Chocolate Cupcakes

Tasted a really nice cupcake baked by sis' friend sometime back.. Kind of missed that taste and smell.. So adapted this recipe to satisfy that craving.. Not too close yet not too far.. Moist and chocolaty texture..

What you need :

100g butter, softened

50g caster sugar

50g brown sugar

2 eggs

¾ tsp almond essence

¼ tsp vanilla essence

1 cup buttermilk

190g flour

¼ tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda

3 tsp baking powder

40g cocoa powder

What to do :

1 Sift flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda and cocoa powder in a bowl.

2 Cream butter, sugars and essences until light. Add eggs one by one and continue beating.

3 Fold in the sifted flours alternating with buttermilk in three batches and beat until smooth.

4 Divide and spoon into paper cases.
5 Bake in a preheated oven at 160C for 15-17 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.

** To make the cupcakes more indulgent, i added some chocolate chips and topped my cupcakes with a teaspoon of nutella each.