Chocolate cup cake with White chocolate frosting

Yes, it's been very long since I visited my lil' cooking blog. It's like I have almost forgotten about this lovely passion of mine...Time and office work often tends to rob you of your hobbies. So, here I am dedicating this post of mine to all the lovely people out there who take time to pursue their hobbies, no matter what! It's people like you who keep me inspired :)

I baked these cupcakes and they were such a hit with my friends- the recipe is definitely a keeper- It took me a couple of attempts to get this correct, but yes, it tastes gorgeous. You know the best part? you don't have to reach for the stars in terms of preparation or ingredients.

What do you need?

85 gm self raising flour
55 gm butter
55 gm castor sugar
1 large egg
1 tbsp cocoa powder
55 gm plain chocolate (broken into small pieces)
white chocolate 55 gm (for decoration)

*Instead of using a self raising flour, I used 85 gm plain flour and 1tsp baking powder*
*If you don't get a large egg- 2 small ones can be used*

Preparation-

• Place the flour, butter, sugar, egg and cocoa powder in a large bowl and beat together till it is smooth
• Spoon half the mixture in cup cake paper cases.
• With a small spoon make an indentation in middle and place piece of plain chocolate
• Spoon remaining cake mixture on top (till it fills up 3/4th space of the cup cake case)
• Bake the cake in a preheated oven for 20 minutes or until they are well risen and springy to touch.

For decoration-
Melt the white chocolate in a bowl and with a teaspoon gently drizzle it on top of your cup cake!

Cinnamon muffins!

Nothing beats a good, moist, cinnamon flavored muffin. It’s like biting into a piece of cinnamon bliss.

A hardcore fan of cinnamon, I can munch on these goodies day in and out. I sure had fun baking them and it’s pretty easy to make. The recipe came from the blog velvetlava.blogspot.in. I had pinned it long time back and never had a chance to revisit. And when I did revisit, I realised I had all the ingredients to bake them. I was delighted when it came out perfect.

Cinnamon Muffins

Moist Cinnamon Muffins- who wouldn’t love it?

Ingredients

• 1/3 c. butter, melted
• 1/2 c. sugar
• 1 egg (preferably room temperature)
• 1 1/2 c. all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
• 1/2 c. milk
• Topping
• 1/4 c. sugar
• 1/4 c. butter, melted
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• Preheat oven to 350F.

Instructions

1. In a medium-large bowl, sift together all dry ingredients.
2. Add wet ingredients and stir until combined, but still a bit lumpy. (Don’t overmix).
3. Scoop batter into muffin tins or muffin cups.
4. Using a spoon, I got 12 medium muffins out of this batter; I think you could get 8-10 large muffins by distributing the batter generously.
5. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until they just start to turn a bit golden at the edges.
6. For the topping, mix sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
7. Place melted butter in another small bowl.
8. Dip the warm muffins in melted butter, then dip/roll the muffin in cinnamon sugar.
9. Enjoy with piping hot coffee :)