Yummy Chocolate Cupcakes

Chocolate <3

I love them anyhow and anyway. Hot, cold, baked, hard, soft, with milk, with cookies or just a bar of it! It's a delicious and yummy sweet. I said chocolate baking, cake, cupcake or any other way with chocolate. Today's recipe is a light snack with a bit of chocolate of course =) 
 

 <3 Chocolate cup cakes <3 

 Ingredients

 For the chocolate cupcakes:

• 100g plain flower
• 20g cocoa powder
• 140g caster sugar
• 1.5tsp baking powder
• Pinch of salt
• 40g unsalted butter at room temperature
• 120ml whole milk
• 1 egg
• ¼tsp of vanilla extract

For the chocolate buttercream frosting:

• 600g icing sugar sifted
• 200g unsalted butter
• 80g cocoa powder
• 80ml whole milk

 Method 

1. Preheat the oven to 170°C (325°F) gas 3.
2. Put flour, cocoa, sugar and baking powder, salt and butter in a free-standing mixer with paddle attachment. Mix together until you have a sandy consistency.
3. Whisk milk, egg and vanilla in a jug. Slowly pour half into the mixture, beat to combine and then turn the mixer up to high speed to get rid of any lumps.
4. Turn the mixer down to a slower speed and pour in the remaining mixture. Continue to mix for a couple of mins. Do not over mix.
5. Spoon mixture into the 12 cases and cook for 20 mins.
6. For the chocolate buttercream: Beat icing sugar, butter and cocoa powder together in a free-standing mixer on a medium speed. Turn down to a low speed and add milk gradually, once mixed turn up to a high speed again and beat for approx 5 mins and mixture is light and fluffy.
7. Use a piping bag and metal nozzle to pipe onto top of cooled cupcakes.
8. Decorate with blueberries, edible gold stars and glitter. You could also try decorating these cupcakes with regal iced cut outs or lustre spray.

 

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