Devils Food Cupcakes

My goodness....I can't believe it's been nearly a whole month since I've posted.

It hasn't been intentional, things have been beyond hectic here lately. But boy have I missed you guys.

We've had a case of Murphy's Law here, where everything mechanical that can break down did.

Family illness and of course, more teething!

To top it all off we've also been experiencing the hottest November in history.
Normally, it doesn't really heat up here in Melbourne until December but after a whole week of 33c plus, summer is definately here.

So, you would be forgiven for thinking that I was insane to decide to bake Devils Food Cupcakes this afternoon.
A/C + Oven probably isn't the smartest combination but I was having withdrawals.
Almost a whole month without creaming something just can't be done!

If you've been in the shops lately (ok since October) you'll probably be noticing that it's all about Christmas now, so I figured if you can't beat em, join em and I decided to make these one's Christmas themed.
But I didn't really have any Chrissy Deco's in the cupboard so had to settle with lime green and fucshia ...heheheheh.

Unfortunately, the one thing I didn't count on was the heat melting my icing just as fast as I could pipe it out onto my little chocolate babies.
Oh well, they'll still taste good!

I'll be back soon I promise. So many things to tell you. So little time!


Devils' Food Cupcakes
Taken from my hand scribbled recipe folder....really must remember to note source next time!

1/2 cup cocoa
1 1/2 cup plain flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 cup caster sugar
2 large eggs (room temp)
1/2 cup milk (room temp)
110g butter softened

Preheat oven to 180c

Sift Dry ingredients together in large bowl and set aside.

In the bowl of an electric mixer cream butter and sugar for 2-3 mins or until light and fluffy.
Add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition.
On low speed mix in half dry ingredients and the milk. Mix until just combined.
Add remained of dry ingredients and mix until well combined.
Be careful not to overbeat the mixture or it will become tough.
Spoon mixture into cupcake papers and bake for 18-20 mins or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.

I chose to pipe with a simple buttercream which you can find here.

I hope you enjoy them.

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs
Dee