Contrary to what one might think, the Baking Bug never left; the Procrastination Parasite, however, took over. I'm back and this time around I mean it. No, seriously! Believe me! You'll see, I promise! I'm chalking out a plan for myself, a bucket list, if you may. Things I plan to accomplish by December 2015. More on that in a later post. For now, we'll talk about these mocha cupcakes.
The original recipe calls for oil. I just cannot get myself to use oil in any cake; I've tried once but the attempt was such a failure, I've never mustered enough courage to try again. You know what the secret ingredient is?? Coffee, Black Coffee. And the best part is, the cake doesn't taste like coffee one bit! In fact it helps the chocolate to really shine through! Also, I like to add buttermilk, I think it adds to the whole texture and makes the cakes incredibly moist.
This is my go-to brownie recipe and believe me when say, it is THE BEST BROWNIE RECIPE EVER!!
I'd first tried these when I was new to baking, not that I'm any less a newbie now, but this was my first experiment with the oven. This is Nigella Lawson's recipe from her television series. I fell in love with the brownies when i saw them on television..they look SO good and taste even better. You'll reach brownie heaven in just one bite. They're so heavenly, consuming them should be a sin.
I could go on and on and on about how good these brownies are. I've never tried any other recipe because everyone loves these so much. And my foodie friends at college, who I took a few for this morning, loved them too. So, you see, I haven't had the need to turn to any other brownie recipe..hehe. You should really give these lovelies a try.
I was nice and cozy in a blanket reading an Agatha Christie book and I wanted some hot beverage. Coffee seemed like the obvious choice but then I thought of chocolate and how nice it would be to have some hot chocolate..not hot cocoa ..hot chocolate!
I've never been to a coffee shop that serves hot chocolate which tastes as good as their menu promises, except Theobroma, they serve some awesome hot chocolate! But that isn't close to where I reside. It was time I made my own Hot Chocolate..with Real Chocolate not Cocoa.