chocolate Buttercream
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 15 min
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 2 dozen
- Category: dessert
- Method: bake
- Cuisine: American
Description
A light and fluffy dark chocolate cupcake with a creamy, luscious white chocolate buttercream.
Ingredients
Ingredients for the cake:
- 1 & 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 & 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (I used Dutch-processed)
- 1 & 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 & 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 large eggs
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 1/4 cup plain yogurt
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 3/4 cup strong coffee, hot
Ingredients for the buttercream:
- 2 cups unsalted butter, room temperature
- 200 grams good quality white chocolate, melted and cooled
- 5 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and line 2 baking tins with 24 cupcake liners.
- In a medium bowl, toss together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, buttermilk, yogurt, vegetable oil and vanilla. Using a rubber spatula, slowly add the dry ingredient and mix until combined. Add the hot coffee and whisk everything together until smooth.
- Fill each cupcake liner 2/3 full and bake for 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cupcakes cool completely before frosting.
To make the buttercream:
- Using a stand mixer with the paddle attachment or handheld mixer, beat the butter for about 2 minutes, until light and fluffy. Add the first 3 cups of powdered sugar, one at a time, mixing in between. Then add the melted white chocolate and mix until smooth. Add the last 2 cups of powdered sugar and vanilla and beat until smooth and creamy. Frost cupcakes as desired. I used a Wilton 1M tip.
such amazing looking cupcakes!! Yum! Wish you a very Happy 2015! 🙂
Thanks Manali and all the best in 2015 to you too!
Wow! These look amazing, Lily. You never fail to amaze me with you little sweets. 😀
Thanks Jhuls, hugs:)
What perfect cupcakes to start the new year off with! These look delicious and all that buttercream is making my mouth drool!
Thanks Thalia and Happy New Year!
Thia cupcakw looks really delicious n im sure it will b. What attracted me more is the white chocolate frosting.
Thanks Sadia and Happy New Year!
Gorgeous – love the cake topper and your cupcakes 🙂
Gorgeous! Happy New Year! 🙂
Super awesome cake and cupcakes! Gorgeous pictures of the very uniformly frosted cup cakes too. Great way to herald the new year with this wedding celebration. Happy new year to you Lily!
Thanks Aspara and Happy New Year to you too!
Amazing cup cakes :).
Thanks and Happy New Year!
Good to have met you! You have a lovely blog there. Stay connected.
Impressive! That cupcake tower is a harbinger to a happy marriage. Love it!
Thanks Johanne and Happy New Year!
I absolutely love the cupcake style cake! The minion toppers are adorable, and I’m so glad that the “Minion Family” likes the minions too! Thank you so much for bringing these to the fiesta, and happy 2015!
Thanks Kaila and happy 2015 to you too!
Wow, that’s an ambitious undertaking! Everything looks fantastic – very impressive!
These look so yummy, I can just imagine how well the rich dark chocolate goes with the sweet creamy white chocolate! And they look so perfect for a wedding, what a lovely idea! x
Thanks Michelle and Happy New Year!
Definitely going to try them out! They look amazing. *Mouth waters*
Thank you and Happy New Year, may 2015 be a fabulous year for you, hugs:)
What a gorgeous display! I am sure that the happy couple were so very pleased, and they must have an incredible me sense of humor :). Your photos are gorgeous too. I love that you have a beverage containing your name too 🙂 Thanks for sharing Lily!
Thanks for noticing that Julie, its a champagne named Lily, I had to buy it, Happy New Year! Hugs:)
I woke up thinking about the beautiful photo of your cupcakes where you lined them up – dark on dark. Will you share your setting data with me? I would love to be able to recreate such a work of art!
Wow! These are gorgeous 😉
Thanks and Happy New Year!
Wow! how incredible! What a grand idea! I’ll take a few of those please. 🙂 Happy New Year!
Here you go and Happy New Year to you too!
Wow! It all looks amazing!
Thanks Elaine and Happy New Year!
How awesome is this? I think that cupcake ‘wedding cakes’ are a much better, and less expensive idea. The ingredients make these look so lusciously delicious Lily- well done 😀
Thanks Jess and Happy New Year!
They look super delicious! Happy Fiesta Friday!
Thanks Sarah, happy FF to you too!
Thank you 🙂
FYI I LOVE those Minions!!!
What a great cake! Happy FF
Thanks Mr Fitz and happy FF to you too!