NC Cupcake Cooking Quest Week 3

[mum2miya]

Ok ladies....my recipe is one I came across trawling blogs last week.
From the inspiring blog Ice Cream Before Dinner

Brownie Cupcakes
3/4 stick of butter (1/3 cup)
1/2 C Semisweet Chocolate Chips
3 oz (85 grams)unsweetened chocolate
1/2 C Packed light brown sugar
1/3 C Granulated sugar
2 eggs, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 C Plain flour
1/4 Tsp Salt

Preheat oven to 180. In the top of a double boiler, melt the butter, and two types of chocolate together. Stir until smooth and lumpless. Remove the top of the double boiler from heat, and whisk in both types of sugar, then whisk in the eggs one at a time. Whisk in vanilla, flour & salt. Divide into 10 wells in a non-stick sprayed cupcake pan (or paper-lined cupcake pan). Bake 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean with only moist crumbs. Mine took about 22 1/2 minutes. Remove to wire rack to cool.

The author tops hers with vanilla buttercreram frosting and drizzles with caramel then scatters over chocolate and almond slivers.

Rules as per weeks 1 and 2 'cause I'm too lazy to type them again

ENJOY!

[MadMumof3]

OH YUMMMMMMMM i will have to go get ingredients for these ones

[mum2miya]

oops! 3/4 stick of butter is about 1/3 cup. Mods can you please fix that?

[Pandamum]

oops! 3/4 stick of butter is about 1/3 cup. Mods can you please fix that?

done

Oooooooh yummy!

(what are you doing to my waistline Donna? Wait - what waistline)

[lesley4]

oh and the butter weighs approximately 90g for anyone that uses scales

Mine are in the oven now

[~Melissa~]

OK, dumb question alert

Is granulated sugar just normal white sugar?

ETA - I'll be baking mine this afternoon after I've thrown out the red velvet ones that the kids wouldn't touch

[lesley4]

I used caster sugar Melissa And just straight chocolate for the two different types. They don't rise at all either.

[~Peta~]

They don't rise at all either.

Thanks, I was wondering about this. Will make sure I fill nearly to the top.

[Candice]

are the ment to rise? 1/2 cup flour seems soo little - baking atm

[Snoozie]

What do you do if you don't have a double boiiler?