Deep Dark Chocolate Cupcakes

Preheat oven 180c, gas 4. Put cupcases in 12 hole muffin tins. Sift 2 & quarter cups flour, three quarters cup cocoa, 1 & half tsp baking soda & 1 & half cups castor sugar into a large bowl, then stir in three quarter cup of coconut.

In another bowl, mix in three quarters cup of veg oil, 1 & half cups cold coffee or water & 3tbsp vinegar.

Combine other bowl contents & pour mix into cupcake cases & bake 20 mins. Leave to cool 5 mins then turn out onto rack to cool.

Ice with choc icing (previous blog post when cool):

http://rosesblog5justpuddingscakesandtreats.blogspot.com/2012/03/chocolate-weetabix-slice-with-choc.html

Alternative: Bake in 23cm cake tin for 45 mins. Flavour improves the after baking.