Basic chocolate cupcakes
Ingredients
- 5ml (1 tsp) vanilla extract
- 5ml (1 tsp) vinegar
- 125ml (½ cup) milk
- 190g butter
- 340g sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 300g cake flour, sieved
- 50g cocoa powder
- 7,5ml (1½ tsp) bicarbonate of soda
- 125ml (½ cup) boiling water
Instructions
1
Preheat the oven to 180°C. Lightly grease three 12-hole muffin tins and line with cupcake cases.
2
Combine the vanilla extract, vinegar and milk.
3
Beat the butter and sugar until light and creamy. Add the eggs and the milk mixture (it will curdle but this is not a problem) and stir in the flour.
4
Dissolve the cocoa in a little hot water and add it to the mixture. Dissolve the bicarbonate of soda in the boiling water and add it to the mixture (it will froth up).
5
Spoon the mixture into the cupcake cases and bake for 15 minutes. Once cooked and cooled, use the recipe for mini spider’s web chocolate cupcakes (see F&HE October 2014, page 116) to turn these cupcakes into hauntingly delicious Halloween treats.
