Chocolate Strawberry Cupcakes Recipe – Swans Down Cake Flour

Ingredients

• Cupcakes
• 2 1/4 cups sifted Swans Down® Cake Flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup hot coffee (we used French Market® Coffee)
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 large eggs, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Sprinkles (optional)
• Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries
• 18 fresh strawberries, cleaned, with stem and leaves
• 1 1/2 to 2 cups bittersweet chocolate chips (or chopped chocolate)
• Whipped Cream
• 2 cups heavy whipping cream, chilled
• 1 cup confectioners’ sugar, sifted
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract