Victorain Sponge chocolate chip cupcakes and some Holiday Pics !

Hope you all are doing well, it has been a while isnt it ? Month of may flew away just like that ..We got lovely sunny days in May , so like most of the people In U.K was out enjoying the sun and by evening I didnt have any energy to cook or blog ! Then came our holidays.This time it was to Rome and Venice in Italy.We had a 4 day bank holiday in U.K to celebrate the Queens Diamond jubilee,while most of the people here enjoyed the celebetartions ,we flew away !

Rome is a city of history,beautiful churches and arts..Thoroughly enjoyed the churches and Michalangelos arts.Since History was a subject I used to hate didnt had any idea about the Ancient Rome,but still seeing ruins 2000 years old was some thing great.After spending 3 days in Rome we headed to Venice.Seeing whole venice immersed in grand canal was amazing. The taxi,bus,ambulance ,garbage ,post everything is by water. Wondered how the houses/buildings were built in water and did some research after coming back.Can u believe that all the buildings and houses in venice is build on piles of wood immersed in water which is still intact even after centuries. Cant think how much wood must have gone to built the entire city in water !
Before coming to todays post here are some holiday pics :)

Colloseum - Remains of Roman Amphitheatre in 72 AD( 2000 years ago) where the gladiators fought !

Inside the Colloseum

Garden in Roman Forum where there is remains of Ancient Rome !

The famous St .Peters Basilica !

Beautiful Dome inside St.peters basilica by Michalengalo !

Beautiful Dome

Beautiful interiors !

Vatican Museum - can u see huge pine corn,its a bronze pine corn which was a part of Roman fountain which once stood in the courtyard of St.peters.

Laocoon - the first century AD work depicts trojan priest Laocoon and his sons struggling with two serpants !

Vatican Museum's Dome !

Some houses by the grand canal,if they step out of their house its water ! Can you see the washing line with clothes hanging ??

Glass factory in island of Murano,famous for its glass.

Beautful galss works in Murano Island !

Now Coming to Todays recipe,its a victorian sponge - chocolate chip cupcakes.Victorain sponge always taste very good the same day.

Ingredients

Flour - 110 gm ( roughly 1 cup)

Sugar - 1 cup (roughly 3/4 cup)

Butter - 110 gm ( roughly 1/2 cup)

Eggs - 2 large

Baking powder - 1 tsp

vanilla extarct - 1/2 tsp

Choclate chips - 1/4 cup

Method

1. In a bowl beat butter and sugar until pale and fluffy.

2.In a separate bowl beat the eggs together.

3.Add the beaten egg little by little by into the butter sugar mixture trying not to curdle.

4. Add vanilla extract .

5. Add the sifted flour+ baking powder into the mixture from a height and gently fold in.

6.If the mixture is too tight ,add little hot water and gently mix it.

7.Finally add choclate chips and mix.

8.Line a muffin tray and pour the batter until 3/4 th full.

9.Bake them in a preheated oven at 175 degree centigrade for 20 - 25 minutes or until a tooth pick comes out clean.

Recipe adapted from Delia