Brandy chocolate cupcake with chocolate mirror icing

Apologise for the typo error which I posted yesterday. Omitted some ingredients and now I've checked and here it is:



Ingredients:

130 gm. Butter - diced
120 gm. castor sugar
120 gm. Self-raising flour
10 gm. cocoa powder
3 Eggs (Large )
1 Tbsp. Milk
30 gm. walnuts - crushed finely
1 Tbsp. Brandy
2 Tbsp. fresh orange juice
1/2 tsp. Vanilla essence
a pinch of salt

Chocolate Mirror Icing:

60 gm. sugar
20 gm. cocoa powder - sifted
80 gm. liquid glucose or corn syrup
2 Tbsp. Water
50 gm. chopped chocolate
50 gm. butter
1/2 tsp. vanilla essence
a pinch of salt

Method:

(1) Sift the self raising flour, salt and cocoa powder together.
(2) Beat butter and sugar until creamy. Add in vanilla essence.
(3) Add in eggs one at a time till well mixed. Add in orange juice.
(4) Fold in sifted flour, milk and brandy.
(5) Mix in chopped walnuts.
(6) Spoon into muffin pans lined with paper cups.
(7) Bake at 175C for 20 mins. or until skewer inserted into the centre of cup cakes comes out clean.
(8) Remove from oven and leave it to cool.

Chocolate mirror icing:

(1) Place sugar, cocoa powder , glucose and water in a non-stick pot and cook over low heat, stirring continously to prevent burning.
(2) Remove from heat, add in melted chocolate and stir till smooth.
(3) Stir in butter, essence and salt and continue to stir until smooth.
(4) Pour the mirror icing immediately as it will set because of the glucose.
(5) Decorate with roasted almond flakes and cherries.