Thursday 1 May 2014

Chocolate Cupcakes

Ingredients: 4 eggs, 250 ml sugar, 375 ml cake flour, 50 ml cocoa powder, 15 ml baking powder, 2 ml salt, 125 ml strong black coffee, 125 ml cooking oil, 5 ml peppermint liqueur.

Method: Whisk the eggs and sugar together until light and fluffy.  Sift the dry ingredients and gently fold into mixture, with coffee, oil and peppermint liqueur. Spoon into greased muffin tins, filling each two-thirds full. Bake in preheated oven at 200 degrees Celsius for 15 – 20 minutes.  Leave for a few minutes in tins before turning out onto a wire rack to continue cooling.

Icing Ingredients: 125 g butter, 375 ml icing sugar, 30 ml cocoa powder, 5 ml vanilla essence, 3 ml peppermint liqueur.

Ice cupcakes after it has cooled down and enjoy.

This is one of my absolute favourite puddings and so easy to make.