Chocolate Cupcakes

By jiwhite

Excellent
If you make into a cake it becomes a dense delicious gourmet cake. You will need to double recipe to make a higher cake as they do not rise like a conventional cake.

Ingredients

• 1/2 Cup Cocoa
• 1 Cup boiling water
• 1 1/3 Flour
• 2 tsp baking Powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup butter @ room temperature
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 Eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla

Preparation

Step 1

In a small bowl stir until smooth hot water and the Cocoa. Let cool and set aside. (I have used flavoured coffee in past)

Whisk dry ingredients together

In mixer beat butter & sugar until Fluffy, add eggs one at a time. Beat in Vanilla.

Add flour in batches and then add cooled cocoa mixture

Bake 375 for 16-20 minutes. Makes 12 Large cupcake (they do not rise much but they are delicious)