Colourful Chocolate Cupcakes

I prepared these beautiful and yummy cupcakes for myself as I was craving for something sweet and chocolaty. I decorated the top with colorful and simple toppings and could not believe how beautiful these turned out :)

Ingredients:

• Unflavored Oil - 1/4 cup
• Sugar - 1/2 cup
• All purpose flour - 6 tbsp
• Baking soda - 1/4 tsp
• Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
• Instant coffee powder - 1/2 tsp
• Egg - 1
• Salt - pinch
• Semisweet chocolate chips - 4 tbsp
• Water - 1/4 cup

Procedure:

• Preheat oven to 350F (175 C) degrees.

• Line a 6-well muffin tin with cupcake papers.
• In a large heat safe bowl, add the chocolate , then pour the water over the top to combine and microwave for 1 minute and then stir well.
• Add the coffee powder, sugar and oil, whisk to combine. Add the egg and vanilla and whisk until smooth.
• Add the flour, salt and baking soda and mix just until combined.
• Fill the cupcake wells ¾ of the way full. Bake 17-20 mins or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow cupcakes to cool completely before frosting.
• Once cooled cut out the top of the cupcake and make a little well so when we fill the top with ganache and have a flat base for placing the decorations.

Ingredients:

• Semisweet chocolate chips - 1 cup
• Whipping cream - 1/3 cup

Procedure:

• In a small heat safe bowl, add the chocolate , then pour the cream over the top to combine and microwave for 2 minutes, one minute at a time and then stir well after each minute.

• Cover with plastic wrap and store in fridge for 12-15 hrs to achieve thick consistency and keep 30 mins in room temperature before use

Materials required for decorating:

• Orange Candy Corn
• Mini M&M's
• Red and green sour straps(Licorice)
• Green chocolate melts
• Chocolate ganache
• Chocolate cupcakes

Procedure:

• Orange Candy Corn cupcake : Place one orange M&M in center and surround with candy corn
• Mini M&M cupcake : Place a candy corn in center and place 4 different colored M&M's of 3 each
• Sour straps cupcake : Take 7 red sour straps and cut in shape of petal and 3 green sour straps in shape of very small petal to depict leaf. Place a yellow M&M in center and surround with red petals overlapping a little and place the green petals in 3 open spaces
• Chocolate melt cupcake : Place a red M&M in center and surround with green chocolate melts

Done :)