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Super Moist Chocolate Mayonnaise Cupcakes

by Stacey 4 Comments

 

Super Moist Chocolate Mayonaise Cupcakes. Delicious chocolate cupcakes made with mayonnaise. | thesugarcoatedcottage.com #cupcakes #chocolate #dessert #buttercream

Super Moist Chocolate Mayonnaise Cupcakes. Delicious chocolate cupcakes made with mayonnaise.

So does mayonnaise in a cupcake sound acceptable or strange to you? I still can’t answer that question myself but curiosity led me to make these amazing cupcakes and now I’m team mayonnaise all the way. This is actually an old time recipe used for generations. I can just imagine a great home baker preparing her ingredients to make cake or cupcakes and realizing she is out of butter. So she reaches for the mayonnaise and voila an instant classic is born. But in actuality it was created by the wife of a Hellman’s Mayonnaise salesman who was trying to help her husband.

Chocolate Mayonnaise Cupcakes are deliciously chocolatey and super moist. Paired together with a chocolatey, melt in your mouth buttercream and I’m grabbing two and asking someone to pass the milk.

Super Moist Chocolate Mayonaise Cupcakes. Delicious chocolate cupcakes made with mayonnaise. | thesugarcoatedcottage.com #cupcakes #chocolate #dessert #buttercream

Super Moist Chocolate Mayonaise Cupcakes. Delicious chocolate cupcakes made with mayonnaise. | thesugarcoatedcottage.com #cupcakes #chocolate #dessert #buttercream

The process for making the batter is a little unique. So I thought I would break it down here so you get an idea of what steps are required. Don’t worry, it’s nothing complex just different.

Super Moist Chocolate Mayonnaise Cupcake Breakdown:

  1. First, in a medium sized bowl, you are going to whisk your cocoa and boiling water together until smooth and then cool it to room temp.
  2. Once cooled whisk in the vanilla and mayonnaise until fully combined.
  3. Add the rest of your ingredients to the bowl of a mixer. These are the dry ingredients (including sugar), put the mixer on low for about 1 minute to mix them up.
  4. Then add the chocolate mayonnaise mixture to the dry mixture and mix on low until all the dry ingredients are moist.
  5. Bring mixture up to medium and mix just until all ingredients are combined.
  6. The batter is soupy/liquidy.
  7. Fill your cupcake liners about 1/3 to 1/2 full.
  8. Bake.

Once baked up the cupcake should have a glossy brown surface. They do not have raised humps in the middle but rather bake up more flat.

Super Moist Chocolate Mayonaise Cupcakes. Delicious chocolate cupcakes made with mayonnaise. | thesugarcoatedcottage.com #cupcakes #chocolate #dessert #buttercream

Melt In Your Mouth Chocolate Buttercream Tips:

  1. Make sure you ingredients are room temp, in this case the milk, this helps the buttercream emulsify into a creamy whipped dream. If your milk is cold it will stiffen the frosting.
  2. Sift your powdered sugar free of any clumps.
  3. When it comes to frost the cupcakes you can certainly use a small offset spatula or knife.
  4. If you are looking to make the swoop that I did here in the pictures. I piped a large dollop of buttercream on one cupcake at a time. Then while the buttercream is still creamy (not crusted on the surface yet) take a small offset spatula and place the tip of the spatula in the center of the dollop and swipe a swirl in the center.
  5. Decorate with sprinkles of your choice. I used SprinklePops “American Hero Sprinkle Mix”. 

Super Moist Chocolate Mayonaise Cupcakes. Delicious chocolate cupcakes made with mayonnaise. | thesugarcoatedcottage.com #cupcakes #chocolate #dessert #buttercream

Enjoy these Super Moist Chocolate Mayonaise Cupcakes down to the last one!

Stacey

P.S. Have any questions about these cupcakes? I’d me glad to help, shoot me an email stacey@thesugarcoatedcottage.com

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Super Moist Chocolate Mayonaise Cupcakes. Delicious chocolate cupcakes made with mayonnaise. | thesugarcoatedcottage.com #cupcakes #chocolate #dessert #buttercream

Super Moist Chocolate Mayonaise Cupcakes. Delicious chocolate cupcakes made with mayonnaise. | thesugarcoatedcottage.com #cupcakes #chocolate #dessert #buttercream

Super Moist Chocolate Mayonnaise Cupcakes

Super Moist Chocolate Mayonaise Cupcakes. Delicious chocolate cupcakes made with mayonnaise. | thesugarcoatedcottage.com #cupcakes #chocolate #dessert #buttercream
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 19 mins
Course Cupcake
Cuisine American
Servings 24 cupcakes

Ingredients
  

  • 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa I used Hershey's standard cocoa
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • 3/4 cup mayonnaise I used Hellman's
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups cake flour sifted
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • BUTTERCREAM
  • 1 cup unsalted butter
  • 1 1/3 cup cocoa powder I used Hershey's standard cocoa
  • 6 cups powdered sugar sifted to remove clumps
  • 2/3 cup milk room temp
  • 1 tbsp vanilla

Instructions
 

  • CAKE: preheat oven to 350 degree's F. Line 24 cup muffin tin with paper liners.
    1. In medium bowl whisk the cocoa and boiling water together until smooth and combined. Let cool to room temp.
    2. Add in the mayonnaise and vanilla, whisk until completely combined. Set aside.
    3. In bowl of mixer add the rest of the ingredients. Mix on low for about 60 seconds.
    4. With mixer still on low add in the chocolate mayonnaise mixture, mix until dry ingredients are moist.
    5. Bring mixer up to medium speed and mix until all is combined, about 60 seconds. Scraping bowl as needed. Batter will be soupy/liquidy.
    6. Pour into cupcake Liners, about 1/3-1/2 ways full.
    7. Bake 18-22 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
    8. let cool.
    BUTTERCREAM:
    1. In sauce pan melt the butter, add in the cocoa and whisk toether until completely combined.
    2. Transfer mixture to bowl of a mixture with a paddle attachement.
    3. Add in powdered sugar, alternating with the milk.
    4. Stir in the vanilla.
    4. Mix until smooth and creamy.
    ASSEMBLY:
    Frost cupcakes with buttercream and sprinkles of your choice.
Keyword buttercream, cake, chocolate, cupcake
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Filed Under: Cakes/Cupcakes, Desserts, Uncategorized Tagged With: Buttercream, cake, chocolate, chocolate mayonnaise cake, cupcakes, dessert, mayonnaise

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Comments

  1. Santosh Kumar says

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    5 stars
    This is an amazing cupcakes…and it looks soo delicious more yummy as well….am a big warm of chocolate…am trying to make it in few days later….! Thanks for sharing….!

    Reply
    • Stacey says

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      Thank you Santosh! Enjoy. Take care.:-)

      Reply
  2. jhon dsx says

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    it’s super easy after reading step by step guides, it’s time to try new things.

    thanks

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    • Stacey says

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      Thank you!

      Reply

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