Chocolate Cupcakes w/Skyr Frosting
February 13, 2023 • 0 comments

Is there anything better than a little chocolate on Valentine's Day?! I don't think so!
These delicious fluffy cupcakes come together quickly and taste ahhhhmazing!
P.S. If you don't have the time/ingredients to make the cupcakes from scratch, feel free to substitute skyr for oil in boxed cake recipes! (1:1 ratio)
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- Cook Time:
- Servings: 12
Ingredients
- (1 + 1/4 cups) Flour
- (1/2 cup) Cocoa Powder
- (1 + 1/2 tsp) Baking Powder
- (1/2 tsp) Salt
- (1/2 cup) Unsalted butter (softened)
- (1 cup) Granulated Sugar
- (2) Eggs
- (2 tsp) Vanilla Extract
- (1/4 cup) Water
- (2 cups) Plain Painterland Sisters skyr
- (1 cup) Plain Painterland Sisters skyr
Directions
Ingredients for the cupcakes:
- 1 + ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 1 + ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ¾ cup plain yogurt, at room temperature
- ¼ cup water, at room temperature
Ingredients for the frosting:
- 2 cups plain Painterland Skyr yogurt
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup powdered sugar
How to make the frosting:
- In a bowl, add skyr, vanilla and powdered sugar
- Using an electric hand mixer set on medium speed, beat together until the frosting thickens (~2 minutes)
- Cover and place in the fridge for 30-60 minutes while you bake and cool your cake or cupcakes.
- To frost your cupcakes, wait until they are completely cool. Then fill a quart-size zipper bag with the frosting, snip the corner and use it to pipe frosting onto the cupcakes. Or simply use a spatula or a spoon to spread the frosting on the cupcakes.
How to make the cupcakes:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F + line muffin pan with cupcake liners or spray with oil
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, baking powder + salt
- In a separate bowl, mix together the butter and sugar until creamy and fluffy (~2-3 min)
- Add eggs one at a time and continue to mix
- Take the dry ingredients and slowly incorporate into the bowl
- Add in the yogurt, vanilla and water until combined (the batter should be thick!)
- Fill the cupcake liners until they are roughly 2/3 full with batter
- Bake for 18-20 min or until a toothpick comes out clean
*Allow to cool before frosting
Enjoy!