The Most AMAZING chocolate cupcakes EVER

1. use a half box recipe of brownie mix and fill a half inch of cupcake tins with batter
2. mix buttermilk chocolate cake 

• 1 cup butter, cubed
• 1 cup water
• 2 tablespoons baking cocoa
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
  
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 3. fill the rest of the cupcake tins with buttermilk chocolate batter

4. prepare chocolate buttercream frosting 

1 cup premium cocoa power 

2 cups powdered sugar 

1 cup butter 

5. for a special effect add chocolate designs 

• melt chocolate
• use wax paper folded into a cone 
• fill cone with melted chocolate 
• pipe shapes onto wax paper
• let harden
• garnish cupcakes with chocolate designs