A delicious white chocolate dessert recipe that’s incredibly simple to make and customize to your personal preferences! Whether you’d prefer a straight-up White Chocolate Cupcake or want to bring it up a notch with a White Chocolate Mocha Cupcake, this recipe has you covered!

White Chocolate Cupcakes Recipe

There’s not a lot of options out there for white chocolate fans.

Beyond a drizzle of white chocolate on desserts or the occasional white chocolate shaving, you don’t see many options for white chocolate desserts out there beyond hot drinks (like white hot chocolate or white chocolate mochas).

Today, I’m doing my small part to change that with these White Chocolate Cupcakes! We’re making a simple vanilla or mocha cupcake (your preference) and then topping it with a super simple white chocolate buttercream. You can also add mini white chocolate chips to the cupcake batter, or follow my simple ganache filling recipe here to make a white chocolate ganache filling.

(You could alternatively fill these white chocolate cupcakes with your favorite fruit filling – I think a raspberry or strawberry jam filling in these would be divine!)

I adore this cupcake recipe – it’s super easy with 7 ingredients and makes a great base for that white chocolate frosting to really shine, however, you can of course use a boxed cupcake mix and just make the white chocolate frosting from scratch – it’s the real hero of this dessert recipe anyways.

Why is there no white chocolate in the cupcakes? Honestly, to use white chocolate to make the cupcakes you would need to use an (expensive) high-quality white chocolate and be really precise about mixing times, measurements, etc, to prevent scorched, flat cupcakes. The recipe would be really finicky and the taste would still be super subtle. I’d prefer to share a super easy cupcake that you will have great results with and pack that white chocolate flavor into the frosting.

However, if you really want to add some white chocolate to the cupcakes (and don’t want to just add some mini white chocolate chips), you can swap out one to two tablespoons of the all-purpose flour called for in this recipe for a white chocolate power.

What if I don’t want to use hot coffee in the cupcakes? Swap out the hot coffee for an equal amount of hot water, or if you’d like to do a tea-infusion (like Earl Gray) you can use hot tea. The coffee does help bring out the white chocolate flavor and is quite subtle in the baked cupcakes. (I’m not usually a fan of coffee in chocolate cupcakes or cookies, but it really works in this recipe for me.)

Today, I’m teaming up with some of my favorite bloggers to bring you unique and delicious cupcake recipes! Be sure to check out their recipes, too:

Houseful of Nicholes – Red Velvet Cupcakes
How Was Your Day – Elegant Champagne Cupcakes
In the Kids Kitchen – Narwhal Cupcakes
Kiss My Tulle – Doctored Up Cake Mix Chocolate Cupcakes with Strawberry Buttercream Frosting
Someday I’ll Learn – Coffee Cupcakes 

Check out our quick recipe video to see just how simple these white chocolate cupcakes are to make, and then don’t forget to scroll down to grab your free printable recipe!

White Chocolate Mocha Cupcakes Ingredients

• Butter, room temperature
• White sugar
• Eggs, room temperature
• All-purpose flour
• Baking powder
• Hot coffee
• Milk

Tip: swap out the hot coffee for hot water if you’d like a “white chocolate cupcake” without the mocha flavor.

White Chocolate Frosting Ingredients:

• Butter, room temperature
• Powdered icing sugar
• White chocolate
• Vanilla extract
• Milk, or cream

Extra optional toppings:

• White chocolate squares

Scroll down to the printable recipe card for full measurements.

Kitchen Tools You May Find Helpful

• Measuring cups and spoons
• Electric mixer – this is a great hand mixer if you don’t want to make the investment into a stand mixer
• Large mixing bowl
• 2 medium-sized mixing bowls
• Kettle
• Piping bag
• Large star tip – a basic piping set will have all you need
• Cupcake corer
• Cupcake pan
• Cupcake scoop

How to Make White Chocolate Cupcakes

Preheat oven to 350F

Line a cupcake tray with your choice of cupcake liners. Set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the butter and sugar with an electric mixer for two minutes, until light and fluffy.

Add in the eggs, and beat until mixed.

Place the flour in a small bowl and stir in the baking powder. Add half of the mixture to the batter and combine.

Add the hot coffee and beat to incorporate.

Add remaining half of the flour and beat to incorporate. Make sure you are scraping the sides of the bowl so you don’t have dry flour stuck to the sides.

Add the milk and beat well to combine.

Use a large cupcake scoop to portion out the batter into the prepared cupcake tin, filling each cupcake liner about 2/3 of the way full.

Bake for 18-22 minutes until an inserted toothpick comes out clean and the cupcakes spring back when lightly tapped.

Cool the cupcakes on a cooling rack as you prepare the white chocolate frosting.

How to Make White Chocolate Frosting

In a large bowl, combine the butter and powdered icing sugar. Beat with an electric mixer for at least two minutes until soft and pale.

In a small microwave-safe bowl (or a double boiler), melt the 1/2 cup white chocolate using the same method you used earlier. The chocolate doesn’t need to be completely melted, but it should be soft and have no hard pieces.

Use an electric mixer to combine the butter-sugar mixture with the melted white chocolate. Add the vanilla extract and cream, and adjust to achieve the perfect texture – either by adding more cream (softer) or powdered icing sugar (stiffer).

Fit your piping bag with your large star tip and scoop the frosting into your piping bag. 

Swirl the white chocolate frosting onto your cupcakes, starting in the middle, working your way out to the edges of the cupcake, and then swirling back in and up for that domed effect.

If desired, top with a square of white chocolate.

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I hope you love these white chocolate cupcakes – I brought them to a school event and they were a total hit!

For more delicious dessert recipes, check out our Strawberry Heart Macarons with Chocolate Ganache Filling or our Pistachio Dessert Lasagna recipe.

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