CHOCOLATE CUP CAKE

This is a rich, tender  chocolate cupcake topped with my home made whipped cream  frosting.It is a pure chocolate  indulgence,a perfect  treat for kids as well as we  adults😊😊😊😊.I do not love any frosting  on cake but my daughter  loves it, just to make her happy,served these yummy, delicious  chocolate cup cake topped  with home  made whipped  cream.


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Author - Moumita 
Preparation Time - 10 Minutes 
Baking Time - 25 Minutes 
Servings - 12
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INGREDIENTS 
All Purpose  flour or Maida-1Cup
Granueled Sugar - 3/4 Cup 
Cocoa Powder -1/4cup
Milk (at room temperature ) - 1/2cup
Melted Butter or Vegetable Oil-1/2cup
Eggs-2 (if you want to avoid egg,use 3/4cup beaten thick Yougurt )
Baking Powder - 1.5tsp
Baking Soda-1/4tsp
Vanilla Essence - 1tsp 



METHOD 
Preheat oven to 350 degree  F or 180 degree C.   

Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners.

In a bowl,add all purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda and Cocoa powder. ..mix them well.

Take another big bowl, add Sugar, Vegetable oil, Vanilla essence. Eggs or beaten Yogurt, Milk...mix them very well until become a creamy texture.

Pour the batter into the flour mixture slowly. ..mix them very well until the dry and wet ingredients are well combined. 


Divide the batter among the prepared cups (they will be full).

Bake the cupcakes for 20 to 25 minutes or  until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Transfer to a wire rack and let cool them completely. 

When cakes will become  cool completely ,apply whipped cream frosting on it.Then pour the chocolate sauce on each cup cake and serve.

For Whipped Cream Recipe, Please Click here

VANILLA CUPCAKE SERVED IN EDIBLE CHOCOLATE CUP(HOW TO MAKE EDIBLE CHOCOLATE CUPCAKE WRAPPERS )

My whole family love vanilla  cupcake or  vanilla flavoured cake.To make them happy, last Sunday, I  baked some simple but tasty vanilla cupcake with a slight twist. For a nice twist, served this cupcakes  in edible chocolate cupcake wrapper .My daughter  was at home and also getting bored .Just to involve  her in some activities, I decided to make  edible  chocolate  cupcake wrappers. Making chocolate cups is a easy and fun toddler activity. You can serve   your cupcake in this  edible chocolate cupcake wrapper and eat these too.

Today first we will learn how to make a  Edible Chocolate Cupcake Wrappers  after  that we will learn  how to make simple and tasty Vanilla  Cupcake.


HOW TO MAKE EDIBLE CHOCOLATE CUPCAKE WRAPPERS 

Preparation Time - 15 Minutes 
Making Time -45 Minutes 
Servings - 12


To make this chocolate  bowls ..you need to have

INGREDIENTS 
Dark Chocolate -250 grams

Silicone cupcake liners -12 (If you want you can use 12 cup cupcake tray with paper liners. .but from my own experience,I can say silicone cupcake liners are much easier to work with than paper one...edible  chocolate cups are easily  peeled off from silicon cup cake liner.

Double Boiler or( a Saucepan  and a bowl smaller than the saucepan )

Paint brush


METHOD 

Break the chocolate into small pieces. Put the chocolate in a heatproof bowl ...set over a pan of simmering water and leave to melt. Do not let the water touch the bottom of the upper pan. Only let the water simmer. Do not allow it to boil or you may burn the chocolate. Stir until completely melted.Remove from the heat

If you can do it in a microwave , melt on medium heat for 1 to 2 minutes...being very careful not to overheat the chocolate.I did in microwave.

 Line a 12-cup cupcake tray with paper liners and scoop approximately 1 tablespoon melted chocolate into each cup....as I told before silicon cup cake liner are much easier to work with paper one..I have silicon cup cake liner..I used that.

Use  backside of spoon  to evenly coat each cupcake liner and paint the chocolate up the sides of each liner, stopping about 1/2-inch/1 cm from the top. Try to cover any thin areas you see and make sure the bottom has a good coat.

Now freeze them  Freeze the tray  or individual silicon cup cake moulds for several 30 minutes. Afterthat  remove from fridge,  peel off the cupcake liners and store the chocolate cups in the freezer. ..otherwise it will get melted for heat.

