I couldn't help but notice that all the other bakers on Facebook were offering treats for Valentine's Day, and figured the old adage was apt, 'if you don't ask, you don't get'. Coupled with the fact that I hadn't made chocolate cupcakes often enough to feel really confident about them, and we have... ta da!! Chocolate cucpakes with chocolate buttercream icing.
For some reason, despite using the same size cake cases and the same ice-cream scoop to fill them, the cakes didn't bake as flat as the vanilla usually do. I followed the recipe as I do for vanilla, and they still tasted soft, light and lovely, just had a little volcano in the middle. Do you have any idea why that happened?
The chocolate buttercream wasn't as problematic, just light and delicious. Mmmm....
I played around with the candy letters I used to make the X and O on the rear cupcake, and whaddya know - it spelled out my name! haha
Here are some photos taken by my friend Jill over at Aspire2be. creative photography, great aren't they?!
I'm more confident with Vanilla, so that's the offer for Valentine's - along with Chocolate Brownies for those who prefer their treats dark and decadent. What would you choose?
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