Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

I made 5 different types of cupcakes tonight with one recipe of my favorite White Cake.

Mix 1 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips into cake batter.

Frost with Butter Cream Frosting.

Basic White Cake

This is my go to white cake I bake for cupcakes or cakes.  This recipe is great for decorating with my Butter Cream Frosting.


I have made this basic cake into more exciting recipes like: Chocolate Chip Cupcakes, Lemon Cupcakes with Lemon Curd Filling, Mocha Cupcakes, Swirl Cupcakes, Coconut Cupcakes.


1/2 cup butter or shortening
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup milk


Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cream the butter and sugar, until well combined.
Mix in both eggs, then mix in vanilla.
Mix in baking powder, salt, and 1 cup of flour.
Once combined, mix in 1/2 cup of milk.
Once combined, mix in remaining 3/4 cup of flour.
Once combine, mix in remaining 1/4 cup of milk.
Pour into greased and lined muffin pan or greased cake pan.
For cupcakes, bake for 15 to 25 minutes (depending on how much you fill each cupcake liner) or 25 to 30 minutes for a cake.
For cake test, put a toothpick in the middle of the cake/cupcake and it should come out clean. 

Different Variations

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes

These cupcakes are great for any cookie dough lover.  I made my ususal butter cream frosting and shaved chocolate into it, to make a chocolate chip icing on top to finish it off.

I baked these cupcakes in silicone cupcake liners.  They work really well and look great too!

Cookie Dough

1 ½ cups flour

¼ tsp baking soda

¼ tsp sea salt

½ cup butter, softened

¼ cup sugar

½ cup brown sugar

1 egg

2 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips  

White Cake

2 cups sugar

1 cup butter

4 eggs

4 tsp vanilla extract

3 cups flour

3 ½ tsp baking powder

1 cup milk

For cookie dough:

Mix the flour, baking soda, and sea salt and set aside. In a large bowl, beat the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth.

Add the egg and the vanilla extract and beat until smooth.

Mix the flour mixture into the sugar mixture until it is all incorporated.

Fold in the chocolate chips just enough to evenly combine.

Form the dough into tablespoon-sized balls and place onto a baking sheet or plate and freeze until solid (about 2 hours).

For cake & adding cookie dough:

Preheat an oven to 350 degrees. Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners.

In a medium bowl, cream together the sugar and butter.

Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the vanilla.

Combine flour and baking powder, add to the creamed mixture and mix well.

Stir in the milk until batter is smooth.

Pour or spoon batter into the prepared cupcakes liners, filling each 2/3 full.

Place a frozen cookie dough ball on the top center of each cupcake.

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the cake portion of the cupcake (not the cookie dough ball) comes clean, about 20 minutes.

Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
Once wool, mix chocolate shavings into butter cream frosting and spread on to cupcakes.  Top with chocolate shavings and enjoy!

Ready to go in the oven

The finished product.
Buttercream icing with chocolate shavings mixed in.
Topped with chocolate shavings.

Cake Balls

I decided to try and make some cake balls, as I have seen them in Starbucks and they looked delicious.  This recipe was very easy to make, but it definitely makes a lot!

They are rich, so just one or two will do.  I am going to try cake pops next and decorate them.

All you need is:

1 baked white cake, warm (click on link to see recipe)

1 batch of butter cream frosting (click on link to see recipe)

Chocolate

First I made a white cake from scratch and put it in the oven.  While it was cooking, I made the icing.  When the cake was done, I crumbled it into the frosting(while still warm) and beat it all together.  I then rolled the mixture into balls and place them onto wax paper.  I melted chocolate, dipped the balls into it, placed them back on wax paper, and into the fridge/freezer to cool.