A cupcake is a sweet pastry that in its structure resembles bread. There are many recipes for this pastry. A variety of flavors is achieved with the help of additives: candied fruit, nuts, raisins. To bake a chocolate muffin, it is enough to introduce a small amount of cocoa into the dough. A properly baked cupcake will become a favorite dessert for the household. It can be served for breakfast and evening tea.
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You will need
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- butter 125 g;
- icing sugar ¼ cup;
- egg 1 pc;
- flour 1.5 cups;
- cocoa 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- milk ½ cup;
- soda ¼ teaspoon;
- hot water ¼ cup;
- vanillin or vanilla essence;
- chocolate 100 g
Instruction manual
1
Preheat the oven to 180 ° C. Grease a baking dish with butter or vegetable oil. Lay out the bottom and walls of the mold with oiled paper. Mix flour and cocoa together. Sift these ingredients.
2
In a small bowl, whisk the butter and icing sugar until an air cream is formed. The mass should increase approximately twice, and the sugar crystals completely dissolve.
3
Add the egg to the mass, beat well. Pour in vanilla essence, mix.
4
Transfer the whipped mass to a large container. Introduce gradually sifted flour and cocoa, alternate with milk. Stir with a metal spoon.
5
Dissolve baking soda in hot, about 50 ° C, water. Add to the dough. Stir until smooth.
6
Put the dough in a baking dish. Level the surface. Bake for 35 minutes.
7
Check readiness with a sharp knife. Stick it in the middle of the cupcake. If after you take out the knife, there will be no traces of dough on it - the cupcake is ready.
8
Remove from oven. Leave the cupcake in shape for 5 minutes. To cool, lay it on the grill.
9
Melt a bar of milk chocolate in a water bath. Apply to the cooled surface of the cake.
note
Do not open the oven for the first 20 minutes of baking - the cake may settle.
To make the cake dough, use butter and eggs at room temperature.
Useful advice
You can add raisins to the cake dough. It should first be washed and dried by laying on a linen napkin. Before you put raisins in the dough, roll it in flour.
If you want to add nuts to the cupcake, then they must first be fried and chopped with a knife or mortar. Pieces should not be too small.
The cake can be cut into two equal parts, greased with jam or whipped cream.
You can decorate a cupcake with fresh berries and mint leaves.
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