black forest cupcakes

2nd baking project post exams :D
(first was blueberry cheese tarts which i have already blogged about!)

one of my favourite cakes aside from chocolate is black forest, so when i came across a recipe for black forest cupcake, i marked it as a "must must try" recipe.

ingredients:
(A)
275g all purpose flour
10g baking powder
2g baking soda (sodium bicarbonate)
pinch of salt
20g cocoa powder
(B)
20g chocolate paste/ emulco
2 eggs
10g vanilla
200ml milk
100g whipping cream
100g sugar (as usual, i used only half, 50g)
(C)
200g melted chocolate (use GOOD quility chocolate!)
100g melted butter
(D)
dark pitted cherries (syrup drained)
chocolate chunks

method:
1. sift (A)
2. combine (B) and fold it into (A)
3. Add (C) and combine thoroughly
4. spoon mixture into greased/ limed muffin trays
5.place chocolate chunks and pitted cherries on top
6. bake in preheated oven at 200 celcius for 20-25 minutes
7. decorate as desired

*its very hard to measure 10g and 2g!!! so i just made a rough estimate. try using a smaller scale weighing machine which i don't have..
**i think its better to place choc chunks and pitted cherries in between the bater, not on top cos it will come out very messy! and not too presentable! >.<

all the ingredients!

slowly fold the wet and dry ingredients

and as always, i recommend carefour dark cooking chocolate!

look at the yummy sinful glossy melted chocolate!! pop in into the microwave on high for about 1 minute

arghhh. and the whipping cream just would not RISE. argh, it was supposed to be poofy and light for the deco. after 10 minutes on high speed it was still FLAT. argh. but i was still determined to get a pretty shot of my masterpiece. this is the best i could do. hmm. not too bad i guess.

its a great recipe. the sourness of the cherries (despite the name on the can..pitted sweet cherries0 goes well with the rich dark chocolate chunks. the cake is soft and spongy. the whipped cream goes well with it too.