Chocolate Cupcakes

 How can any festival season be complete without dessert and today I am sharing recipe for utterly yummy and delicious cupcakes. Cupcakes are small cakes designed to serve one person. They are perfect for kid’s birthday party or if you are making dessert for large group. On this sweet note wishing all the members of Desitadka Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Ingredients for Cupcakes

1 1/2 cup refined flour
1 cup icing sugar
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup oil
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
3/4th cup water

Ingredients for Frosting

240ml heavy whipped cream
4 tablespoon icing sugar
2 tablespoon cocoapowder
1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Directions:

For Cupcakes

1.       Preheat the oven at 180 degree for 10 minutes

2.       In a bowl sieve the dry ingredients refined flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and mix well

    

3.       In a separate bowl mix oil, vinegar, vanilla essence

       

4.       Now add the dry ingredients to wet ingredients and keep adding little water in portions to get the consistency of a thick (cake) batter as shown in picture

       

5.       Now fill the cupcake papers till 3/4^th and bake it in oven for 10 minutes at 180 degree

       

For Frosting

1.       Take whipped cream in a bowl and add powdered sugar, vanilla essence and cocoa powder and mix well using electrical beater till u get the creamy consistency as shown in picture

      

Decorating the Cupcakes

1.       Once the cupcakes are done take them out of the oven and let them cool down

2.       Then decorate them with frosting as shown in the picture

3.       Now your cupcakes are ready to serve

Note: The frosting should be prepared under the fan or placing the ice pack underneath the bowl so that the cream doesn’t curdle up & after using store the frosting in fridge.