The Moist Chocolate Cupcakes

These moist Chocolate Cupcakes will just melt in your mouth

Ingredients :

Chocolate cupcakes
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Flour - 1 cup.
Powdered Sugar - 1 cup.
Cocoa  powder - 6 tbsp.
Baking soda - 1 tsp.
salt - 1/2 tsp.
Egg - 1  large.
Buttermilk - 1/2 cup(1/4 cup milk + 1/4 cup curd).
Vegetable oil - 1/2 cup.
Vanilla essence - 3/4 tsp.
Hot water - 1/2 cup.









Chocolate Frosting
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Unsalted butter - 1/2 + 1/8 cups (room temperature).
semi-sweet chocolate chips - 1/2cup + 1/4cup
Cocoa powder - 1 1/2 tbsp.
Icing sugar- 2 1/2 cups.
Salt - a pinch.
Fresh cream - 2 to 2 1/2 tbsp.

Method
1.Preheat oven to 170 degree celsius & prepare cupcake pan with liners.
2.Add the dry ingredients to a large bowl & whisk together.Set aside.
3.In another bowl combine the egg,buttermilk,vegetable oil & vanilla essence using a whisk
4.Add the wet ingredients(step 3) to the dry ingredients(step 2) & mix until well combined.
5.Add the hot water very slowly like a thin stream,to the batter & mix until well combined.
Batter will be very very thin.
6.Fill the cupcake liners about half way & bake for 15-18 minutes or until a toothpick comes out with a few moist crumbs.
7.Remove cupcakes from oven & allow to cool for 2 minutes, then remove to a cooling rack to finish cooling.




Icing

1.To make the frosting,first melt the chocolate chips & keep it aside for cooling.
2.Beat the butter in a large bowl & mix until smooth.
3.Add the cooled chocolate & mix until well combined.
4.Add the cocoa powder & mix until well combined.
5.Add about half of icing sugar & 1 tablespoon of fresh cream & mix until well combined.
6.Add remaining icing sugar & salt & mix until smooth.
7.Add remaining fresh cream as need to get the right consistency of frosting.
8.Pipe the frosting onto the cupcakes (1M  nozzle).







Enjoy the moist homemade chocolate cupcakes !!!!