Name: Dark chocolate cupcakes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: serving
Cuisine: Bake
Ingredients: 1 cup flour; 1 cup castor sugar; 1 cup cocoa powder; 3/4 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 cup buttermilk or sour milk; 1 eggs; 1/3 cup vegetable oil; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1/2 tsp nestlé bar-one sauce; 100 g dark chocolate; 100 g nestlé bar-one sauce; 1 cup cream

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Ingredients (13)

1 cup	flour
1 cup	castor sugar
1 cup	cocoa powder
3/4 tsp	baking powder
1/2 tsp	salt
1 cup	buttermilk — or sour milk
1	eggs
1/3 cup	vegetable oil
1 tsp	vanilla — extract
1/2 tsp	nestlé bar-one sauce

For the icing:

100 g	dark chocolate
100 g	nestlé bar-one sauce
1 cup	cream

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Method:

Preheat oven to 180°C and place the flour, sugar, cocoa and baking powder in a bowl and stir to combine.

Place buttermilk, egg, oil, and vanilla in a separate jug then mix into the dry ingredients. Beat well to combine.

Line a muffin pan with paper muffin cases and divide mixture between them.

Push chocolate sauce into the centre of each cupcake and ensure it is completely covered with batter. (Recipe for Bar-One chocolate sauce)

Bake for 20 minutes. Set aside to cool.

Meanwhile, place dark chocolate, chocolate sauce and cream in a bowl over simmering water until chocolate melts. Set aside to cool slightly. Use an electric beater to beat until smooth.

Spread over cupcakes and top with gold leaf.

Recipe reprinted with permission of Nestlé®.