Homemade Chocolate on Chocolate Cupcakes

Taste Like Homemade chocolate on chocolate cupcakes aka fake it till you make it chocolate cupcakes

Let’s be honest, sometimes I don’t have the time, patience or shall I say ingredients to bake everything from scratch (although it’s my preference). So if I’m in a rush for time, I go to the all so handy part of my pantry – the boxed stuff! However, I never want to compromise the flavor of cooking from scratch with box recipes, but I can get close to that homemade texture by tweaking here and there (ssshhhhhhh…no one has to know – lol). Yep! I have good old Ducan Dines and Betty Crocker box cake mixes in all types of flavors and I have a huge stash. 

This recipe is from the blog The First Year Something Sweet. It’s super simple and delish. It’s a can’t go wrong recipe to the chocolate craving just in time for the fall leaves.

In regards to the icing, I kept it super simple with Betty Crocker’s Rich and Creamy  Milk Chocolate Frosting , and yes I purchased the swirls too. 

Ingredients

Cake

1 & 1/2 cups buttermilk

1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, melted

4 eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 box devil’s food cake mix, 15.25 oz

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup all purpose flour

3 tbsp cocoa powder

Chocolate Frosting

Betty Crocker Rich and Creamy Frosting – Milk Chocolate 

Instructions

Cake

1. Preheat the oven to 350º F.
2. In a large mixing bowl combine the buttermilk, melted butter, eggs, vanilla extract, devil’s food cake mix, sugar, flour, and cocoa powder, beat with an electric mixer until combined, 1-2 minutes.
3. Spray a 9×13 inch pan with non-stick cooking spray. Pour the batter into the pan and bake for 30-32 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool completely before adding frosting.

How to make Box Chocolate Cake Recipe

Helpful hint: Remember this recipe calls for the 15.25 oz box of chocolate or devil’s food cake box mix, not the 18.25