Brownie cupcakes

Ingredients

Frosting

• 250g Mascarpone cheese

• 250g whipping cream

• 80/120g confectioner sugar*

Brownies

• 150g butter

• 200g dark chocolate

• 2 Tbs of unsweetened cocoa powder

• 2 eggs (room temperature)

• 150g caster sugar

• 100g flour

• 1 tsp baking powder

• 125g chocolate chips

• 60g pecan (or your favorite unsalted nuts)

• a pinch of salt

Method

Frosting

1. Cream mascarpone cheese with half of the sugar;

2. In a different bowl whip up cream with the rest of the sugar until soft peaks form;

3. Gently fold in the whipped cream into your mascarpone cheese with a spatula. Then transfer into a whipping bag and let cool in the fridge while you prepare your brownies.

Brownies

1. Melt chocolate and butter then mix them up quickly and add in sugar and cocoa powder;

2. Transfer mix in a bowl and let cool for a couple of minutes;

3. Add in eggs one by one, then mix in flour, baking powder and, at last, chocolate chips and chopped pecans.

4. Transfer batter in a mini muffin tray with the help of a spoon or ice-cream scoop;

5. Bake at 180C for 5 minutes, then lower the temperature to 170C and bake for 10 more minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean;

6. Finally, when your mini brownies are cold, decorate them with the frosting and any topping you like (those you can see in my picture are Oreo chocolate chips, mini Oreos and chopped Oreo cookies).

*these depends on how sweet you like your frosting, I like it less sweet as the brownie are sweet already