This doctored-up cake mix recipe gives you really good cupcakes: Easy Moist Chocolate Cupcakes
Sometimes you just don’t have time to bake things completely homemade. That’s where a boxed mix comes in handy. If you jazz up a boxed mix with a few added ingredients, it turns into a much better cake. This recipe is a good one!
Easy Moist Chocolate Cupcakes
These cupcakes are made from a doctored up cake-mix and are perfect topped with your favorite frosting.
Recipe Details
Servings: 24 servings (1 cupcake per serving)
Calories: 139kcal
Ingredients
- One box German chocolate cake mix
- One 16 ounce container sour cream
- ¼ cup (½ stick) butter, melted
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Place paper baking cups in muffin pans and coat with cooking spray.
- Beat all ingredients at low speed with an electric mixer just until dry ingredients are moistened. Increase speed to medium, and beat 3 to 4 minutes or until smooth, stopping to scrape bowl as needed.
- Spoon the batter evenly into baking cups, filling each two-thirds full. Bake for 25 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes. Remove cupcakes from pans to wire racks, and cool 1 hour or until completely cool. Frost as desired.
Notes
- You can substitute another kind of chocolate cake mix if you'd like.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving, Calories: 139kcal, Carbohydrates: 14g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 9g, Saturated Fat: 4g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 3g, Trans Fat: 0.1g, Cholesterol: 32mg, Sodium: 176mg, Potassium: 90mg, Fiber: 0.4g, Sugar: 8g, Vitamin A: 202IU, Vitamin C: 0.2mg, Calcium: 49mg, Iron: 1mg
Can you subsitute the dark fudge chocolate cake mix instead of the german chocolate?
@Lora, Sure!