your eyes are not deceiving you! I am indeed the cup cake-baking-genius behind the beautiful creations pictured right (these three cup cakes were especially happy to pose for a picture on top of my 1950s scales). and they don't just look good, they taste like little bursts of heaven too!!!
this is the recipe I've used (swedish only...see below for english translation).
chocolate cup cakes
- 4 decilitres plain flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 decilitres cacao
- 125g butter
- 2 1/2 decilitres sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 3/4 decilitres sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
icing
- 100g philadelphia cheese
- 350g icing sugar
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 4 tablespoons cacao
- approx 1 tablespoon water
(1 dl = 0.35 UK cup / 0.42 US cup / 0.4 metric cup...confusing!!!)
mix the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl
whisk butter and sugar
add one egg at a time and the sour cream to the butter/sugar mixture
add the dry ingredients
mix mix mix
pour into the paper cake cases (approx 10 large or 15 medium) and half-fill each case with the cake mixture
cook in the oven at 175c for 25-30 minutes
allow the cup cakes to cool before spreading the icing on top
I modified the recipe a little (as I always do...and not always successfully sadly) and added half a tin of hot choc milk chips to the mixture...and I also sort of forgot (oops) to add the salt and vanilla extract, but the cup cakes still tasted great so I guess it doesn't matter that much!
breaking news: witnesses claim five cup cakes were abducted and eaten in central helsingborg on sunday evening. the five cup cakes were reported missing at approximately 8.30pm. there has been no sign of the five since then and local police are currently investigating the crime scene and interviewing witnesses to the, what can only be described as, cup cake massacre. there has been no arrests as yet, but police are believed to have identified five suspects, four of whom are believed to be from the same family and one is the boyfriend of one of the women.
the disappearance of the five cup cakes have caused a lot of anxiety among the cup cake community and a further four cupcakes have reportedly called the police demanding police security as they believe their lives to be at risk. one cup cake has allegedly been taken to hospital to be treated for symptoms of shock.
(disclaimer: no cup cakes were harmed during the writing of this blog post)
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