Tuesday 14 May 2013

Brownie Cupcakes

This is a really easy brownie recipe that can be made as it is in a rectangular baking tray. I just borrowed the idea from joyofbaking.com and made these cupcakes to take to a friend's housewarming party. I love gifting cupcakes - the expressions they generate when the box is opened is usually worth all the effort in the kitchen. For these cupcakes, I did not make and frosting - just had some left over plain chocolate in the fridge which I melted,added a little milk and drizzled over the cupcakes. Feel free to use any frosting of our choice or just serve them plain.

Ingredients (makes 12 medium sized cupcakes)

125 gms dark cooking chocolate
3 eggs
100 gms butter
1 and 1/4 cups powdered sugar
3/4 cup maida
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1/2 teaspoon salt

1. Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees Celcius
2. In a pan ,add the chocolate and the butter. Place this pan over another one with water and bring to a boil to melt the chocolate and the butter. When melted whisk together and remove from the gas.
3. Whisk in the eggs one at a time, just till beaten together with the mixture
4. Add the sugar and the vanilla essence and mix.
5. Next, fold in the flour and salt. There is no need for an electric beater for this recipe, just whisk in all the ingredients together with a hand mixer/whisk
6. Divide the batter among 12 paper lined muffin cases and bake on the center rack of your oven for 20-25 minutes or till a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
7. The brownies will deflate a bit on cooling.
8. Drizzle with melted chocolate or dust with icing sugar.
 

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