on birthdays

you should give people cupcakes.

There is actually a warning that the dragees are not intended for human consumption on the package. I’ll be sure to warn my co-workers.

I like this recipe much better than the other chocolate cupcakes I made. I also use a little more hazelnut oil in these to give it that rich background flavor.

Chocolate Hazelnut Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/4 cup melted butter
1/2 cup hazelnut oil
1 cup milk
3/4 cup hot water
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 milk chocolate chips, dredged in flour

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Mix the dry ingridents together. Mix the butter, oil, sugar and eggs together. Add the dry to the wet gradually, mixing in a little of the milk/hot water as you go along. Vanilla gets thrown in last. Add the dredged chocolate chips in and mix together. Scoop into paper cups and bake for about 19-20 minutes.

The one cupcake I ate, some of the chocolate chips had sunk to the bottom anyway, so I may need to work out that kink a little further.