Today, we were invited by my partner's brother to have a dinner with his family on the occasion of my partner's birthday. As usual, I need to bring something because you can't just come empty handed. After checking my fridge, I still have one homegrown zucchini so I decided to make a dessert with it. And yes, my choice went to Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes with Chocolate Fudge Frosting.

I have shared before the recipe on my blog. It was the recipe for Chocolate Zucchini Cake but this time I made some cupcakes using half of that recipe. Worry not, I rewrite the recipe with the measurements adjusted for cupcakes.

CHOCOLATE ZUCCHINI CUPCAKES

Yield: 18 cupcakes

Ingredients

• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1/4 cup + 3 tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp instant espresso powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup avocado oil
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp dark brown sugar
• 2 large eggs at room temperature
• 3 tbsp sour cream at room temperature
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 - 2 cups shredded zucchini, squeeze them a little bit to reduce some moisture
• 1 cup chocolate chips

Methods

• Preheat oven to 180°C, line muffin/cupcakes tin with cupcakes liners, set aside.
• In a clean bowl, whisk flour, cocoa power, baking soda, baking powder, instant espresso powder, and salt, set aside.
• Using stand mixer or handheld mixer fitted with paddle attachment, mix the oil, granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs, sour cream, vanilla, and zucchini together until well combined.
• Add in dry ingredients until well mixed and fold in chocolate chips.
• Pour batter evenly into cupcakes liners (2/3 full) and bake for 18 minutes or until cooked evenly, insert a toothpick to check, if it comes out clean, it's done.
• Allow the cupcakes to cool completely before putting frosting.

For the frosting, I used my previous recipe that I posted along with the zucchini cake.

I dont want to top the cupcakes with loads of frosting, that's why I opted for rosette decoration. I used Wilton 2D tip for this beautiful rosette :-)

Tonight is zucchini nights because we were served Vegan Baked Zucchini as a main course. It's funny because our little nephew didn't want to eat his zucchini but when he tried the cupcakes, he didn't realize that there were also zucchini in it. He ate it without any complain :-D

A box full of chocolate and love ❤️

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Cheers,

*PS: All photos are mine and were taken with Nikon P610.