Chocolate cupcakes

Chocolate Cupcakes:

1/2 cup (50 grams)  cocoa powder

1 cup (240 ml) boiling hot water

1 1/3 cups (175 grams) all purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 cup (113 grams) butter, room temperature

1 cup (200 grams) granulated white sugar

  1teaspoon vanilla extract

 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly butter the muffin cups.

2.In a small bowl stir until smooth the boiling hot water and the cocoa powder. Let cool to room temperature.

In another bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.

Then in the bowl of your electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

3. Beat in the vanilla extract. Add the flour mixture and beat only until incorporated. Then add the cooled cocoa mixture and stir until smooth.

4. Fill each muffin cup about two-thirds full with batter and bake for about 16 - 20 minutes or until risen, and a toothpick inserted into a cupcake comes out clean. (Do not over bake or the cupcakes will be dry.)

Once the cupcakes have completely cooled, frost with icing.

Crispy French fries

The original name for french fries was "potatoes, fried in the French manner"..

These crispy french fries mostly we eat at Mcdonald's and some good restaurants ,may be bit time consuming but the end result is great.

Here's the recipe-

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 Potatoes, peeled
• 1tbsp All purpose flour(maida)
• 1 tsp Corn flour
• Oil for frying
• Salt to taste -
  
  PREPERATION:
• Cut potatoes into even strips using a knife
• Soak the strips in cold water .
• Place the bowl in the fridge for nearly 1 hour(optional)
• Drain the water and take out the strips on kitchen tissue/towel.
• Leave the strips on the towel till all the excess moisture gets absorbed (nearly 10 minutes).
• take a big bowl,add white flour/corn flour , salt and little water ,mix,and toss potato strips in this  .
• Heat oil in Kadai or deep bottomed frying pan and add potato strips. Fry strips for 2-3 minutes on a high flame and take out on kitchen tissue.
• Leave them to cool.
• Again add this semi fried strips to oil and fry them for nearly 5-6 minutes on a very low flame.
• Take out on a kitchen tissue/towel.

Strawberry cupcake

Finally got time to upload mouthwatering strawberry cupcakes I made few days back.have made Strawberry cake before,and have made diff cupcakes but made strawberry cupcakes for the first time,they came out so soft and delicious,tht it got over in two days.will be making again,soon :).heres the recipe.-

Ingredients-

• 2-3 tbsp strawberry preserve/puree(I used the one available in market)
•  1/4 cup chopped small pieces of strawberries
• 1 1/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour

1 ¼ tsp baking powder
 3/4 cup of sugar
1/2 cup of butter, room temperature

1/2 tsp vanilla  extract

1/4 cup milk

Recipe-
Preheat oven to 190 degrees. Line a muffin tray with cupcake liners; set aside.

1. In a small bowl, stir together preserve/puree and chopped fresh strawberries.
2. In a second bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder.
3. beat sugar and butter until light and fluffy, 2-3 mins.
4. Add flour mixture in three additions, alternating with milk in two additions, beating on low speed until just combined; scrape sides of bowl as needed. Fold in strawberry mixture until just combined.add vanilla extract too.
5. Divide batter evenly among prepared muffin cups.
6.  Transfer muffin tray to oven and bake until tops are just dry to the touch, 20-23 minutes. Transfer muffin tin to a wire rack and let cupcakes cool completely in tin before icing.
7. To decorate with strawberry pieces,sprinkle caster sugar and 2 drops of lemon juice on washed and halves of strawberries for 10 mins then decorate on cupcakes with icing.