Chocolate Oatmeal Cupcake with Frosting

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Today is a cupcake recipe with oatmeal. I read this recipe from Ricke’s Ordinary Kitchen. She strongly recommend this chocolate oatmeal cupcake. I know you might not interested on adding oatmeal inside your cake/muffin especially if you are not oatmeal person. What if I tell you the oatmeal able to produce soft and moist cake? The key is to soak the oatmeal in hot milk/water before adding into batter. They taste great too even without the frosting.

Adapted and slightly modified from Ricke's Ordinary Kitchen
Ingredients:

~Cake
(A)
60 oatmeal (Quacker Oat)
250ml milk

(B)
120g butter/margarine
150g sugar
2 eggs
1tsp vanilla essence

(C)
110g all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
20g cocoa powder
100g chocolate chips
 
~Frosting
Whipping cream and chocolate rice
 

Method:
1. Bring the milk to boil. Off the heat and mix in the oatmeal. Stir to combine and leave aside for 20 minutes.

2. Cream butter/margarine with sugar till light and fluffy. Add in egg one by one and beat well after each addition.

3. Sift in the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder. Follow by chocolate chips. Fold to combine. Add in the milk oatmeal mixture and mix well.

4. Pour the batter into lined muffin cup till 80% full. Bake in preheated oven 180C for 20 minutes.

 
5. Leave on rack to cool. Decorate with frosting of your choice.
 

Enjoy!