It’s a… {Dark Chocolate Gender Reveal Cupcakes}

Dark chocolate gender reveal cupcakes filled with pink (or blue) frosting. A fun way to reveal baby’s gender!

DARK CHOCOLATE GENDER REVEAL CUPCAKES

I’ve had a “hypothetical baby” board on Pinterest for a couple years and the idea for these gender reveal cupcakes are one of the first things I pinned. I’m happy I finally got to make them.

Last week we did our anatomy scan and, most importantly, all the parts/organs are in tact and growing like they should be.

The second most exciting thing was, we decided to find out the sex of the baby. {p.s. I realize the proper name should be sex reveal, not a gender reveal, but “sex reveal cupcakes” just sounds wrong to me}

I also bought star sprinkles, because I love stars and they were pretty, so I frosted half with vanilla frosting and used the sprinkles.

Other fun gender reveal ideas…
Gender Reveal Scratch Offs from Wine & Glue
White Gender Reveal Cupcakes from LMLD
Surprise Inside Gender Reveal Cupcakes from Dessert Now Dinner Later

Dark Chocolate Gender Reveal Cupcakes

Melissa Williams | Persnickety Plates

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Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 15 minutes mins

Servings 21 cupcakes

Ingredients

  

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For the cupcakes

• 1 ½ cups flour
• ⅓ cup cocoa powder
• ⅓ cup dark chocolate cocoa powder I used Hershey's Special Dark
• 1 ⅓ cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• ⅓ cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ⅔ cup milk I used 2%
• ⅔ cup hot water

For the ganache

• 1 cup chocolate chips I use Ghirardelli baking chips
• ¼ cup + 1/8 cup heavy cream

Instructions

 

For the cupcakes

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and fill two cupcake trays with liners (mine made 21), so almost 2 trays.
• In a large bowl, add the flour, cocoa powders, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt and mix with a whisk.
• Add in the eggs, oil, vanilla, and milk and whisk until just combined.
• Add in the hot water and mix. It will look runny, but it will come together.
• Using a cookie scoop, fill each cupcake well about 3/4 full.
• Bake for about 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Allow to fully cool before you attempt to core them and fill them. Patience!
• For the pink frosting, I used about 1/2 cup of vanilla frosting mixed with 8 drops of red gel food coloring.

For the ganache

• Add the chocolate chips and heavy cream to a microwave safe bowl and stir them up to combine.
• Microwave for 20-30 seconds, then stir (I like to use a spatula). Microwave another 20-30 seconds and stir again. The chocolate should be smooth and shiny.

Notes

cupcake recipe slightly adapted from Bakerella, idea inspired by Cake & Flutter via The Cake Blog

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Posin’ with our cupcakes. My mom bought both “It’s a Boy!” and “It’s a Girl!” balloons to be prepared. I don’t know why I look so, so, so wide in this picture. I’m not that big…yet.

 Other cupcake ideas you might like…

Chocolate Milk Cupcakes

Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Heart Cut-Out Cupcakes