Chocolate Fudge Buttermilk Cupcakes
Recipe submitted by EP24
These cupcakes are quick and simple. Kids of all sizes love them.
Serves 28 to 30
Ingredients
- 4 cups Plain Flour
- 2 tsp Baking soda
- 2 tsp Baking powder
- 1½ tsp Salt
- 1 cup Cocoa
- 1 cup Hot water
- 250 g Unsalted butter
- 2 cups Caster Sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups Buttermilk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 30 muffin/cupcake cases
- 12 muffin/cupcake baking tray
- 1 cup cream
- 300g dark chocolate
Method
- Preheat oven to 180C
- Sift dry ingredients together in a bowl and set aside
- Stir the cocoa and hot water together in a jug to make a thick paste
- Cream butter and sugar together in a food processor or electric beater
- Add eggs one at a time to mixture and blend until all combined
- Add buttermilk and vanilla to mixture and blend.
- Add cocoa paste to mixture and blend until combined
- Add dry indgredients to the batter until just combined.
- Spoon mixture into prepared cupcake baking tray. Do not over fill .
- Bake for 18-20 or until tops are set and a skewer comes out clean.
- Cool on a wire rack
- For Ganache/Icing
- Bring cream to the boil and remove from heat
- Add chocolate and stir until melted
- Dip cooled cupcakes into Ganache,decorate as you wish and allow to set.
