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chocolate devil’s food cupcake with chocolate frosting and sprinkles

Recipe: makes one dozen chocolate cupcakes

33g cocoa

68ml hot water

128g butter salted softened

156g sugar

95ml sour cream

135g flour

3/8 tsp baking powder and baking soda

1/2tbsp vanilla

1 1/2 egg

180C.

Combine butter and sugar in saucepan over low heat until melted. Remove from Beat mixture until cooled, around 4-5 minutes, add eggs and vanilla, beat until combined.

Add 1/3 of the flour, and alternate with sour cream, ending with flour.

Beat in chocolate paste.

 Divide mixture into 12 cupcake liners until half full, add one oreo to centre, spoon in remaining until ¾ full. Bake for 30 minutes. Take out and cool.

 Frosting- makes one cup

21g butter softened

50g icing sugar sifted

63g dark chocolate melted

43g cream cheese softened

50ml sour cream

15ml cocoa powder 

Sift icing sugar with cocoa. Beat butter and cream cheese until smooth, sift in sugar cocoa mixture, beat. Beat in melted chocolate, beat. Frost.