Death by Chocolate Cupcakes

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Ingredients:

• 1/2  cup(113 gms) butter
• 1/3 cup chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 3/4 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 3/4 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 large eggs at room temperature
  
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 1/2 cup buttermilk

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Method:

1. Melt the butter and chocolate chips over low heat and until smooth. Keep aside.
2. Add both sugars and whisk well.
3. Once cooled add the eggs and vanilla essence and mix well.
4. In a medium bowl sieve the dry ingredients.
5. Add the cooled chocolate/egg mix.
6. Mix buttermilk into it.
7. Stir until  just combined.
8. Do not over mix.
9. Preheat the oven 175C for 10 minutes.
10. Pour the batter into the cupcake cake liners using ice cream scoop.
11. Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

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Enjoy Baking

S

Chocolate cake with chocolate sauce

 This has been my favorite cake recently. Its super moist and light texture. Served with a hot chocolate sauce will definitely give a competition to Matilda Cake !!!

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Ingredients:

For the Cake:

• 1 3/4 cup  flour
• 3/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp  baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil or coconut oil
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla essence
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup hot coffee

For the Sauce:

• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1 cup whipping cream

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Method:

1. Whisk the flour, cocoa powder , baking powder, baking soda and salt together in a large bowl
2. Mix the oil, eggs, vanilla essence  using a hand held mixer.
3. Add the buttermilk and mix well.
4. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.
5. Add the hot coffee into and mix on a low speed.
6. Until the batter is thin.
7. Preheat the oven to 175C.
8. Divide the batter into two pans. 
9. Bake for 30 minutes until a tooth pick comes out clean.
10. Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool

Make the Sauce:

1. Place the chocolate chips on a bowl.
2. Heat cream on a stovetop until just simmering.
3. Pour the cream over the chocolate chips
4. Let it sit for few minutes.
5. Stir well until smooth.

Assemble the Cake:

• Place one layer of cake over a cake stand.
• And then spread one tbsp of the sauce over it .
• Top with the second layer of cake over and repeat  with one tbsp of sauce over it.
• Keep the remaining sauce in the refrigerator. 

At the time of Serving:

• Warm the remaining sauce  just before serving  and pour over each slice at that time depending one needs.

Enjoy baking

S

Tamarid Chutney

 

Tamarind Chutney is a sweet and sour sauce.  It is also know as imli chutney. Tamarind is responsible for that punchy sourness. One can serve with samosas or drizzle over chats.

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Ingredients:

• 1 cup dry tamarind pulp ( washed)
• 1 cup Jaggery
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 1 tsp chilli powder
• 1/2 tsp ginger powder
• 3/4 tsp cumin powder
• 1/2 tsp salt

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Step by Step:

1. Wash one cup tamarind pulp and water.
2. Soak the tamarind in two cups of boiling water.
3. Mash the soaked pulp with water to release all the pulp.
4. Strain the pulp through a strainer.
5. Boil the tamarind water .
6. When it starts to boil add jaggery, pepper, chili powder, ginger powder, cumin powder & salt.
7. Cook on a slow flame until the sauce thickness. (The thickness depends on how much you want)
8. Cool the sauce. 
9. Store in air tight container . It can be refrigerated  for 2 weeks.

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Enjoy

S

Double chocolate Muffins

 Ingredients:

• 2 cups Flour 
• 1 cup Sugar
• 1/2 cup of Cocoa powder (since I had 1/4 cup of cocoa powder ,I used 4 tbsp of chocolate chips)
• 1 tsp Baking Soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup Chocolate chips- Semi sweet
• 2 Eggs
• 1/2 cup +2 tbsp Curd (mix 1 tsp vinegar into it)
• 1/2 cup Vegetable Oil
• 1/2 cup Milk at room temperature
• 1 and  1/2 tsp Vanilla essence

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Method:

1. Sieve flour, sugar, coco powder, baking soda .
2. Mix chocolate chips and keep aside.
3. Melt 4 tbsp chocolate chips.
4. Add oil, milk, vanilla essence into melted chocolate chips.
5. Add eggs and mix well.
6. Add curd into it.
7. Add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix with the a spatula.
8. Preheat the oven @ 175°C for 10 minutes.
9. Use ice cream scoop to pour the batter into the muffin tray.
10. Bake for 20 minutes or until the tooth pick comes out clean.

Cool the muffins & Enjoy !!

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Enjoy Baking!!

S