Chocolate icing Cupcakes

Chocolate icing Cupcakes

No ratings yet
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, Irish
Servings 12 cupcakes

Ingredients
  

  • 25 g cocoa powder unsweetened
  • 60 ml water boiling
  • 85 g butter at room temperature
  • 165 g caster Sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 100 g flour
  • 25 g cornflour
  • ½ tsp bread soda
  • 100 ml buttermilk or natural plain yogurt
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract

For the ganache

  • 100 g dark chocolate
  • 60 g milk chocolate
  • 60 g butter
  • 100 ml cream

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 160C/325F/Gas Mark 4.
  • Preheat oven to 160 ° C/325F/Gas Mark 4. Line a cupcake baking tray with cupcake baking papers.
  • In a small bowl, whisk the cocoa powder with a little boiling water and set aside.
  • In a second bowl, cream the butter and sugar until creamy and pale. Add the egg and vanilla extract. Stir to combine. Sift in the flour, cornflour and breadsoda .
  • Add then the buttermilk and cocoa mixture.
  • Divide the batter between the cupcake cases and bake in a preheated oven for 20-25 minutes , until a skewer comes out clean when inserted in the center of a cupcake. Remove from the tray and leave to cool on a rack .
  • Meanwhile, prepare the topping.
  • Melt the dark and milk chocolate with the butter in a bowl over simmering water. Stir occasionally. Remove from heat when the consistency is smooth, stir a little. The ganache should thicken slightly.
  • Separate the mixture in 2 bowls.
  • Add 100ml of cream to one of the bowl, stir to combine and leave to cool.
  • Drizzle the cooled cupcakes with the chocolate and butter ganache and leave to set for 20 minutes.
  • When the chocolate and cream mixture is cooled but still runny, whisk until thickened and should resemble a whipped chocolate cream texture. Place in a piping bag fittied with a star nozzle and pipe on top of the first chocolate toping.
  • Leave to set for a few or eat it straight away!
Keyword Cake, chocolate, cupcake, Dessert, kids

Love this recipe? Why Not share it!

Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn