Christmas cupcakes

Ram made so much fun of me. I got a box cake mix, and I was trying to substitute the eggs with buttermilk. That's what all the websites said! Half a cup of buttermilk for an egg. IT DOES NOT WORK. The first batch sank, didn't cook and tasted horrible. Simply put, there is no 'better' substitute for egg, if the recipe calls for it. Luckily I had used only half the cake mix, and for the next batch I followed the instructions and used the egg. They turned out very light, moist and fluffy.

Shortcut chocolate icing: Melt a bar of chocolate by popping it in the microwave for 30 secs. Add couple of cubes of butter and a tiny amount of milk, and stir till smooth and silky. Spread generously over cupcake and leave it to set for 5 minutes in the fridge. I used an almond walnut chocolate, for a nice crunch.

Gooey Nutella cupcake

Sinfully rich, sinfully chocolatey Saturday baking. This is the recipe I followed: http://litebite.in/eggless-molten-lava-cake/

 

whisking the batter

  

ready to go in

I was really happy with the results, considering I was trying it for the first time. I didn't have a cupcake tin, so some of the cakes went out of shape. Also in a couple of them I ended up putting more filling, so they cracked open in the oven. Points to note for next time :)

 

lovely gooey fill when you dig in