Chocolate cupcakes

Ingredients :

1. All purpose flour - 1 cup

2. Unsweetened coco powder - 1/2 cup

3. Baking powder - 1 tsp

4. Baking soda - 1/2 tsp

5.Salt - 1/4 tsp

6.Sugar - 3/4th cup ( powdered)

7.Egg - 2

8.Unsalted butter - 1/4 cup (melted)

9.Vegetable oil - 1/4 cup

10.Vanilla extract - 1 tsp

11. Milk - 1/4 cup

12. Chocolate pudding - 1( optional)

Method :

* Seive the flour,coco powder,baking soda, baking powder,salt and sugar and mix well.

* Add the eggs, then add the melted butter and mix well

* Add the veg. oil, vanilla extract, chocolate pudding, and lastly milk

*Mix well with a whisk and then using a spatula to remove lumps ( if any )

* Fill each cupcake liner 2/3rd full & bake in a pre heated oven at 160 c - 20- 25 mins

* Allow cupcakes to cool before icing.

Butter cream icing :

Butter - 1/2 cup

Powdered sugar - 4 cups

Vanilla extract - 2 tsp

Milk - ( 1- 2 tsp to thicken if its too thick )

Method:

* wisk the butter and sugar till it becomes thick

( Note: add sugar in batches of 2/ 3 when whisking )

then add the desired colour to the above to ice the cupcakes.

( Note: In this recipie i have mentioned to add chocolate pudding to the batter. it is optional you can make d cake even without adding the pudding)