Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Icing
30 minutes
Chocolate or cupcake lovers will adore this recipe. The recipe came about a few years ago and I always enjoy making it. It also works as a muffin recipe if you put the batter into greased muffin pans.
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Ingredients
Serves: 6
- 100g butter
- 2/3 cup caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 cup (125g) self-raising flour
- 1/3 cup ((40g) cocoa
- 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 1/2 cup (125ml) milk
- 60g unsalted butter
- 1¼ cups icing sugar, sifted
- 1 tablespoon cocoa
- 1 tablespoon of milk
Directions
Preparation:15min ›
Cook:15min ›
Ready in:30min
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees C (160 degrees fan forced).
- Cream butter, sugar and vanilla until light and creamy. Gradually add eggs and mix until just combined.
- Sift flour, cocoa and bicarb. Add to creamed mixture with milk. Stir until just combined.
- Spoon into patty cases, about 1/3 full.
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in pre-heated oven or until skewer comes out clean.
- Leave out to cool.
- To make chocolate icing, combine the 60g of butter, sifted icing sugar, the cocoa and the milk in a food processor or bowl and mix until combined.
- Spread the icing over the tops of the cupcakes.
