Chilli chocolate cupcakes Recipe | Food Network UK

Ingredients

• 375g cake flour
• 300g sugar
• 94g cocoa powder
• 5 tbsp chocolate instant pudding mix
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1 1/4 tsp chilli powder
• 2 tsp cayenne pepper powder
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 250ml skimmed milk
• 5 whole eggs
• 125ml vegetable oil
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 142g sour cream
• 4 tbsp maynnoaise
• 165g dark chocolate chips
• Dark chocolate ganache, recipe follows
• Edible gold dust
• Vodka
• 24 large sugar diamonds
• 120 small sugar diamonds
• Edible gold glitter
• For the dark chocolate ganache
• 690g dark chocolate
• 945ml double cream
• 113g butter, cubed