Cooking Corner

Dark Chocolate Cupcakes



Ingredients

1            cup butter

4            eggs

3/4         cup sugar

1/4         cup brown sugar

1 tsp       vanilla essence

1 tsp       baking powder

1/2          tsp bi-carbonate soda

1 1/2       cup flour

1/4          cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2          cup chocolate chip





Method

Preheat oven at 220 C. Line cupcake tray with paper cups. Beat butter, sugar and brown sugar till creamy and fluffy. Add one egg at a time, beating well to combine after every addition. Add vanilla essence and mix well. In a bowl, sieve the cocoa, bi carbonate soda, baking powder and flour, and gradually fold in the egg mixture until well combined. Dust chocolate chip with 1 tbsp of flour. Fold into batter. Pour spoonfuls of the batter into the prepared baking tray and bake for 15 minutes or until an inserted skewer comes out clean.

Chilled Strawberry Yogurt

Ingredients

500      gm yogurt

1/2       cup Strawberry(crushed)

1/4       cup milk

2          Tbsp Honey

1          Tbsp Custard powder

2          Tbsp Sugar

            Fresh Strawberries for garnishing



Method

Mix milk, custard powder and sugar in a pan. Cook over medium flame while stirring continuously. When the mixture gets thickens and turns creamy, put off the flame. Cool it for some time. Combine the above mixture, honey, yogurt and strawberry crush into a blender. Blend it into a fine paste, chill. Garnish with fresh strawberries and serve.