Chocolate Cupcakes


Photo: flickr user Rachel from Cupcakes Take the Cake

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This recipe of cupcake is adapted from Jean Francois Arnaud ,a MOF pastry masterchef based in France and a sugarwork arist.The cupcakes were bouncy ,soft to the touch and I will not hesitate to make it again and again.

Yield:

6 servings

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December 10, 2009

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Ingredients

Chocolate cake mix:
100 grams dark chocolate
100 grams butter,softened
3 eggs
150 grams sugar
75 grams flour,sifted
Chocolate cream
100 grams dark chocolate
5 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 tablespoon milk
2 tablespoons icing sugar

Preparation

1
Melt chocolate and butter in a double boiler .zccz
2
In a mixing bowl with ballon whisk attachment,beat the eggs and sugar together on medium speed until the ribbon stage.
3
Add the melted chocolate and butter ,mix well.
4
Using a spatula ,fold in the sifted flour.Place paper cups into baking moulds.
5
Pour ¾ full and bake for 13mins at 160C.
6
Remove from oven ,set aside to cool completely before decorating with chocolate cream.
7
Cream: Beat butter and sugar until fluffy.
8
Add in milk and melted chocolate and combine until smooth. Decorate using a piping bag on the cup cakes.
9
You can make design with melted chocolate and freeze them in the fridge overnight.
10
The designs then can be taken out slowly with a sharp knife and be decorated on the chocolate cream.

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