Febe Cakes

Chocolate Mud Cupcakes

This Is very light chocolate mud cupcakes,suitable for people who love the intense flavour of chocolate but find most mud cakes too rich.

Remember to get the best quality taste use only the best Ingredients.

Ingredients :

3 tbs                   Instant coffee granules ( I use espresso )

3/4 cup               Hot water

300 gr                 Dark cooking chocolate  

4 Large               Eggs ( I use Min of 50 g of eggs )

1/3 cup               Vegetable oil

1/2 cup               Buttermilk

2 cups                 Plain flour

1/4 tsp                Salt

1 1/2 tsp             Baking powder

1/2 tsp                Bicarbonate soda

2 1/2 cups          Castor sugar

1/2 cup               Cocoa

Method :

1.  Preheat oven to 160 degrees celcius.
2. Line cupcakes tray with cupcakes cases.
3. Dissolve coffee in hot water. put the butter,chocolate and dissolved coffee into a metal bowl and place over a large saucepan of shimmering water. stir continuously with a flat  bottomed wooden spoon until chocolate has melted. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.
4. In a separate bowl,whisk together eggs,vegetable oil and buttermilk until combined. In another bowl shift together flour,salt,baking powder,bicarbonate soda,Castor sugar and cocoa and mix until well combined. make a well in the center. Pour in egg mixture and mix with rubber spatula until well combined. Add the cooled mixture and mix in carefully until thoroughly combined.
5. spoon mixture into cupcake cases,filling each to just over half full ( this mixture rises a lot ). 
6. Bake for 25 min or until the skewer inserted comesout clean.
7. remove cupcakes from the trays immediately and cool in a wire rack for 30 min before frosting.

Dark Chocolate Ganache

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups          Cream
400 gr                Dark chocolate,chopped

Method :

1. in heavy based saucepan, bring the cream to the boil. Place the chocolate into a bowl and pour the boiling cream ove.
   Leave for 1 min or until all chocolate soften. use a metal spoon and stir ganache carefully, being carefully not to incorporate any air,until you achieve a silky frosting.
   
   
   To decorate:
   If you want to achieve a smooth surface,dip cupcakes into the frosting immediately.
   If you want to achieve a fluffy frosting, let the ganache cool to room temperature and then apply to cupcake with small spatula or decorator tip.