Now we will learn HOW TO MAKE VANILLA CUPCAKE 

PREPARATION TIME - 15 MINUTES 
BAKING TIME - 25 Minutes 
SERVINGS - 12 

INGREDIENTS 
All-purpose flour or Maida-1  Cups

Baking powder-1.5tsp

Granueld sugar-3/4 cup

Vegetable oil - 1 / 2 cup +1tsp

Eggs-2 (if you want to avoid  egg..then you can use
1 small tin (200ml) condensed milk.

Vanilla essence -1tsp

Milk-3/4cup

Baking soda -1 pinch

Preheat oven to 350 degree  F or 180 degree C.

Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners.

METHOD 

In a bowl,add all purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda  ..mix them well.

Take another big bowl, add Sugar, Vegetable oil, Vanilla essence. Eggs or Condensed milk and Milk...mix them very well until become a creamy texture.

Pour the batter into the flour mixture slowly. ..mix them very well until the dry and wet ingredients are well combined.


Divide the batter among the prepared cups (they will be full).

Bake the cupcakes for 20 to 25 minutes or  until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely.Then put  this cake in edible  chocolate  wrapper and serve,before  putting  cake in edible  chocolate wrapper....make sure that the cakes are not hot...otherwise  your chocolate wrapper  will get melted.

MARBLE CAKE

This cake is for that time when you  can't decide whether you want to make a chocolate cake or a vanilla cake, just  combine the two and make a Marble Cake.It is the super moist, rich, buttery, and loaded with deep chocolate flavour. The marbling effect is created by placing the vanilla and chocolate cake batters  in a cake pan, and then running a skewer or knife (do not stir) through the two batters to give it a marble effect. I personally prefer serving  this cake plain as I want everyone to see the Marbling  effect.But you can dust the top with powdered sugar or cocoa powder or cover with a Chocolate Ganache.

I baked my marble cake with round cake pan...you can use any regular cake pan according to your choice.

INGREDIENTS 
All-purpose flour or Maida-1 1/2 Cups

Baking powder-1.5tsp

Granuled sugar-1 cup

Butter (softened  not melted)-1/2 cup +1 tsp

Eggs-2 (if you want to avoid  egg..then you can use
1 small tin (200ml) condensed milk.

Vanilla essence -1tsp

Milk-3/4cup

Cocoa powder-1/4cup

Baking soda -1 pinch


METHOD 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F or 175 C degree  for 10 minutes.

Grease a  9 inch round cake  pan with 1tsp  oil.

Take a mixing bowl, combine   flour ,baking powder, and baking soda...mix well and set aside.

Take a  another bowl ,add  butter and sugar..mix until creamy...add eggs(if you use condensed milk. .then add  condensed  milk) ..Add vanilla essence  and milk...mix until a creamy texture.

Add flour mixture into this  creamy mixture slowly...mix  until smooth.

 Reserve 1/2 cup batter; pour the remainder white  batter  into the greased pan.

Stir cocoa into the 1/2 cup reserved batter and mix well using a fork.

Drop by spoonfuls over top of white batter.

Using a knife, swirl the cocoa batter into the white batter to incorporate it in a marble effect.

Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes,  or Insert a toothpick to check. .if the inserted toothpick comes out clean then it is done

Remove from oven and let cool for 10 minutes..cut into slices..then serve and enjoy.
             

 If you do not have both OTG or Microwave with onvection Mode..then you do not need to be worried. .you can  bake it in Pressure cooker also.

FOR BAKING IN PRESSURE COOKER


Use a pressure cooker that's at least 3 litres, but 5 litres is a good size  what I would recommend.

Remove the gasket (the rubber insulation thing) on the lid of your pressure cooker. This is an important step. You also do NOT need the whistle.


My pressure cooker came with a stand that goes at the bottom of the cooker pan. It distributes heat more evenly and is especially useful when baking in the pressure cooker. If you don't have, try to find a substitute. Maybe a small, thick steel plate would do the job as well.

It's better not to have the cake pan touch the bottom of the pressure cooker directly since that may cause the bottom of the cake to cook more rapidly.


you need to pre-heat the pressure cooker. For this, just place the lid (without gasket) on the pressure cooker (which should contain no water) and cook on high heat for 2 mins.


