Chocolate Cupcake

I made this cupcake for friend of me and Paul, my husband who just moved to their new house in Bannockbarn, Melissa and Damien Graham. A sweet couple who just married about in November  2010.

Its really difficult now to move around and cook in the kitchen with Ethan likes to walk around and need my attention, such a spoil boy,  a MOMMY BOY...

So I decided to make this cupcake for them as dessert...

Dont look how my buttercream frosting so not appealing to see, but please taste it and you will ask for more for sure....

This recipe is for cake, but i made it for cupcake.

And here the ingredients:

• 125gr butter
• 100gr dark chocolate
• 155ml water
• 12gr cocoa powder
• 1/2 tsp instant coffee granules
• 168gr caster sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 large egg
• 125gr self raising flour 

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees C (140 degrees C Fan-Forced)
2. Line the muffin pan with 12 cupcake cases.
3. Place butter, chocolate, water, cocoa, coffee and sugar in a large saucepan over low heat. Stir occasionally and remove from heat when chocolate and butter have just melted. Transfer mixture to a large bowl mixer and set aside to cool for about 15 minutes.
4. Add vanilla and egg to chocolate mixture. Using stand mixer, beat until combined. Add flour and beat for about one minute, until mixture is smooth.
5. Pour mixture to muffin pan evenly.
6. Bake for 20-25 minutes. check with skewer or toothpick to the centre of cupcake, when comes out clean, means cupcake is ready.
7. Cool cupcake on a wire rack. when cooled, spread it with Vanilla Butter Cream.