Chocolate Cupcakes

I made it! Perfect chocolate cupcakes! Nothing more to say, just try it.

Cupcakes:

100g plain flour
20g cocoa powder
140g caster sugar
1.5tsp baking powder
Pinch of salt
40g unsalted butter at room temperature
120ml whole milk
1 egg
¼tsp of vanilla extract

Creme icing:

Big pack of Mascarpone cheese
Icing sugar
Cocoa
Chicory & Coffee Essence
Coffee beans

Preheat the oven to 170°C. Put flour, cocoa, sugar and baking powder, salt and butter in a bowl. Mix together until you have a sandy consistency.
Whisk milk, egg and vanilla in a jug. Slowly pour half into the mixture, beat to combine. Pour in the remaining mixture. Continue to mix for a couple of minutes. Do not over mix.
Spoon mixture into the 12 cases and bake for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool.
For the 'icing': mix together mascarpone cheese,icing sugar, butter and cocoa powder  and a splash of chicory essence. Beat for approx 3 minutes and mixture is light and fluffy.
Use a piping bag and metal nozzle to pipe onto top of cooled cupcakes. Decorate with coffee beans.

Deliciously moist cupcake with creamy icing. Not too sweet, with a hint of coffee flavour. Add gingerbread latte and you have a perfect winter breakfast. Or with masala chai for the afternoon treat!