 Now, keep the flame in low and place the cake pan filled with cake batter carefully inside the cooker. Close the cooker without gasket and weight,... cook for 45 minutes to be done.


Check it after 45 minutes by inserting a knife or toothpick in the centre of the batter, if it comes out clean, means it’s done, otherwise cook for some more time..but keep checking.

FONDANT ROSE WITH HOME MADE VEG FONDANT WITHOUT USING GELATINE AND MARSHMALLOWS

Fondant is like a edible play dough which can be used for  cake decorating. You can do anything  with fondant..can give some shapes of your choices based on the occasion ...or just can wrap your cake with fondant..it is depend on you....what you want to do with  your  fondant. Basically fondant are made with marshmallows.. ..it contains  gelatine  which is non veg.Many people want to avoid it...so few days  back I made vegt fobdant without using marshmallows  and gelatine...click the following  link  to  make VEG FONDANT WITHOUT USING GELATINE AND MARSHMALLOWS .Today I am going to share a Pink Fondant  Rose by using home made Veg Fondant.

HOW TO MAKE ROSE FONDANT

You need some fondant  fondant..you can choose  any colour...my daughter  loves  pink colour. .so I choose  pink fondant.

Divide the fondant some  small portions.

Take each portions and make little balls.

Smoosh all of the balls into small petals,make sure not all of them will be same size.

Take the smallest  one..lift the top of the petal,pull it towards you and fold it to create a small layered  piece  of fondant . (shown  in the picture )...

            
                                  PICTURE-1Take this layered portion and another petal shaped fondant.

Put this layered portion  of  fondant(Pic1)  on the petal fondant..and wrap the petal around the layered (Pic 1)portion.

                                 PICTURE -2
                  Take another petal shaped fondant and wrap it around Pic 2.

Keep wrapping  petal until all petal  shaped fondants are finished. .

You should be able to see the pic 1 in the centre.

Now look at your hands...what are you  holding. .a pink Fondant Rose.

It is very easy. .you can make it with your kids also. They will enjoy.

VEG FONDANT WITHOUT USING GELATINE AND MARSHMALLOWS(A SHIRT CAKE USING THIS VEG FONDANT )

Fondant is like a edible play dough which can be used for  cake decorating. You can do anything  with fondant..can give some shapes of your choices based on the birthday  theme...or just can wrap your cake with fondant..it is depend on you....what you want to do with  your  fondant. Basically fondant are made with marshmallows.it contains  gelatine  which is non veg.Many people want to avoid it ...so I tried my hands on Veg Fondant  first time.

Today I am going to share how to make Fondant without using Gelatine  and Marshmallows...you can call it a Veg Fondant.Before starting  the recipe I want to thank  Chef Yaman as I followed  80 %of his recipe...it came out so well.

INGREDIENTS 

Icing Sugar -4cups(if required..can add more..so it is better  to keep some extra while making fondant )

Cream -1/4cup

Food Grade Glycerine -1tbsp (optional)

Liquid Glucose or Corn Syrup-1/2cup (I used store bought, if you do not get at store..then follow this recipeLIQUID GLUCOSE OR GLUCOSE SYRUP WITHOUT USING CREAM OF TARTAR.

Butter-2tbsp

Agar Agar-2tbsp

METHOD 

1.Soak the agar agar  in the creame for 5 to 10 minutes

2)Add this mixture in a pan..and cook it on low flame until all is mixed  together  properly..no agar agar should not be seen.

3)Add butter..mix well..now add  liquid glucose,glycerine. ..beat it well 

4)Add around  2 cups of icing  sugar and mix well with hand..after that it is mixed well..add one more cup icing sugar...and mix..once  it is mixed  well. .cover the bowl with lid..and put it in the fridge for 10minutes.

Afterthat  take out from fridge..transfer  the  fondant  on the working  surface  and add one more cup icing sugar .and mix well...if you feel it is very sticky. .add more sugar and knead to form the dough like below  mentioned picture. 

Cover with cling wrap/plastic rap(if you do not have  wrap..cut any plastic packet..and put the fondant  in it)...Refrigerate  it for minimum  12 hrs.

