Monday, October 20, 2008

Simple Chocolate Cupcakes

Elo...elo... anybody here??? I know, I know... so long no see recipes here... so sorry been busy that I didn't have time to test try kinam some simple recipes...

My eldest's birthday was on the 13th October, I wanted to order a cake from the bakery but she insisted that I bake a chocolate cake for her and she will help to decorate. Sooo... I decided to bake a chocolate cupcakes for her to decorate and bring them to schools to share with her classmates.

The recipes..

Ingredients
125gm unsalted butter
125gm Castor sugar
125gm self-raising flour
2 tablespoons of cocoa powder
2 eggs
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
80gm chocolate chips

Method:
1. Mix the butter and castor sugar until fluffy
2. Then add the flour and cocoa powder slowly until all done and mixed together.
3. Add in the eggs and vanilla essence and mix.
4. Mix in the chocolate chips.
5. Pour into cupcakes or muffin baking tray (lined with cupcakes cups or papers) until 2/3 full.
6. Bake at 180C for 20-25min.

CHOCOLATE ICING
Ingredients :
250g margarine
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 can (397g) condensed milk

Method :
1. Beat margarine with cocoa powder till well blended.
2. Gradually add the condensed milk and stir till smooth.
3. Ready to use.


Isn't it easy peasy? Here are some photoes of the cupcakes

Here's how they look like after they were out from the oven

Here's a peek of what's going on inside the cupcake

And here are the the cupcakes decorated by the birthday girl, ready to be shared with her classmates and she is sooo proud with the deco... as long as she is happy and her classmates enjoyed the cupcakes, that's all matter to me :) .

8 comments:

  1. hehehee..punya kiut the cupcake..colourfulnya!!

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  2. hehehe.. memang colourful.. my dd buat ni cupcakes mcm arts dia pula.. tiapalah kan.. yg penting she is happy and classmates dia suka

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  3. Foyoo....pandai suda c achel ni hias menghias nanti besar boleh jadi artissss

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  4. punya kiutttt....

    sa mo bikin short term resolution ni....before end of year, sia mesti pandai bake at least cup cake...paling tida pun cake in mug.

    belum lai tebeli oven..pa mcm mo buat :(

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  5. sia mo juga tery bah resipi2 si poppet tapi bulum ada pemangkin jiwa untuk membuatnya - tiada talent kali nie LOL (alasan ja.. malas bah kali nie... LOL lagi)

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  6. nika: artis polka dots kan hehehehe

    chegu: bah apa lagi... time ni la mo hint2 ur hb minta oven as christmas present hahahaha

    hombi: alalala.. klu tu penyakit malas.. susah oo mo lawan... hehehhe

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  7. ya! christmas present...

    mesti dia ketawa terbahak-bahak kalu sia minta oven as christmas present. tau lah...before this, tiada langsung ada jiwa2 yg suka mo masak2...hahaha

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  8. chegu... ala ko ckp la new resolution... ko mo belajar bake-bake.. (bake saja.. specific supaya kena kasi oven, hahaha)

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