Sharu's Fundas: Chocolate Chips & Walnut Cupcake (Eggless)

Do your kids roar with hunger when they are back home from school ? How about something ready before hand which they love a lot ? Cupcakes ??? Isn't this a lovely idea ?? Just make them when they are in school & hand them over once they are back. These cupcakes will satisfy your kids hunger & also they will enjoy it a lot. This will definitely bring a smile on your face. One more advantage is they last for a week. So you don't have to worry about what to feed your kids once they are home for atleast a week. ;-)

These cupcakes doesn't take a long time for preparation & also not for cooking. Just try them

Ingredients

Flour 1 cup

Cocoa powder 1/2 cup

Instant coffee powder 1 tsp

Thick curd 1 cup

Sugar 3/4 cup

Baking powder 1 1/4 tsp

Baking soda 1/2 tsp

Salt a pinch

Oil 1/2 cup

Vanilla essence 1 tsp

Chocolate Chips (1/2 cup)

Walnts chopped (1/2 cup)

Method:

Preheat oven to 200 C

Sift together flour, cocoa powder, coffee powder, baking powder, baking soda & a pinch of salt. Set aside.

In a mixing bowl, beat together sugar and yogurt with a hand mixer till creamy. Add vanila essence & Oil & beat again.

To this add the flour mix in 3 batches. Mix with a rubber spatula after adding each batch of flour mix.

To this add chocolate chips & walnuts (Leave handful of each aside). Mix.

Now pour 1/4th of cupcake mould with this batter.

Top each cupcake with leftover chocolate chips & walnut pieces.

Bake the cupcakes for 25 - 30 mins or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Step by Step Picture Illustration:

Take together all flours - all purpose flour, baking powder,
baking soda, cocoa powder, coffee powder & a pinch of salt
according to the measures mentioned above. Set it aside.

Mix together curd & sugar in a separate bowl

Whip curd & sugar mixture till creamy

Add oil & vanilla essence to curd - sugar mixture.

Beat the curd - sugar - oil - vanilla essence mixture

Sieve the flour mix to the curd mixture.

Add the flour mixture to curd mixture in 3 batches.

Fold the flour mix in the curd mixture with a spatula gently after each batch.
Do not beat this using hand mixer or anything.

Add to the batter some of the chocolate chips &
walnut pieces leaving some aside.

Fill 1/4th of the cupcake moulds with the batter.
Top it up with leftover chocolate chips & walnuts.
Bake it in oven for 25-30 mins or until toothpick
inserted in it comes out clean.

Tips:

You can also make normal cake out of this batter.

If you feel the mixture is too dry, add a tbsp. oil in the cake batter & mix.

Check if the cupcake is cooked by inserting a toothpick in the center of the cake. If it comes out clean, cake is cooked.

If you don't have readily available chocolate chips. Just take a chocolate bar of your choice & chop it roughly to get chocolate chunks. Use this instead. I have also used the same.