These delicious snowy super moist chocolate cupcakes with blue buttercream frosting are here to brighten up your winter holidays! Each bite lets you enjoy the decadence of these rich and moist chocolate cupcakes with super creamy frosting.

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Me and my family don’t personally celebrate Christmas but this winter season is our most favourite season of the year! I love all the vibes and the food of this season. Which means these cupcakes are the perfect thing to make right now! They perfectly match the cold, snowy, winter vibes of this season.

These super moist chocolate buttermilk cupcakes are made with a few basic ingredients and frosted with butterfly pea flower powder buttercream. To decorate these cupcakes, I sprinkled some shredded coconut and added little snowflakes made with white chocolate on the top. It's a very easy and simple recipe.

These cupcakes will surely give you the chills! So put your apron on and start your winter holiday’s baking with these little blue beauties.

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What You'll Need To Make These Amazing Cupcakes

This recipe is super easy and simple to make. It consists of three components;

1. Chocolate cupcakes 
2. Butterfly pea flower powder buttercream frosting 
3. Making of snowflakes for Decorating cupcakes 
   

1. Ingredients For Chocolate Cupcakes 

Only a handful of basic ingredients are required to make them.

• Vegetable oil: Oil keeps them soft and moist even when cold. I used sunflower cooking oil, you can use any vegetable oil.
• Eggs: Eggs should be at room temperature. They give structure to them as they make them fluffy rather than crumbly.
• Granulated sugar and brown sugar: I used both granulated sugar and light brown sugar. Granulated sugar adds sweetness and light brown sugar adds softness and moisture. You can use brown sugar instead of light brown sugar.
• All-purpose flour: Measure your flour accurately to get the best results.
• Vanilla extract: Adds flavour
• Baking powder & baking soda: Both are used as leavening agent, which means they cause the cupcakes to rise.
• Cocoa powder: Always use good quality cocoa powder, it makes the difference. Be sure to use unsweetened cocoa powder. It gives a deep and rich chocolate flavour.
• Coffee: It is completely optional but believe me it gives rich and deep flavour of chocolate as it makes them intensely chocolatey.
• Buttermilk: Buttermilk is an important part of baking. The acids in the buttermilk activates the baking soda and makes the cupcakes light and fluffy. Store-bought is the best but if you don’t have in hand, you can make it at home. I used here homemade buttermilk. it’s very simple to make with just two ingredients. Take 1/2 cup milk (at room temperature) and add 1 1/2 tsp of lemon juice. Set aside for 10 minutes before adding to the batter.
• Hot water: Hot water reacts with cocoa powder and brings out the chocolate cocoa flavour. It enhances the chocolatey flavour so you can enjoy a more intense flavour of chocolate.

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2. Ingredients For Butterfly Pea Flower Powder Buttercream Frosting

This buttercream is super creamy and as smooth as silk. You can pipe it easily.

• Butterfly pea flower powder: Here I used butterfly pea flower powder to make my buttercream frosting blue. It is not only the colour, but it is also rich in antioxidants. Some research suggests that butterfly pea flower powder may help support skin & hair health, increase weight loss and better blood sugar control when consumed in moderation. It also energises and boosts brain activity. It can lower the symptoms of anxiety and depression. Overconsumption may cause nausea, diarrhoea or some allergic reactions.
• Unsalted butter: Softened to room temperature. Always use good quality butter and unsalted one because you can control the amount of salt according to the recipe requirement.
• Icing sugar/powdered sugar: For smooth and creamy frosting, always sift it out before use.
• Whipping cream: It is best to use whipping cream (or 35% cream, double cream). Whipping cream gives a smooth and creamy texture to this frosting. You can also use single cream or even whole milk if you don’t have heavy cream on hand but please remember that you will use milk in less quantity. Always add 1 tbsp whipping cream at a time until you get your required consistency.
• Vanilla extract: Adds flavour.

3. Ingredients For Snowflakes

• White chocolate: Always use good quality chocolate 

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How To Make These Super Moist Chocolate Cupcakes Step By Step

These cupcakes are very easy to make, the results are amazing every time and you have got yourself a winner.

