Magnolia Bakery makes wonderful cup cakes. this chocolate cup cake is very moist, has a beautuful texture and tastes great. I ice them with Magnolia's lovely icing, with the addition of instant coffee, so end up with Chocolate coffee cup cakes!
This recipe makes 12 large muffin size cupcakes, or 24 smaller ones. It can be easily halved.
Make sure you use the best chocolate you can get as it does make a difference. I ran out of buttermilk, so used yoghurt with a little milk added - worked perfectly. I use a stand mixer for this recipe, it is not really suited to hand mixing or a hand held mixer.
To see the perfect icing technique, check out this video
