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I have been craving chocolate all week, so I decided to indulge myself and make very chocolaty cupcakes! Brownie cake with chocolate chips and chocolate ganache as icing. It did the trick and I recommend it to everyone who is suffering from a strong chocolate craving. Here is the recipe for 12 cupcakes:

cake:

- 3/4 stick of butter ( 1/4 cup + 2 tbs of butter)

- 1 cup of sugar

- 2 eggs

- 80g of dark chocolate

- 1 tbs of olive oil

- 1 1/3 cup of flour

- 1 1/2 tsp of baking powder

- 1 cup of chocolate chips

method:

- preheat oven to 350 (325 for convection ovens)

- beat butter until light and fluffy

- add sugar and beat until mixed

- add eggs one at a time and mix in between each addition

- melt the chocolate in a bain-marie with the olive oil

- in a separate bowl mix the flour, baking powder

- add the flour and mix

- add the chocolate chips

- put cupcake cups in muffin pan and scoop the cupcake batter in the cups

- bake for 20 minutes

- let cool completely before icing

I took the chocolate ganache recipe from Baking from Above – Baking. I really recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn the basics of baking.

- 50 grams of dark chocolate

- 15 grams of cream

- 50 grams of milk

method:

- put the milk and the cream in a small pot and bring to a boil

- take the pot of the stove and add the chocolate, stir until all the chocolate is melted

- put back on the stove on medium and once it boil for 2 minutes

- let cool a little bit before pouring onto the cupcakes

Enjoy!