Chocolate devil's food cupcakes Recipe | Food Network UK

Ingredients

• 180ml boiling water
• 75g cocoa powder
• 170g butter
• 400g sugar
• 1 tsp. fine salt
• 1 tsp. vanilla essence
• 3 eggs
• 275g soft flour
• 1 tsp. bicarbonate of soda
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 240ml buttermilk
• Ganache, recipe follows
• Violet buttercream, recipe follows
• For the ganache
• 230g chocolate
• 180ml double cream
• 2 tbsp. sugar
• 2 tbsp. butter
• For the violet buttercream
• 120ml egg whites
• 170g sugar
• 230g butter, cut into small pieces, at room temperature
• 1/4 tsp. violet essence
• Violet food coloring