Chocolate cup cakes

These are the simplest yet yummiest cupcakes I ever made. A full proof recipe that cannot go wrong. Equally loved by young and grown ups.

 

 

 

Ingredients:

Cupcakes

3/4 cups plain flour

1/4 cups cocoa powder

1/2 cups caster sugar

1 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp. vanilla essence

80 gm. butter

2 egg

1/2 cups milk

Ganache:

50 gm. Butter chopped'

120 gm. Cooking dark chocolate chopped

 

 

 

Method:

Preheat oven to 160C. Prepare 12 hole muffin tray.

Sift all dry ingredients flour, baking powder and cocoa into a mixing bowl. Add sugar.

Melt butter and cool down, add milk and eggs, mix well. 

Make a small well in the middle of the flour mixture and then add wet ingredients.

Beat on low speed with electric mixer or by hand mixer for 2-3 minutes until well combined and mixture very smooth.  

scoop tablespoons of the mixture into 12 hole muffin tray until holes are half full.

Place tray into oven for 15-18 minutes, check if done by inserting a skewer. if comes out clean then done. remove and turn out onto wire rack to cool.

In the mean time melt chocolate and butter on 1 minute in microwave and keep stirring until smooth. leave to cool on room temperature until spread consistency.

frost with ganache and enjoy.