Friday, April 2, 2010

ChocoBanana Strawberry Cupcake!

So I have decided to try out a "new" recipe. Or not so... Since I did work on ChocoBanana before, just that it wasn't AS successful as this time.

Here's a picture of it. I'll let you be the judge.


Looks delicious don't they? Don't you feel like having a bite? Salivating already?

Heh. No worries. Here's a quick guide on how you can bake your own ChocoBanana Strawberry Cupcake at home.

Ingredients
Cupcake:
100g self raising flour
100g butter
100g brown sugar
2 eggs
2 mashed banana
Cocoa powder

Topping:
Fresh whole strawberries
Semi sweet chocolate chips
Butter

Once you got all these on your table, you're all prepared for the next step!

To make the cake:
1. Mix butter and sugar until smooth.
2. Gradually add in eggs. Beat until smooth.
3. Add in flour slowly.
4. Mix dough with mashed banana.
5. Add enough cocoa powder to give color and fragrance.
6. Heat up oven at 150 degree celcius.
7. Put dough into lightly greased paper cups.
8. When the oven is ready, put cupcakes into oven and bake at said temperature for 15-20 mins depending on cup size. Smaller cups cook faster.

And below you see ze product!


I made simple topping as:
1. I don't know how to use royal icing.
2. Royal icing is expensive.
3. A friend requested strawberries.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

How to make chocolate dipped strawberries:
1. Fill a cooking pot with water and put it to boil.
2. When it is boiled, turn the heat down.
3. Put a smaller cooking put into the bigger pot to build a double boiler.
4. Add in chocolate chips and a small amount of butter.
*Butter helps liquidize the chocolate chips.
5. Dip strawberries into melted chocolate

VOILA! These are what you get!

Oklah. Mine aren't pretty. But you get the idea!


When the cupcakes are done, remove them from oven and let it cool.

Later, add the dipped strawberries on top of the cake.


You can then eat it straight out of the cup.

You can also do remove it from the cup and place it on a plate. Place a strawberry on top and add Hershey's strawberry syrup as finishing touches.

Try it! It will definitely make your day. =D