Triple Chocolate Cupcakes with Vanilla Frosting

Last week I threw a goodbye party since I am going to be studying in Strasbourg for the next 2 semesters, so I baked some goodies and will post them during the course of the next weeks. Let's start off with these delicious triple chocolate cupcakes with vanilla frosting!

For 12 cupcakes you will need

80 g of soft butter
80 g of sugar
1 egg
160 g of plain flour
3 teaspoons of baking powder
150 ml of milk
50 g of white chocolate
50 g of milk chocolate
50 g of dark chocolate
3 tablespoons of cocoa powder

For the frosting:
160 g of butter
320 g of icing sugar
100 g of cream cheese (or a bit more)
vanilla extract


Beat together the butter and the sugar until creamy and fluffy. Then add the agg and whisk in well. Alternate adding the flour (combined with the baking powder) and the milk. Lastly, chop up the chocolate into small chunks and stir in together with the cocoa powder. Place into a cupcake tin and bake in the oven at 180° C for 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

For the frosting, whisk together the butter and the icing sugar until creamy and fluffy. Then add in the cream cheese, but don’t combine the mixture for too long or else the cream cheese will disintegrate. Flavour with vanilla extract to taste (about 1 teaspoon should be plenty!) Stir one last time and place in the fridge to cool.

Take the cupcakes out of the oven and let them cool on a cake rack. Then spread the frosting on top, either using a knife, or, if you want to be more artistic and have time at your hands, using a piping bag and a nicely shaped nozzle. Now – enjoy :)