Chocolate Cup Cakes

This is really easy, tasty and one of my daughter's favourite. Also fun to make little ones involved in mixing and pouring like I do with my daughter....:)
Here goes the recipe: this should be enough for at least 24 medium size cup cakes

Ingredients:

• plain flour- 2 cups [1 cup~ 150-200gms)
• powdered sugar-1 cup( if you like it really sweet add another half cup)
• butter-100g(brought to room temperature)
• egg- 2nos( I usually use just 1 as I dont like too many eggs in my cakes)
• cocoa powder-half cup
• 100g cooking cholate(melted)
• milk-as required( usually 1 cup is enough)
• vegetable/sunflower oil-1/2 cup( this makes cakes a little moist)
• baking powder-2 tbs
• baking soda-1/4 tbs

For the topping: I usually make a chocolate ganache and top the cakes with the same. To make the ganache you need

• cooking chocolate-200gms
• fresh cream/sour cream- half cup

 

Method:

• Preheat oven to 160°C. Line  muffin pans with paper cases.
• Mix all the dry ingredients ie the flour, baking powder, baking soda and cocoa powder well and keep aside.
• In a large bowl, mix together the powdered sugar and butter until pale and creamy. Add the eggs one at a time and mix well until fluffy.Add the oil and the melted chocolate into this and mix well. Now start adding the dry mix slowly and add milk as required until just combined to the right pouring consistency. Ensure hat there are no lumps and therfore you have to add the dry mix really slow. Spoon evenly among the lined muffin pans. Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. allow to cool before topping off with the chocolate ganache
• To make the chocolate sour cream ganache, place the chocolate and sour cream in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. Cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until chocolate melts and mixture is smooth and glossy. once cooled, spread over each cake and set aside to set. You could sprinkle some cachous or icing flowers.

Enjoy your chocolate cupcakes....:)