Monkey Chocolate Cupcakes 猴子朱古力小蛋糕

This year my younger daughter's birthday theme is Monkey/Gorilla. After the monkey gorilla bithday cake, here comes Monkey Chocolate Cupcakes for her Grade 1 class celebration on the real birthday day! That is today!

Chocolate Cupcakes Recipe:
Source from: http://www.ricardocuisine.com/recipes/3555-basic-chocolate-cupcakes

Basic chocolate cupcakes
Preparation time: 20 min Cooking time: 25 min
- 375 ml (1 1/2 cups) unbleached all-purpose flour - 7.5 ml (1 1/2 teaspoon) baking powder - 2.5 ml (1/2 teaspoon) baking soda - 1 ml (1/4 teaspoon) salt - 250 ml (1 cup) sugar - 180 ml (3/4 cup) cocoa - 180 ml (3/4 cup) vegetable oil - 2 eggs - 5 ml (1 teaspoon) vanilla extract - 250 ml (1 cup) milk
Preparation 1. With the rack in middle position, preheat the oven to 180 °C (350 °F). Line a 12 cavity muffin tray with paper liners. 2. In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside. 3. In another bowl, combine the sugar and cocoa. Add the oil, eggs, vanilla and beat with an electric mixer at high speed or until mixture is smooth. At low speed, add the dry ingredients alternately with the milk. Scoop the batter into the molds. 4. Bake for approximately 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cake comes out clean. Cool and store in an airtight container.
This recipe for chocolate cupcakes can yield 12 to 14 cakes. If you have a 12 cavity mold, know that the batter can safely wait before being baked These are the labels I made for packaging the cupcakes individually for my daughter's classmates after class birthday celebration. Unfortunately my daughter was sick after recess and had to leave school early. The class celebration was cancelled. Since all the cupcakes were packed and ready to give out, I left the cupcakes to her homeroom teacher so that she can helped me to distribute to the class before school dismissal.