Chocolate Mini Cupcakes & Cream Cheese Frosting

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Chocolate mini cupcake

Mmmm... mini chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese frosting! I always find cake too dry (or not very chocolatey) sooooooo, after a few attempts, I came up with my own recipe. Here it is, enjoy!

Ingredients

1/2 cup Butter
225g semi-sweet Chocolate
4 Eggs
3/4 cup Sugar

Variations

Fudge-y like: Nothing added.
Brownie: 1/4 cup Flour + 1/4 tsp Baking Powder
Moist Cake: 1/2 cup Flour + 1/2 tsp Baking Powder.

Steps

1. Melt the butter.
2. Incorporate chocolate.
3. Beat eggs lightly.
4. Add eggs and sugar to mixture.
5. Add optional ingredients if desired.
6. Bake @ 300F for approx 20 min.

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Mmmmmmmm, nomnomnomnomnom, sooo yummy... time to decorate!

Cream Cheese Frosting

This frosting is absolutely divine. It's not too sweet and very creamy. I love it!

Ingredients

250g Cream Cheese (room temp)
1 cup Icing Sugar
1/4 cup Butter (melted)

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Optional

1/2 tsp Vanilla Essence

Steps

1. Melt the butter.
2. Mix all the ingredients together.
3. Decorate your favorite cupcakes (I used a Ziploc bag).

I love to put this frosting on my mini chocolate cupcakes. (:

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