When there’s chocolate, the chocolate lovers go absolutely overboard. But for a person like me, any excess chocolate (or even a tiny bit, unless its Lindt) puts me off. The kids had been asking for a decadent chocolate cupcake – bakery style, especially after the elder one saw I was making a post on hosting chocolate delights !
So, adapted Gayatri’s recipe with some changes, halved it (or should I say made 1/4 of the recipe), made exactly 4 cupcakes, and voila, kids were super happy. The only other grumpy person was the husband who asked why I couldn’t have made just ONE more for him ! ha ha 🙂
so, here they are “ Triple Chocolate Cupcakes” – I think I used every form of chocolate I had at home that day and the kids had no qualms about gobbling it down – the mom in me was super happy and for once I relaxed although it was a chocolate overload !
Happy faces, happy mom :))
To make 4 cupcakes , you would need:
- Whole wheat flour – 1/4 cup
- APF / Maida – 2 TBSP
- Oil – 1/4 cup (original recipe used butter)
- Brown sugar – 1/3 cup
- Baking soda – 1/2 tsp
- hung Yoghurt – 1/3 cup
- Dark Cocoa powder – 2 tsp
- Vanilla Essence – few drops
- Hot water – 3 TBSP (use as needed)
Frosting:
- Real dark chocolate – 2 TBSP
- Milk – 1/4 cup
- Chocochips – 2tsp
- Icing sugar – 1 tsp
Topping:
Glazed Chocolate sprinkles a.k.a Chocolate Vermicelli
Method:
For the Cupcakes–
Sieve the flours with baking soda and cocoa powder. whisk the yoghurt & sugar well. Add oil, vanilla essence and 1 TBSP of hot water. Now add the dry mix and fold in gently. If there are any dry streaks of flour, add 1 tsp of how water at a time and get a flowing batter (it would be slightly thick)
Pour into prepared muffin moulds with liners and bake at 180 C for 15-20 mins (mine were done at 18 mins). Cool a bit.
Frosting–
While the cupcakes bake, prepare the frosting. Melt the chocochips and chocolate over a double boiler or in a microwave. Once slightly melted, add in the milk and icing sugar, take off heat and mix gently to a thick ganache / frosting (spoonable) consistency
Spoon the ganache while still warm over the slightly cooled cupcakes over a wire rack (lick the rest of the ganache / frosting that drips down :p), top with chocolate sprinkles.
Set for 5 mins in the fridge and see them disappear 🙂
Sending to my own event Kids Delight – Chocolate Dishes and BM 74
Wow that's an awesome amount of chocolate.. I would love one of these! ????????
Wow I am sure looking at the pictures, kids would have done happy dance!..very nicely baked.
This is so sinful!! Perfectly done!!
These cupcakes look so delicious Kalyani. And you have given a nice healthy twist..
looks so sinful…. kids would love it though…
Kids will go Gaga over these Kalyani. Perfectly baked.
Extremely alluring, cant take my eyes from this dark beauty.
Wow now I want some of these beauties.
Looks so sinful!!My bookmarked list is growing!
Your chocolate cupcakes look so rich and delicious.
These cupcakes look awesome! And I love the idea of making only 4 cupcakes and not having to worry about finishing a huge batch!
Waao…Just a waao..Great Chocolate Recipe Kalyani…! I will surely try this recipe for my neice, because she's very much found of chocolate stuffs… Eggless Wholewheat Chocolate Cake
Thanks for stopping by Nandita ! I do hope your niece enjoys it . Do let me know how you guys liked them !