Chocolate Cupcakes

It's going to be Mother's Day tomorrow!!!

Am feeling so extra special, because I have my mother-in-law to wish this special day from now on....:))

Thank God for bringing me another woman in my life.

Oh ya, in Roy's life as well, of course, hahaha!

The four important women in my life ~ ma, grandma, amah and aunty Ah Jin.  For without them, not sure where I would stand now. 

So I did make some cupcakes dedicated specially to Ma and Amah (So, Amah, though you're not here but I hope you'll be able to see these photos and imagining that you have the cupcakes melted in your mouth :))))

Simple recipe with a little bit of modification since I'm trying to reduce the sugar:

For the Cupcakes

(To make 9 cups)

125g of unsalted butter, softened at room-temperature

100g of self-raising flour, sifted

30g of cocoa powder

60g of dark brown sugar

3 medium eggs

2 tablespoon of milk

12-hole muffin tins (lined with paper cases)

Mix well all the above ingredients and bake for 20 minutes in the oven at 190oC

For the Topping:

200g of icing sugar, sifted

100g of butter

2 tsp of vanilla

1 tbsp of cocoa powder

Mix well all of the ingredients together and use a piping bag with a nozzle that looks like a 6-pointed star, swirl the icing on cupcakes. 

Got myself the nozzle I wanted and ecstatically I managed to get the swirl I wanted on my cupcakes.  Except that I still need to polish my skill lah :))  

Happy Mother's Day to all mothers in the world