Chocolate Cupcakes

Recipe

1. Preheat the oven to 170C.
2. Put the flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, salt and butter in a freestanding electric mixer with a paddle attachment and beat on slow speed until you get a sandy consistency and everything is combined.
3. Whisk the milk, egg and vanilla extract together in a jug, then slowly pour about half into the flour mixture, beat to combine and turn the mixer up to high speed to get rid of any lumps.
4. Turn the mixer down to a slower speed and slowly pour in the remaining milk mixture. Continue mixing for a couple more minutes until the mixture is smooth. Do not over mix.
5. Spoon the mixture into the paper cases until two thirds full and bake in the preheated over for 20-25 minutes, or until the sponge bounces back when touched. A skewer inserted should come out clean.
6. Leave the cupcakes to cool slightly in the tray before turning out onto a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
7. When the cupcakes are cold, spoon the chocolate frosting on top and decorate with chocolate vermicelli.

Below is a picture of me at every step in the recipe.

Below is the review for the Chocolate Cupcakes. I asked an impartial person to give me their opinions on certain aspects and an overall rating at the end.

Chocolate Cupcake

Aesthetics:

At first impression it smells like coffee, which the taster is not sure of because they do not like coffee. Appears very dark, so much that the sprinkles on top are not easy to notice and could be easily missed. It appears homemade when you really look at it and begin to notice the little imperfections like missing icing.

Taste:

The cake itself is very moist and spongey. The top of the cupcake has a thin crust on it, adding a crispy edge. It’s surprisingly light considering how rich it appears on the outside. Seems to be a lot more cake than icing, but the proportions are pretty much dead on. However the sprinkles are a bit pointless, no taste seems to be coming from them because they are overpowered by the other flavours.

Additional Comments:

Thought it would be very chocolatey but found it easy to eat and was not completely stuffed at the end, could even attempt to eat another. Five minutes after consumption the taste was still present and pleasant on the palette.

Rating:

6/10

After consideration 7/10

Below is a picture of the final cakes.