How to cook cupcake with cocoa

Chocolate cupcake is one of the most simple and delicious homemade treats. To give the cake a distinctive bitter flavor and rich color will help the cocoa powder. Cupcake to do a plain, two-tone or marble, sprinkle it with icing sugar, decorate with cream or chocolate glaze.

Two-tone cupcake

Try to prepare delicious dessert, lemon-chocolate flavor. It looks very nice in the form of a cut - mixed biscuit gives a beautiful mosaic pattern.

You will need:
- 150 g butter or margarine;
3.5 cups whole wheat flour;
- 300 g of sour cream or yogurt;
- 3 eggs;
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla sugar;
- 2 cups of sugar;
- 1 small lemon;
- 1 tbsp of cocoa powder;
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda;
- powdered sugar for sprinkling.

Softened butter or margarine RUB with sugar and vanilla sugar, one at a time add the eggs, while whisking. Pour in the mixture the sour cream, add soda and stir in pre-sifted flour. Divide the dough into two parts. One put the cocoa powder into the other add the lemon juice and finely grated zest. Thoroughly mix both parts of the test.

Silicone or metal mold grease with butter. Tablespoon alternately put in the batter, trying to keep near dark was bright. Following a number of dough lay out in a checkerboard pattern, light over dark. By filling in the form, smooth the surface with a knife and place the cake in the oven, preheated to 180oC. Bake until done - it will take about 50 minutes.

The finished cake turn on the Board and let cool. Before serving, sprinkle the product with icing sugar and cut into even chunks with a contrasting mosaic pattern.

Chocolate cupcake

This cupcake with a rich taste you can pour a glaze of dark or white chocolate, or sandwiching a thick sour jam.

You will need:
- 225 g butter;
- 225 g of sugar;
- 4 eggs;
- 3 tablespoons of warm water;
- 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder;
- pinch of vanilla;
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder;
- 225 grams of wheat flour;
- 100 g dark chocolate;
- 1 tablespoon of milk or cream.

Cocoa mix with warm water. Oil whisk with sugar in a lush light weight. Without stopping whisking, add the eggs, vanilla and diluted with water cocoa. Sift the flour and portions put it in the egg-oil mixture.

Form grease with oil and place in it the dough. Place the cake in the oven, preheated to 180 ° C and bake for 50-60 minutes. The willingness of cake check wooden splinter. Remove the product from molds and cool on the Board.

In a saucepan melt the chocolate with a spoon of milk or cream. Pour hot frosting the cake, allow the coating to bake and serve cakes for tea.