Marble Cupcakes
Don't know if you want vanilla or chocolate cupcakes? Marble Cupcakes are the best choice! Have both vanilla and chocolate flavor in one bite with a silky chocolate glaze!
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 25 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 8 tbsp. butter (room temperature)
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 eggs (room temperature)
- 1 cup buttermilk (store bought or homemade)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 2 tbsp. cocoa powder (I used Hershey’s)
- 2 tbsp. butter (room temperature)
- 3 tbsp. cocoa powder
- 3 tbsp. sugar
- 1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup Half and Half
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 350F/180C. Line or grease a muffin pan.
- 2
Mix butter and sugar until fluffy.
- 3
Add eggs one by one, mix after adding each egg.
- 4
Add vanilla.
- 5
Add buttermilk and mix.
- 6
Add flour and baking powder and mix until just combined and there are no lumps. Don’t over mix.
- 7
Divide the batter between two bowls, add cocoa powder to one bowl and mix until just combined.
- 8
Fill the muffin pan with cupcake batters alternatively, start with one tbsp. of vanilla and then 1 tbsp. of chocolate and continue until done. Or vice versa. Fill 2/3 of each muffin cup as they rise in the oven while baking.
- 9
Bake in the oven for 25 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean, without batter. Little bit of crumbs is ok.
- 10
Make the chocolate glaze as the muffins are being baked.
- 11
Let them cool completely and then glaze them with chocolate glaze.
- 12
Glaze:
- 13
Put all the ingredients in a small pot and heat it on medium heat stirring occasionally until it starts boiling and thickens.
- 14
Let cool for 10 minutes.
- 15
Glaze the muffins.