It was clear when I first heard that a good friend was leaving to return to England I had to make a wonderful chocolate cupcake. But I wasn't quite sure what chocolate cupcake it was to be. Chris likes his Cadbury Boost Bars, I thought about chopping up the bar to top the chocolate fudge cake but I didn't want him to have a heart attack, so rice crispies instead. The cake is deliciously dark in colour and is wonderfully rich but not heavy in texture. The ganache is silky, glossy, liquid SIN.

I ordered 3 back copies of Donna Hay Magazine and I think it's undoubtedly the best food magazine I've seen. The overall layout of the magazine is so clear, easy to read and well designed. The photography and styling of the shots are so well composed and inspiring! The writing, content and direction was, also so delicious and well organised. The paper used has a good heaviness about it, makes it feel good to journey from cover to cover the wonderful world of Donna Hay. I was smiling through every page! I immediately went online to apply for a one year subscription.

I was going though Issue 27 the one with the beautiful cupcakes on the cover and found Butterscotch Cupcakes and decided that I was going to make them for Dixie's birthday (yesterday). The sweet comfort of caramel drizzle combined the really moist and tender cupcake along with the awfully sinful dollops of double cream frosting was delightful and brought big smiles to the cake eating crew. One took a small bite and stuffed the rest into his mouth. I was left amazed and secretly happy.

So I've worked on the beta version of Out of Body Experience Chocolate Cupcake ver1.0. for Caryne - The Chocolate Fiend's Birthday and added on another thick layer of semi-sweet chocolate ganache, topped with Hundreds and Thousands! It was very with the program of Birthday Delight! She named the cakes Triple Chocolate Delight!

This is the richest and cocoa bountiful cake I've had in my existence. Warning : This can burst your artery. And I think it has come to the point where I am thinking... I've been having too much chocolate. This is suicide by Chocolate.

Is it possible to have too much chocolate?

Somehow I managed to psyche myself some years back that chocolate was totally fattening and so it was pointless and I should not eat it. I actually managed to avoid it - Brownies, Chocolate Cakes, Devil Cakes, etc. I did that for about 8 years. I found it too rich and sweet - but I always made room for Cheesecake or Tiramisu. And then, I was seeing this guy for almost three years and he didn't like Cheesecakes (and Chocolate Cakes). He never stopped me from eating them but I just somehow never did when we were dating - we never had cake when it came to birthdays. Don't get me wrong - it wasn't a tragic thing then, we just weren't into it very much. And now somehow, I seem to be making up for lost time.

I am working on a chocolate cupcake recipe for a chocolate fiend's birthday next week. So here is a beta version of Out of Body Experience Chocolate Cupcake ver1.0.

You can forget about that diet, I know you WANT this. Super Super Choco High (with an extra chocolate surprise center!) with buttercream and chocolate rice. I had one and I needed a day to recover from the über rich, moist, cocoa abundant cupcakes. Your eyeballs will pop! This is an adaptation from the Warm Lava cake. This is also for Sugar High Friday!

I made Birthday Cupcakes for 2 of the boys at work - Leong & Fong. But honestly it was an excuse to try out the buttercream (yes it was a success!). Fong mentioned (or maybe hinted) that he preferred creamy cakes to the regular chocolate ones, so that was when I decided that 2 different cupcakes may be fun for the occasion - I had to take into consideration the chocolate lovers. So it was Vanilla Dream & Super Super Choco High Cupcakes!! As you can see, I need to work on the frosting part - but other wise I was quite pleased at my attempts.

Thank GOD for electronic mixers. To the people who made Buttercream (the Italian way) before electronic mixers - Respect! Buttercream is best to prepare in advance - because it takes a long time to prepare. It's a science and this one is complicated. You will be required to multi-task - but it is manageable.

I recently bought the biggest bar of chocolate in my life. 1 kilogram of Valrhona (56%). Just looking at it makes my heart race. It felt like gold in my hands - without even tasting it my endorphins started to rush.

I've just entered into a new world. Why does buttercream need to be soooooooooo sweet?!!