Killer Choc Cupcakes

Before I start with posts from culinary school I thought I might post a welcome recipe, the BEST ever ever chocolate cupcake recipe. I've tested a load of cupcake recipes, and I have finally found IT. The one, the only recipe I know I will use over and over.

Chocolate Cupcakes

Adapted from: 52 Kitchen Adventures

Makes: 15 cupcakes

1/2 butter, softened

1 1/4 C sugar

2 eggs

3/4 flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 cocoa powder, best quality you can afford

1/2 C buttermilk (normal milk would be fine)

1 tsp vanilla

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees celcius on fan bake.

Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy (do this until the butter turns white from yellow). Add the eggs one at a time and beat well to combine.

In another bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa, salt, baking powder and baking soda. In another small bowl combine the buttermilk and vanilla.

Add 1/3 of the dry ingredients to the butter mixture then 1/2 of the buttermilk mixture and alternate until all the ingredients are combined.

Fill cupcake cases 1/2 full and bake for about 20-25 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.

Once baked, take them straight out of the cupcake tin and put on a cooling rack to cool.

Whipped Chocolate Ganache

200g dark chocolate

100g cream, room temperature

Melt the chocolate in the microwave until just melted ( watch carefully as you do not want it to burn)

Once melted stir in the cream and mix until combined. Refrigerate until cool and slightly firm then with an electric beater, beat until fluffy.

Pipe onto cool cupcakes and enjoy!