I prepared these beautiful and yummy cupcakes for myself as I was craving for something sweet and chocolaty. I decorated the top with colorful and simple toppings and could not believe how beautiful these turned out :)

Step 1: Ingredients and Procedure for Preparing Chocolate Cupcakes

Ingredients:

Unflavored Oil - 1/4 cup
Sugar - 1/2 cup
All purpose flour - 6 tbsp
Baking soda - 1/4 tsp
Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
Instant coffee powder - 1/2 tsp
Egg - 1
Salt - pinch
Semisweet chocolate chips - 4 tbsp
Water - 1/4 cup

Procedure:

Preheat oven to 350F (175 C) degrees.

Line a 6-well muffin tin with cupcake papers.
In a large heat safe bowl, add the chocolate , then pour the water over the top to combine and microwave for 1 minute and then stir well.
Add the coffee powder, sugar and oil, whisk to combine. Add the egg and vanilla and whisk until smooth.
Add the flour, salt and baking soda and mix just until combined.
Fill the cupcake wells ¾ of the way full. Bake 17-20 mins or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow cupcakes to cool completely before frosting.
Once cooled cut out the top of the cupcake and make a little well so when we fill the top with ganache and have a flat base for placing the decorations.

Step 2: Ingredients and Procedure for Preparing Chocolate Ganache

Ingredients:

Semisweet chocolate chips - 1 cup
Whipping cream - 1/3 cup

Procedure:

In a small heat safe bowl, add the chocolate , then pour the cream over the top to combine and microwave for 2 minutes, one minute at a time and then stir well after each minute.
Cover with plastic wrap and store in fridge for 12-15 hrs to achieve thick consistency and keep 30 mins in room temperature before use

Step 3: Decorating the Yummy Cupcakes

Materials required for decorating:

Orange Candy Corn
Mini M&M's
Red and green sour straps(Licorice)
Green chocolate melts
Chocolate ganache
Chocolate cupcakes

Procedure:

Orange Candy Corn cupcake : Place one orange M&M in center and surround with candy corn
Mini M&M cupcake : Place a candy corn in center and place 4 different colored M&M's of 3 each
Sour straps cupcake : Take 7 red sour straps and cut in shape of petal and 3 green sour straps in shape of very small petal to depict leaf. Place a yellow M&M in center and surround with red petals overlapping a little and place the green petals in 3 open spaces
Chocolate melt cupcake : Place a red M&M in center and surround with green chocolate melts

Done :)