Moist Chocolate Cupcakes

A friend invited us over for Hari Raya lunch. Surely we can't go empty handed. Therefore, I decided to bake them some moist chocolate cupcakes. These cupcakes are frosted with buttercream and topped with a light springkle of cocoa powder.

The recipe that I used is adapted from Betty Yew's Kitchen Secrets.

Here are the ingredients....

180g butter

320g castor sugar

3 large eggs

1 tsp instant coffee

1 tbsp hot water

1 tsp vanilla essence

1 cup water

Sifted together :-

240g plain flour

75g cocoa powder

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp bicarbonate soda

1/2 tsp salt

Dissolve instant coffee in hot water and then stir in vanilla essence and water; set aside.

Cream butter and sugar till fluffy. Add in egg (one at a time), beat for one minute each. Fold in flour alternate with coffee mixture. Fill cupcake pan and bake at 170C for 15 to 20 minutes. Cool completely before frosting

For frosting......

250g butter

500g icing sugar (sifted)

1 tsp clear vanilla essence

2 tbsp water

Beat the above frosting ingredients till smooth. Pipe on cooled cupcakes then sprinkle with cocoa powder.

And.............here's the end product.

I hope my friend and family like these cakes.......