Devil's Food Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting

Cupcake recipe adapted from Anncoo Journal 

Ingredients: makes 8-10 cupcakes

25g cocoa powder

30g couverture chocolate, chopped to pieces

1/4 cup boiling water

1/4 cup buttermilk

75g plain flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

60g brown sugar

50g caster sugar

45g canola oil

1 large egg

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Methods:

1. Preheat oven to 170C and line muffin cup with paper liners.
2. Combine cocoa powder and chopped chocolate together and pour boiling water over it and whisk till smooth. 
3. Whisk in the buttermilk.
4. In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking soda, salt together. Set aside.
5. Using electric mixer, beat brown sugar, oil, sugar, egg and vanilla until light and creamy. Beat in the flour mixture, alternating with chocolate mixture in additions.
6. Scoop batter evenly among paper liners. Bake for about 18 to 25 mins or until tester inserted comes out clean.
7. Let cupcakes cool in the pan and cool completely before frosting it.

Frosting :
- Plain buttercream with lemon ganache
- Chocolate buttercream with chocolate ganache