Jumbo Chocolate Cup Cakes by shireen

                                       Jumbo Chocolate Cup Cakes

              Ingredients

            Butter 8 ounces

            Sugar 8 ounces

            Flour 6 ounces

            Cocoa powder 2 ounce

            Eggs 4

            Milk ¼ cup

            Vanilla essence 1 tsp heaped

            Baking powder 2 ½ tsp

            Ingredients for Butter Cream Icing

            Butter 4 ounces

            Icing sugar 8 ounces

            Coffee 1 tsp

            Water 1 tbsp

            Cocoa powder 3 tbsp

            Chocolate grated for decoration

            Method

            Beat 8 ounces butter and 8 ounces caster sugar till light and creamy, sieve together 6 ounces flour, 2 ounces coco powder and 2 ½ tsp baking powder, keep aside. In beaten butter and sugar mixture, start adding in eggs one at a time alternating with sieved flour and cocoa powder mixture, lastly fold in left over flour mixture. Fold in ¼ cup milk and 1 tsp vanilla essence mix slightly, pour this mixture in to well greased jumbo muffin pan, bake in a pre heated oven on 180 degrees for 25 minutes, remove cool and spread with butter cream icing. Decorate with grated chocolate.

            Method for Butter Cream Icing

            Beat 4 ounces butter and 8 ounces sugar till light and fluffy, add in 3 tbsp cocoa powder, 1 tsp coffee mixed with water, beat well, and apply on cup cakes, topped with grated chocolate.