Chocolate Cupcakes
- 14 tbsp butter
- 6 oz dark chocolate
- 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 3/4 cup milk
- 2 None eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- None None Decoration
- 18 oz fondant
- 2-3 drops blue food coloring
- None None powdered sugar, for dusting
- 16 None silver heart sugar decorations
- Preheat oven to 325u0b0F. Line 16 recesses of a muffin pan with paper liners.
- Combine butter, chocolate and brown sugar. Gently heat until melted. Set aside to cool.
- Meanwhile, sift flour, baking powder, cocoa powder and a pinch of salt into a bowl. Whisk together milk, eggs and vanilla then add to dry ingredients and mix until combined. Distribute between paper liners and bake for 30-35 mins, or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Meanwhile, knead 12 oz fondant with food coloring until evenly tinted. On a work surface lightly dusted with powdered sugar, roll out until 1/8 inch thick. Cut out 16 - 3 inch discs. Combine a little powdered sugar and water then use to adhere fondant discs onto cooled cupcakes.
- Roll out another remaining fondant until 1/8 inch thick. Cut out 16 - 1 inch discs. Place on top of blue fondant and garnish with silver hearts.
butter, chocolate, brown sugar, flour, baking powder, cocoa powder, milk, eggs, vanilla, decoration, fondant, coloring, powdered sugar, sugar
Taken from recipes-plus.com/api/v2.0/recipes/28450 (may not work)