Chocolate cupcake

Chocolate Cupcake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

Ingredients:

4-5 Tbs (heap) of butter (room temperature)
300 ml of sugar (I use less because I don't like my cakes too sweet)
300 ml of all purpose flour                    }
170 ml unsweetened cocoa powder      }
2 tsp baking powder                            }    Mix all this together
1/3 tsp baking soda                             }
1/8 tsp salt (or a pinch) (omit this if you're using salted butter)
2 eggs (break them into a cup so you could pour into the batter a little at the time)
3/4 tsp Vanilla extract or 1 tsp of Vanilla sugar
200 ml of milk

Method:

• Beat butter and sugar until fluffy at medium speed.
• Add eggs a little at a time until beaten in at medium speed. Throw in salt (if using) and continue to mix.
• Add vanilla extract/vanilla sugar and continue to beat until well blended.
• Pour in flour mixture a little at a time and beat at low speed until well blended.
• Now your mixture would be rather thick, add the milk and beat until well blended.
• Scoop the batter into muffin pan (about half portion of the standard muffin pan as the cupcake tends to rise, you do not want it too round so that you can make a prettier buttercream swirl) and bake at 180°C for about 30 mins (to make sure that cupcakes are cook stick in a toothpick and make sure that toothpick comes out clean) You may need to adjust the time depending on your oven or even turn the pan around for even browning.

Please check Chocolate Buttercream Frosting for the frosting recipe.

09 April 2011 - I'll add the Chocolate Ganache Frosting shortly =)