Tangy Lemon Cupcake with Liquid Chocolate

For those who love lemon or cant resist the aroma of lemon, these cupcakes are a good blast. If you are a chocoholic like me, blend in the liquid chocolate is sure a good choice as lemon and chocolate make a perfect team.

Some of my friend like to eat them without the icing but other do like to eat with the icing. You can take out the liquid chocolate from the recipe if you only want to make Tangy Lemon Cupcake. Those cupcakes are good to be eaten at the same day they are prepared. They are not really suitable for storing in fridge. It dint taste great after fridge and reheat from the microwave.

All right, let's start the recipe:

Tangy Lemon Cupcake with Liquid Chocolate (make 8)

Ingredient:
1 cup plain/wholemeal flour
½ tbs baking powder
1 lemon rind
½ cup caster sugar
60g butter, melted
1 egg, lightly beaten
¼ cup fresh lemon juice
1/8 cup milk
Liquid chocolate:
150 g dark chocolate
Pinch of salt
100 ml sour cream

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180oC (conventional) or 160oC (fan) and line paper muffin case in muffin tray
2. Sift flour and baking powder in a bowl, then mix in lemon rind and sugar
3. Whisk butter, egg, lemon juice and milk in a separate bowl
4. Slowly pour in the wet mixture into dry mixture, mix them with a metal spoon until just combined (don’t over mix the mixture)
5. Divide the mixture into 2 batches
6. Place the first mixture evenly into the 8 muffin cases
7. Drop a tablespoon of liquid chocolate on the mixture in muffin cases
8. Top up the muffin case with second batch of mixture (the muffin cases should be around quarter to half full)
9. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a metal knife goes in coming out clean
10. Completely cool the muffin on cooling rack (around 20-30 minutes)
11. Using the leftover liquid chocolate to do the icing

To make liquid chocolate:
1. Melt the chocolate in a glass bowl over hot water (not boiling water and the bowl does not touch the water)
2. Remove the bowl from heat then stir in salt and soured cream, stir until well-mixed
3. (optional) if the mixture contain lump, microwave for 30-60s until no lump and with consistency

I did make these for a birthday of my friend. They can be eaten everytime you want as a snack. Hope you will like this recipe. See you next time.