Chocolate cupcakes for Max's 16th birthday

I had a lot of positive comments about my recent cupcake effort, so I thought I would try another version.  This time, chocolate cupcakes - just to be healthy.  I'll take most of them into work, but the main reason I am cooking them is because Max, our dog, turns 16 today and one of these will be his birthday cake.

Ingredients


100g dark chocolate
250ml water
125g Danish unsalted butter
255g brown sugar
3 eggs
225g self raising flour
75g white flour (cake flour)
30g cocoa

300g dark chocolate
300g creme fraiche or sour cream

This makes 18 cakes.

Preheat oven to 160 C.  Use 2 paper cupcake cases per cake.

Melt chocolate and water in a saucepan over low heat, stirring for 5 minutes until smooth.  Leave to cool.
Beat the butter and sugar in a mixer until fluffy.  Add the eggs one at a time, until just incorporated.  Add the sifted flours and cocoa and stir until just combined.  Add the cooled chocolate and mix until combined.  Spoon the mixture evenly between 18 cupcake cases.  Bake for 20 minutes then set on a wire rack to cool.

For the frosting, place the creme fraiche and chocolate in a bowl over a saucepan of simmering water.  Melt and stir for 5 minutes until smooth and shiny.  Let it cool and thicken then spread over each cooled cake.

Here is a video of Max eating it.  Somehow I don't think these will be light and fluffy, as he nearly choked halfway through it.