The Making of Brownie Cupcakes in Photo

Melt the chopped butter and unsweetened chocolate in a metal bowl over a simmering pot of water. Stir until all are dissolved.
Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Sift the flour into the mixture. Well, you don't have to sift it but be prepared to spend a good 20 minutes just squashing away flour lumps! speaking from experience ...
We have found that the least painful way of getting the batter into those pretty cases with the least splatter is to use a humble jug to pour them in.
Fill the cupcake cases three quarters from the base. This way, you get a bit of space on top for the frosting. Now, wasn't that simple?

Rara's Birthday (cup)Cake

Someone said you could play Boggle with these cupcakes ;-)
This was how they looked like before they were frosted with a layer of chocolate icing.

Apple Strudel with Too Much Apples

This was how the first batch of Apple Strudel Muffins turned out.
Lesson learned: when the recipe calls for 1 1/2 cups of chopped green apples, add 1 1/2 cups of green apples. Eat up the rest ... or else they will turn out like these....
or these ... and spend some time scraping off the "overflow" from the muffin cup to the baking tray :-(

Anyway, they tasted as great as the first batch ... and all the best to Bri's golf tournament tomorrow and Friday! p.s. drop some crumbs for the starving ants on the golf course ;-)