Mini Chocolate Cup Cakes made with the help of Thomas 12 and Foster 6 years old

My little helpers for the day!!!They may seam a bit "wacky" but that is only because I just gave them the news.. - " we are going to make chocolate mini cup cakes"

1st - We got all the ingredients out and ready..just make sure we din´t have to run to the store in the middle of baking!!!!!

Chocolate Cupcakes:  1/2 cup (50 grams) Dutch-processed cocoa powder  1 cup (240 ml) boiling hot water 1 1/3 cups (175 grams) all purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature 1 cup (200 grams) granulated white sugar 2 large eggs 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract Chocolate Fudge Frosting: 4 ounces (120 grams) unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped 2/3 cup (150 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature 1 1/3 cups (160 grams) confectioners (powdered or icing) sugar, sifted 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Chocolate Cupcakes: 

1/2 cup (50 grams) Dutch-processed cocoa powder 

1 cup (240 ml) boiling hot water

1 1/3 cups (175 grams) all purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature

1 cup (200 grams) granulated white sugar

2 large eggs

2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Chocolate Fudge Frosting:

4 ounces (120 grams) unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped

2/3 cup (150 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature

1 1/3 cups (160 grams) confectioners (powdered or icing) sugar, sifted

1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Than we started mixing all ingredients following the recipe. Thomas was in charge of wet ingredients and Foster on dry ones. I was in charge of hot ones.

Thomas added the butter and I started to wisk it as hard as possible, for the recipe asked for an electrical mixer, which we didn´t have handy and a good arm work out never hurt anybody and is always needed. 

After some two minutes of wiskin this is what it looked like!!!!

Hot water was boiling so I added it to the chocolate powder and set it aside to cool off to room -temperature.

Thomas added the eggs, one at a time and the vanilla.

mean time I put a pan with water on the stove and set the pan with chocolate to melt slowly!!! It worked wonderful and the kids got such a kick at the fact that the chocolate was melting and it wasn´t hot. They could stick their little finger in it with out getting burn. I needed to explain to them that is not always the case...

We all got join in the wisking for mommy´s arm didn´t take well..nedd more Tae bo this week!!!!

After Thomas added the chocolate powder mixture this was the final look of the batter

My phone gave up and pictures didn´t turn up so well...but you get the picture!!!!