Devil's Food Cupcakes

Another goodie from the cupcake bible... despite the name, these are actually quite light and fluffy and incredibly rich. Also wanted to try out a new product I found at the supermarket this week - Multix disposable piping bags and nozzles. No washing up - woohoo!!


For the cupcakes:
225 g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
225 g light brown sugar - I used 200 g but you can probably get away with 180 g as they are quite sweet
225 g unsalted butter, softened - I used 200 g
2 eggs, separated
100 g dark chocolate, melted
1 tsp vanilla essence
115 ml milk

Sift flour and baking powder and set aside. Cream the sugar and butter then add egg yolks and beat well. Add melted chocolate and vanilla and mix. Add the flour and milk alternately, beating after each addition. Beat the egg whites until soft peaks form and gently fold into the batter. Divide into 18 paper cases and bake at 170 degrees C for 20 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before turning out onto rack to cool completely.


For the icing:
115 g unsalted butter, softened
1 tbsp milk
115 g dark chocolate, melted
1 tsp vanilla essence
90 g icing sugar, sifted

Cream the butter, add milk and beat until smooth. Stir in chocolate and vanilla. Beat in the icing sugar until thick and creamy. Spread over cupcakes. Being a noob at cake decorating, I road tested the piping bag with just a few blobs :).