Take out from fridge. .keep on the counter for 1 hr.

Sprinkle some icing sugar on dry working surface  like kitchen  cabinet. ..start kneading the fondant with ...if you feel it is stickey..then you can add some more icing sugar. .your veg fondant is ready to use.

Mix any colour with it..make whatever  you want.

MAKING SHIRT CAKE USING THIS  FONDANT

Yesterday  was my hubby ' s birthday...made a Shirt Chocolate  Cake..First  I made chocolate  cake...for chocolate  cake follow this  recipe .Christmas Special Chocolate Cake...adjust the measurement  of ingredients  according  to the size of your cake pan...these measurements  are suitable for one 8inch cake ....then cover the cake with Creame Cheese   Frosting...if you  do not cover  with Frosting properly. .the Fondant  cover will not be smooth.For Creame Cheese  Fosting..
You can follow  this  recipe or you can buy it ftom store also..BlueBird whipped  creame can be used for frosting.


INGREDIENTS FOR FROSTING 

Cream cheese (at room temperature)-1/2 cup
Sour cream-1/2cup
Confectioner Sugar  or Icing Sugar -1cup

METHOD OF MAKING FROSTING 
Meanwhile, beat cream cheese, sour cream and confectioners’ sugar with an electric mixer or manual mixer until smooth.
 Refrigerate the frosting until very cold, about 2 hours.

HOW TO MAKE SHIRT CAKE
After that covering  the  cake with this  above mentioned  Cream Cheese Frosting. ..keep the cake in the fridge  for 15 minutes..take out from fridge amd cover the cske with this frosting

After that..divide the fondant  into 1:3 ratio...keep the smaller  portion of white fondant unchanged. ..mix pink colour with the other larger portion of fondant...roll out  with rolling pin until you cake will be covered  with your fondant...then cover the cake with pink fondant.Draw tie,pocket  on a white paper..just put this on white fondant. .and cut...and put them on the cake...according to their places...

For collar...roll out the white  fondant. .cut it into 2 inches wide and 20 inches length..after that fold it in between. ..and stick the centre  of this strip around the edges of your cake and stick the sides of the strip on top of the cake.Your Shirt Cake is ready..

NOTE:-My hands  was too sticky...thatswhy I could not take all photos of making Shirt Cake. .
If you  have any queries, please feel free to ask me. 

CHOCOLATE CHERRY CUPCAKE

                        Chocolate Cherry CupCake 

Few days back, I was shopping at my nearest super store,I came across a box of fresh red cherry and seriously I could not stop myself from buying it.My cocoa powder  was finished  so I had to buy a cocoa powder also. After seeing both cocoa powder and cherry  together, I got this idea of making Chocolate  Cherry  Cup Cake.As it is said that chocolate  and cherries are a match made in heaven.

The chopped cherries blend into the ultra-rich chocolate cake, giving these cupcakes a cherry flavor .  A chocolate cupcake with a   cherry  filling, topped with a sweetened whipped cream and chocolate, yeah no one could turn it down.
My family  loved these cupcakes, and seriously who wouldn’t?


PREPARATION TIME - 15 Minutes 
BAKING TIME -25 Minutes 
SERVINGS - 12

INGREDIENTS FOR CUPCAKE 
All Purpose  flour or Maida-1Cup
Granuled Sugar - 3/4 Cup 
Cocoa Powder -1/4cup
Milk (at room temperature ) - 1/2cup
Melted Butter or Vegetable Oil-1/2cup
Eggs-2 (if you want to avoid egg,use 3/4cup beaten thick Yougurt )
Baking Powder - 1.5tsp
Baking Soda-1/4tsp
Vanilla Essence - 1tsp 
Chopped pitted cherries(fresh or frozen) -1 1/2 Cup plus 12 fresh cherries with stems for garnish

INGREDIENTS FOR FROSTING 

Cream cheese (at room temperature)-1/2 cup 
Sour cream-1/2cup
Confectioner Sugar  or Icing Sugar -1cup

INGREDIENTS FOR GARNISHING

12 cherries  with stem
Cream Cheese Frosting 
Chocolate Bar-1medium(chopped ) 

METHOD OF MAKING CUPCAKE 

Preheat oven to 350 degree  F or 180 degree C.   

Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners.

In a bowl,add all purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda and Cocoa powder. ..mix them well.

Take another big bowl, add Sugar, Vegetable oil, Vanilla essence. Eggs or beaten Yogurt, Milk...mix them very well until become a creamy texture.

Pour the batter into the flour mixture slowly. ..mix them very well until the dry and wet ingredients are well combined. 

Fold in chopped cherries until just combined. 

Divide the batter among the prepared cups (they will be full).

Bake the cupcakes for 20 to 25 minutes or  until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely.

METHOD OF MAKING FROSTING 
Meanwhile, beat cream cheese, sour cream and confectioners’ sugar with an electric mixer or manual mixer until smooth.
 Refrigerate the frosting until very cold, about 2 hours. 

METHOD OF GARNISHING 

Spread the frosting on the cooled cupcakes,sprinkle  chopped  chocolate  and decorate with a cherry on top.

MARBEL CUPCAKES

               

It has been a long time I did not bake anything. My daughter  had two  months  summer vacation so I went to Kolkata. I have never made cupcakes, recently  I bought some cupcake silicone moulds...so Today  I  thought  of  baking  some cupcakes. ..but which one chocolate  or vanilla. I wanted  to bake my first cupcakes  with some basic    recipes...My husband  and daughter love  chocolate  flavour  and I love vanilla
Then I started  thinking.....  Are they chocolate? Are they vanilla? Then I decided  to make marble  cupcake.....For when you can’t decide if you want a chocolate cupcake or a vanilla cupcake!😊😊😊😊

Preparation Time -20 minutes
Baking Time - 25 minutes
Servings - 12 cupcakes


INGREDIENTS 
All-purpose flour-1 and  1/2 cup

Baking powder-1tsp

baking soda-1/4tsp

Butter or Vegetable  oil -1/2 cup

 Castor sugar or granulated sugar-1cup

 Eggs , (room temperature)-2
 (if you do not want to use egg...then you can use 3/4cup Yougurt  instead of egg

Milk-3/4 cup + 1 Tablespoon

Vanilla essence -2tsp

METHOD 

Preheat oven to 350F  or 180 C degrees.

 Line muffin pan with cupcake liners ...here I used individual  muffin  silicone  mould.

Take a medium bowl, add  flour, baking powder, baking soda, mix together. .. Set aside.

In a large microwave-safe bowl, melt butter in the microwave.Add sugar and whisk.

Add  eggs, 3/4 cup milk, and vanilla essence  into the butter sugar mixture. ..  whisk them together until combined.

Slowly mix in dry ingredients until no lumps remain.
 Batter will be thick.

Transfer 3/4 cup of batter to another medium bowl.

 Mix in cocoa powder and 1 Tablespoon milk until combined. Then add this cocoa powder mix to 1/4th vanilla batter. Chocolate batter will be extremely thick.

   

Spoon 1 Tablespoon of vanilla batter into each cupcake liner.

                   

Top with a spoonful of chocolate batter, then more vanilla batter on top until all batters have been used up.

Now swirl the batters together very lightly using a toothpick.

Bake the cupcakes for 20-24 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Serve hot..if you want you can make some frosting  on it also.My husband  doesn't  love frosting  so I do frosting  on some special  occasions  like birthday, anniversary 😊😊😊😊

1 Minute Microwave Dark Chocolate Mug Cake

      1 Minute Microwave Dark Chocolate Mug Cake                             

   

Preparation Time -1minute 
Cooking Time - 1 minute 
Serve -1

Ingredients

1 coffee mug
4 Tbsp flour or maida
4 Tbsp. sugar
2 Tbsp. cocoa
1 egg ( If you want to avoid egg, then add 3tbsp more milk instead of using egg )
3 Tbsp. milk
3 Tbsp. Butter (melted)
Small splash of vanilla
Baking powder - 1/4tsp
Baking soda -1pinch
                             

METHOD 
Add flour,cocoa powder and baking powder into a mug, mix well with a fork.
Add egg,  milk..sugar..butter..vanilla until well combined .
Mix well until become a creamy texture.
Place  mug in the centre of the  microwave and micro at high power for 1 minutes . Cake will rise over top of mug. Allow to cool for 2 minutes.