Chocolate Cupcake Recipe
So, this week, our video is a pretty basic chocolate cupcake recipe (to go with the buttercream icing from last week!). Now, the recipe we adapted calls for vegetable oil, but hubby has lately been using peanut oil for a few things, so we decided to try it here, and it gave the dark chocolately cupcakes a very pleasant peanut aroma! There are other nut oils pretty easily available that you might also use, like walnut, hazelnut, or even coconut. If you want to keep the flavour more neutral and just chocolatey, then stick with vegetable oil or canola oil.
Of course the secret here is to not over-mix, and to make sure you're getting that batter into the oven as soon as it's mixed. You a) don't want the eggs to sit on the sugar too long and b) don't want everything to sit around after being mixed, because the baking soda and baking powder are doing their thing, so you've got to get it in the oven before you've lost your leavening!