Chocolate cup cakes

Ingredients

• 135 grams of self raising flour
• 15 grams of Dutch processed cocoa powder
• 50 grams of corn flour
• 50 grams of light brown muscavado sugar (finely grounded into powder)
• 130 grams of icing sugar
• 2 tbsp of granulated white sugar
• 50grams of unsalted butter
• 50 ml of vegetable or sunflower oil
• Two eggs
• A pinch of salt
• ½ tsp of bicarbonate of soda
• 60ml of water
• 2 tbsp of milk
• 2 tbsp of vanilla essence

Method

Step 1

Pre heat the oven at gas mark 4, 350 degree Fahrenheit, 177 degree Celsius for 15 minutes. Place 12 cupcake cases in the muffin or cupcake tray and keep it on the side.

Step 2

Dissolve cocoa Take around 60 ml of hot water and dissolve 15 grams of cocoa powder. Stir well and then let it to cool.

Step 3

Whisk eggs white In a bowl whisk the egg whites with a pinch of salt and two table spoons of sugar. Whisk till you get a medium stiff peak.

Step 4

Whisk egg yolks and mixing butter In another bowl whisk the egg yolks. Add in icing sugar ,light brown sugar ,milk, vanilla essence, softened butter, oil .Whisk till the mixture becomes smooth and volume at least doubles Add in 60 ml of water mixed with cocoa powder and whisk .(Warm butter should not be added to eggs as you can scramble the eggs .The butter should be at room temperature only.)Add in the egg whites and fold it in the mixture. Be careful not to stir too much as the air can be knocked out.

Step 5

Sifting flour in the mixture Sift in flour and corn flour, bicarbonate of soda over the egg mixture and gently fold it in the batter. Please don’t over work the batter as you will activate gluten and the cake will come out hard when baked. Quickly within 15 minutes at this stage, scoop out 1 tbsp of batter in the cup cake cases. The batter will make around 12 cup cakes; fill only half of the cupcake cases as the cakes will puff up. Bake in the medium rack of the oven at gas mark 4 for 20 to 25 minutes .Poke a skewer or a tooth pick to check the cake if it’s done. The skewer will come out clean if the cake is cooked through. The cup cakes should be removed from the (muffin or cup cake) trays and placed over cooling rack to cool for an hour. Decorate them with icing or fondant or eat as it is.