Today's Chocolate craving fix

I have been craving chocolate the whole day, and not too long ago, I was craving these cupcakes but for the life of me could not find where I had put the recipe, but finally found it a few days ago. I got the recipe from my chef when I was at Silwood and they are absolutely divine, dead easy to make and a real treat! you have to try them!

Here is the recipe

Tracy's Chocolate Cupcakes

Ingredients: Makes 12 medium-large cupcakes

• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup warm water
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence

Ingredients

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees centigrade
2. Sift cocoa, flour, sugar, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder and salt together in a bowl
3. In a jug mix together all the wet ingredients
4. Mix the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients
5. Pour the mixture into your prepared paper casings in a muffin pan until they are each 2/3rds full. 
6. Bake for 20 minutes.

After baking, before icing



Iced and ready to eat!





Amazing!



Chocolate coffee icing:

Ingredients:

• 150g butter
• 300g icing sugar
• 1/2 cup strong coffee with milk
• 1/2 cup cocoa

Icing ingredients

Method:

1. Cream the butter with an electric hand beater
2. Slowly add the icing sugar until it has all been used and absorbed by the butter
3. Add the cocoa and keep beating
4. Add as much coffee as needed to make the icing smooth, creamy and spreadable

Enjoy! :)

Cupcake recipe source: Tracy, Silwood