Let’s make them step by step,

• Preheat the oven and, add cupcakes liners to a 12 cup muffin tin.
• Sift the all-purpose flour, salt, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda into a large bowl then whisk together. Set aside.
• Add 1/2 tsp instant coffee into the hot water and mix well until completely dissolved. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, add the eggs, beat for a minute on medium. Add sugar+ vanilla extract then beat them for at least 1-2 minutes or until light in colour and fluffy. Add vegetable oil and beat again to mix it well. Make sure to scrape the bowl down.
• Add in dry ingredients and buttermilk, alternate these 2 ingredients, start with dry ingredients and end on dry ingredients, beat on low after each addition until just combined(avoid over mixing). Scrape the bowl down.
• Add in the hot water+ coffee mixture very slowly little by little and gently mix after each addition until combined. Avoid adding the hot water at once otherwise, you will end up with scrambled eggs.
• The batter will be very thin, but don’t worry because it will bake into amazingly moist cupcakes. Pour this batter into a measuring jug and distribute the batter evenly into the cupcakes liners. Remember, fill the cupcakes liners 2/3 the way full. You can also use an ice cream scoop to fill the cupcake liner. Tap the muffin tin on the kitchen counter to remove the bubbles. Bake in the preheated fan oven at 155C / 311F for 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
• Let the cupcakes cool inside the muffin tin for 10-15 minutes then transfer them on a wire rack to cool completely.

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How To Make Blue Butterfly Pea Flower Powder Buttercream Frosting

• Take the softened butter in a large bowl and beat with an electric hand mixer for 3-5 minutes or until it becomes fluffy and light.
• Add in the icing sugar in 2-3 batches and beat after each addition.                
• After each addition, beat for 2 minutes or until it becomes light and fluffy. After the second addition of icing sugar, add vanilla extract and 1 tbsp whipping cream and beat until it becomes light and fluffy (about 2 minutes). After the third addition, add 2 more tbsp of whipping cream and beat again to make it fluffy. Check its consistency, and add more whipping cream if needed. I added here 6 tbsp of whipping cream because I always love silky, smooth and pipeable consistency. But keep in mind it should hold its shape well when piped. After adding more cream, beat for 1-2 minutes to just make it light and fluffy again. Avoid over beating.
• Spoon the buttercream frosting into a piping bag fitted with 1 M nozzle but you can use any nozzle of your choice.
• Make swirls of frosting onto the cupcakes (make sure your cupcakes are cool enough).

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How To Make Snowflakes With White Chocolate To Decorate Your Snowy Cupcakes

• Melt the white chocolate in the microwave for 20 seconds burst to start with then stir and microwave it again for 10 seconds intervals until it is completely melted, stir in between. While making the snowflake pattern white chocolate should be warm but not hot. It shouldn’t be too cool, it will clog the hole. It should not be too hot, it will flow out quickly and it will be difficult to handle and make the pattern.
• Select online any snowflake pattern of your choice. Repeat it on a blank document and take a print.
• Fill a piping bag with melted white chocolate and snip the tip away. It should be a very small hole.
• Place a piece of acetate sheet over the snowflake pattern. Slightly dust the acetate sheet with icing sugar. It will make it easy to remove snowflakes from the sheet without breakage.
• Trace over the pattern with this warm white chocolate. Sprinkle icing sugar over the snowflakes immediately. You can also sprinkle shimmer (optional). 
• Keep them in the fridge for 20-30 minutes or for 10 minutes in the freezer to set completely.
• Gently remove from the acetate sheet.
• Place onto the frosted cupcakes. You can make them a day in advance but first dust any plate with icing sugar then place them over icing sugar and keep them in the fridge.

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Recipe Tips To Get Super Moist Cupcakes

Measure your flour correctly to get the best results. The best way to measure the flour is by using a digital scale but if you don’t have one, spoon and level your flour carefully. Spoon the flour into the measuring cup and then scrape a knife across the top of the measuring cup to level the flour.

Don’t overfill the cupcake liners to get the proper top. Only fill 2/3 full otherwise they will overflow and make a muffin top.

Cakes are usually baked at 180C in a conventional oven / 165C-170C in Fan oven but you need to reduce the oven temperature by 10-15C especially in fan ovens while baking cupcakes,

• to get the flat tops
• to get perfectly baked cupcakes
• to avoid burning

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Can I Make Them In Advance?

You can bake cupcakes one day in advance but keep them in an airtight container. They will stay fresh and moist.

You can make the frosting a day in advance but keep it in an airtight container. Let it come to room temperature before beating it again. Before assembling the cupcakes, if the frosting looks grainy or separated then you will have to give it a short whip to get it light and fluffy again and it will be good.

How To Store Chocolate Cupcakes?

These cupcakes remain moist and fresh for up to 3-4 days in the fridge if you keep them in an airtight container.

You can also freeze them without frosting for up to 1-2 months. Separately wrap in cling wrap then keep them in a zip lock bag and freeze. Take out to thaw for 1 hour to bring them to room temperature before decorating them.

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I hope that you'll try this recipe and you'll love them as much as my family and I do! If you make this recipe then be sure to tag @kaotickrunch on Instagram. We'd love to see your creations!

Happy Baking!