Rich brownie-like birthday cupcakes topped with sinful chocolate frosting and, of course, SPRINKLES!
Cakes & Cupcakes
September 26, 2016

Birthday Chocolate Brownie Cupcakes

This website uses affiliate links which may earn commission for purchases made at no additional cost to you. Did you know September is the month with the most birthdays? At least, that’s what I’ve heard. Though my birthday is in July, by September I’m fiending for birthday cake once again, so this timing is just perfect in my…

Cakes & Cupcakes
September 26, 2016
Birthday Chocolate Brownie Cupcakes
Rich brownie-like birthday cupcakes topped with sinful chocolate frosting and, of course, SPRINKLES!

This website uses affiliate links which may earn commission for purchases made at no additional cost to you. Did you know September is the month with the most birthdays? At least, that’s what I’ve heard. Though my birthday is in July, by September I’m fiending for birthday cake once again, so this timing is just perfect in my…

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Birthday Chocolate Brownie Cupcakes

Chocolate Brownie Cupcakes with candle

Did you know September is the month with the most birthdays? At least, that’s what I’ve heard. Though my birthday is in July, by September I’m fiending for birthday cake once again, so this timing is just perfect in my [belly’s] opinion. So like, yes, these are birthday brownie cupcakes, but *who’s* birthday it is is entirely up to you. Your friend’s? Your cousin’s? Your cat’s? 

Chocolate Brownie Cupcakes with bite taken out

Instead of a “normal” chocolate cupcake, I made a brownie cupcake. As in, a cupcake with a rich, fudgy consistency. It’s thicker than a typical chocolate cake, with a richness that will leave you hankering for a second helping. I’m just staring at these photos right now and thinking how freaking cute these cakes are. Gah. Cupcakes are so happy-making.

So whether you have a birthday or not, these birthday cupcakes will have you feeling celebratory and satiated, no doubt about it. Yeeeee!

Happy Monday 🙂

Chocolate Brownie Cupcakes on towel

Tips on how to frost cupcakes

Frosting cupcakes takes some practice, but it’s incredibly simple to do. Get your hands on some piping tips and a piping bag or Ziploc baggie, if possible. Place the piping tip inside the piping bag or at one corner of your Ziploc baggie, then fill the bag with your buttercream. Once the buttercream is inside the bag, snip the tip off the bag so the piping tip can poke through.

If you want to pipe the frosting on like I have in this brownie cupcake recipe, you’ll want to use a star-shaped piping tip. Hold the piping bag directly over the cupcake and work your way from the inside out, slowly squeezing the frosting onto the cupcake. (For more detailed instructions, check out this frosting tutorial).

Don’t have piping tips? That’s fine! Just grab a spoon and smooth some frosting over these bad boys. Once you add the sprinkles, your brownie cupcakes will look très chic.

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Rich brownie-like birthday cupcakes topped with sinful chocolate frosting and, of course, SPRINKLES!

Chocolate Brownie Birthday Cupcakes!

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Ingredients

For the cupcakes

  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled (I use Challenge butter!)
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup dutch-processed cocoa powder
  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt

For the frosting

  • 3/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 3/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • rainbow sprinkles

Instructions

    1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 12 cupcake tins with cupcake molds. Set aside.
    2. In a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix the butter and sugar on high speed for 2 minutes. Beat in eggs, milk, and vanilla extract.
    3. Turn speed to low and mix in the cocoa powder, flour, baking powder, and salt.
    4. Pour into cupcake molds and bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely on a cooling rack.
    5. While the cupcakes are cooling, make the frosting. Cream the butter and cocoa powder for 2-3 minutes, until the cocoa powder begins to lighten in color. Add in the powdered sugar, milk, vanilla extract, and salt, beating until light and fluffy, about 1 minute.
    6. Frost cupcakes by placing frosting into a piping bag with a large star tip. Swirl the frosting around the cupcake, starting from the middle and working your way outwards. Continue to spiral the frosting up like a pyramid until the cupcake is frosted. Sprinkle with rainbow sprinkles!

More brownie desserts from Broma Bakery:

Blackberry Brownie Ice Cream Sandwiches

Caramel-Filled Chocolate Cocoa Brownies

Mocha Brownies with Coffee Frosting and Crumbled Oreos

Salted Caramel Skillet Brownie

Trail Mix Brownies

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  2. These smell delicious coming out of the oven, and they definitely look like brownies on top, but I am so sad that all of mine spread out over the edges of the muffin cups and sunk way down in the middle…. ? I followed the directions exactly with fresh ingredients except for one thing: my cocoa powder was half regular and half dutched (Hershey’s). Could this one thing have been the reason?