Espresso chocolate cupcakes
I made these a few days after returning from Europe. I hadn't baked for such a long time, and received a present of half a kilo of really good quality Dutch cocoa powder. I wanted to make some little cakes to keep in the freezer for when the need arises, and I wanted to make them using cocoa powder, not chocolate.
So, this recipe was found on The Daily Bread website. The icing calls for 1/4 cup of coffee, so I decided to add some coffee powder to the cakes too, making a fairly intense coffee, chocolate experience.
Look at them in front of the fire. Is there a more comforting sight?
posted by Niki at
Wednesday, October 27, 2004
3 Comments:
looking at your pictures, you seem to live in a bot of a showhouse - very envyous... you've seen baby max and probably can imagine that our place is a complete mess at any time of day! i am just wondering now: why on earth have you got the firplace going at the height of summer? it must be pretty warm in melbourne already, isn't it?
love johanna
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Anonymous, at 11/24/2004 06:44:00 am
Ahhh...the vagaries of Melbourne weather! It doesn't really warm up here until early December, and stays quite Summery until late March. Spring in Melbourne is a bit of a fizzer really; it continues Wintery grey and cool, and in fact we get the majority of the year's rainfall in September-November. We have the occasional day in the high 20s or low 30s, but it immediately will drop again. Melbourne weather really is legendary in its fickleness; two days ago I was wearing a polar fleece vest and woolly scarf, but tomorrow it's going to be 31 degrees! Go figure.
The day I took that photo it was about 13 degrees, pouring rain and miserable. So the fire was blazing madly. :-)
Niki
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Niki, at 11/24/2004 11:19:00 am
Oh, and thank you for your comment about our house. Yes, it really is quite a photogenic place, and I don't think I'll run out of places to pose my cooking efforts for a little while!
My parents played a large role in designing the house, in a modern, airy style and my mother has a flair for interior design, so it really is a lovely place to live.
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Niki, at 11/24/2004 11:38:00 am
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