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Hi awesome people! Let’s unleash the sweet tooth this weekend and prepare my all time favourite chocolate cup cakes. I created this cake recipe when I was nine years old! I remember the first day I baked them with a ‘jiko la makaa’ (charcoal cookstove). My recipe turned out amazing! This is the same recipe that I used to start my cake business three years after the recipe creation. I was 12 by then.
Chocolate cup cakes
INGREDIENTS:
130g all purpose flour 200g sugar 45g Cadbury Cocoa powder 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1 large egg 120ml buttermilk ‘Maziwa lala’ 120ml vegetable oil 3/4 tsp vanilla 120ml water
Chocolate frosting
INGREDIENTS:
250g butter, room temperature 350g dairy milk chocolate, melted 22g Cadbury cocoa powder 500g powdered sugar Pinch of salt 75ml heavy whipping cream
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DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to (148°C) and prepare a cupcake pan with liners 2. Add the cup cake dry ingredients to a large bowl and whisk together, set aside 3. Combine the egg, buttermilk, vegetable oil and vanilla in another medium sized bowl 4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until well combined 5. Add the water to the batter and mix until well combined Batter will be thin 6. Fill the cupcake liners about half way and bake for 18-23 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out with a few moist crumbs 7. Remove the cupcakes from oven and allow to cool for at least 30 minutes or until room temperature 8. To make the frosting (process not pictured), beat the butter in a large mixer bowl and mix until smooth 9. Add the melted dairy milk chocolate and mix until well combined 10. Add the cocoa powder and mix until well combined 11. Add about half of powdered sugar and 2 tablespoons of heavy cream and mix until well combined 12. Add remaining powdered sugar and salt and mix until smooth 13. Add remaining heavy cream as needed to get the right consistency 14. Pipe the frosting onto the cupcakes annd garnish with dairy milk chocolate as the topper.
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