Thursday, July 9, 2009

Chocolate Cupcakes

Living bang opposite a bakery,I was a big fan of cakes,pastries and cupcakes.Many a times,I came back from school hoping to hear the golden words..”theres no snack here,get anything from the bakery”[even though it was very rare].I used to throw the schoolbag around and literally run to the bakery;).Last time I went home,I made a trip there and found that I am no longer intrigued by the stuff displayed there.Does that mean the child in me has grown old? Or have I grown old..huh,maybe I have.Of course now that we also have to look for the calorie tag,many things don’t look that exciting anymore..!!

I skipped the cakes section and came back home buying a bag of cupcakes[about a dozen].Me and my brothers happily munched it reminiscing about the good old school days.I always wondered back then why amma and appa didn’t have those sweet treats.I always asked her-“you can’t see the egg no,then why can’t you have it”??Now I understand and with the limited baking prowess that I have,I bake her eggless baked stuff.

I made these Chocolate Cupcakes using Nags’ recipe.I skipped the frosting and we had it plain.Absolutely loved it.They have been packed neatly and are off to my hubby’s friends tomorrow:).


Chocolate Cupcakes
Recipe adapted from Nags,original recipe source Joy of Baking

Ingredients

Cocoa powder - ½ cup(50 gms)
Boiling hot water - 1 cup(240 ml)
All purpose flour - 1 1/3 cups(175 gm
Baking powder - 2 tsp
Salt - ½ tsp
Unsalted butter at room temperature - ½ cup(113 gms)
White sugar, powdered - 1 cup(200 gms)
Eggs - 2
Vanilla extract - 2 tsp

Method

In a small bowl stir until smooth the boiling hot water and the cocoa powder. Let cool to room temperature.
In another bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
Then in the bowl of your electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating until smooth.
Beat in the vanilla extract. Add the flour mixture and beat only until incorporated.
Then add the cooled cocoa mixture and stir until smooth.
Preheat oven to 190 degrees C.
Lightly butter, or line 16 muffin cups with paper liners.
Fill each muffin cup two-thirds full with batter and bake for about 16-20 minutes or until risen, springy to the touch, and a toothpick inserted into a cupcake comes out clean.
Cool on a wire rack and munch away to glory:)

24 comments :

  1. Beautiful cupcakes!! And I loved the new look of your pics :D

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  2. Choco cupcakes looks spongy.. Good job.

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  3. they looks so delicious..nice picture..

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  4. The cupcakes look sinful!! I love the pic of the half eaten cupcake :D

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  5. Perfectly baked... Looks delicious. Perfect with a coffee.

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  6. How I wish I had an oven. Ye I still don't own an oven. Sob sob! I can only drool away looking at your pics and recipes :(

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  7. Absolutely delicious! i wish i could grab one!

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  8. I love chocolate cup cakes too. I just had one actually. Yours looks yummm...

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  9. Perfect looking cup cakes.
    I always loved to have store bought snacks as a kid. Not any more.

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  10. tried these ..quite nice...am new at this blogging thing, could you have a look at my blog and tell me what you think

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  11. Looks so delicious! I love munching on these anytime!

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  12. HEy divya..U r tempting me (whos a chochoholic):))to gobble them up..
    Yummy chocolate cupcakes..

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  13. Lovely cupcakes....nice click too:)

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  14. Tempting Cupcakes. I always luv cup cakes and that too with choco. It looks very addictive.

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  15. I love cup cakes,never tried chocolate cupcakes till date!! But looks so tempting,so moist too:)

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  16. Thank you all for your lovely words..the cupcakes were indeed yummy:)

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  17. Hi Divya,
    You have a nice blog and you introductory writing for each post is a joy to read. The cup cakes look so good..But when I bake chocolate cake, I get a strong bitter taste..I guess its because of the cocoa powder..Since you are also from India I just want to know which brand of cocoa powder you use..Appreciate if you could answer.

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  18. Priya..thanks for your lovely comment.

    I use Cadbury's Cocoa powder.Using a little less cocoa powder than the quantity mentioned in the recipe might help if you do not want a strong chocolate flavor.Hope it helps:)

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  19. Lovely cupcakes! My dad does not eat cakes, I used to feel like u did when I was a child!

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  20. Chocolate cupcakes looks soft and spongy. Nice click.

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  21. Thanks for the info Divya. I too have cadbury's cocoa powder. Thanks for your suggestion.

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  22. Cupcakes loook professional Divya. AM bookmarking this and making it soon.

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  23. Yum!I tried it on my first bake and they're gd!But mine did not rise as evenly as those in your pics :p

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Divya.

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