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maltatoday SUNDAY 22 OCTOBER 2017 THIS WEEK 35 Spider web cupcakes Ingredients • 170g butter, at room temperature • 1 cup sugar • 3 eggs • 1 small orange, finely grated zest only • ½ tsp. vanilla extract • ¾ cup plain flour • ¾ cup cocoa powder • 1 tsp. baking powder • ½ tsp. salt • 1 cup sour cream • 1 cup chocolate chips Topping • 150g dark chocolate • 150g white chocolate Method 1. Cream the butter and the sugar until pale and fluffy. 2. Add the eggs, one at a time, scraping the mix- ture down from the sides with every addition. 3. Add the vanilla extract and the orange zest. 4. Add half of the flour mixture and mix on low speed until incorporated. 5. Add the sour cream and mix, followed by the remaining flour and mix. 6. Add the chocolate chips and mix well. 7. Fill cupcake papers in a muffin tin to three quarters of the way up. 8. Bake for 20-25 mins until a skewer placed in the centre of the cupcake comes out clean. 9. Allow to cool on a wire rack until com- pletely cold. 10. Melt the dark and white chocolate in two separate bowls. 11. Cover half the cupcakes in dark choco- late and half in white chocolate. 12. Put the remaining melted chocolate in piping bags and pipe three circles of dark chocolate on the white chocolate covered cupcakes in a target shape, starting with a dot in the middle and ending with a large circle close to the edge of the cupcake. 13. Repeat with white chocolate on the dark chocolate covered cupcakes. 14. Before the chocolate sets, drag a tooth- pick from the centre of the cupcake to the side. Repeat this process to around six points on the cupcake until you have the desired spider web effect. 15. Allow to cool until the chocolate is com- pletely set. These chocolate chip and orange cupcakes can me made for any occasion. Add the spider web effect melted chocolate topping and you've got yourself a Halloween treat.