Tuesday, 16 July 2013

My Favourite Chocolate Fudge Cupcake recipe (super quick too)

Ingredients

100g unsalted butter (softened) 
100g caster sugar (I use golden) 
2 eggs 
75g self-raising flour 
25g cocoa powder 
1 tsp baking powder 

For the topping: 
100g good chocolate - milk or dark, up to you 
2tbsp milk 
50g unsalted butter 
90g icing sugar 
Sprinkles


Method

1. Preheat oven to 180c/160c fan oven. Line a deep muffin tray with muffin cases. 
2. Cream butter and sugar with electric mixers until pale and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and beat until creamy. Sift flour, cocoa and baking powder and fold/gently stir into egg mixture. 
3. Dollop a spoonful into each cake case - don't worry if it looks like a small amount in each one, you'll need room on top for the icing anyway. 
4. Bake for about 18-20 minutes until firm/springy to touch. 
5. ICING: Melt chocolate and butter in a bowl over a pan of boiling water, adding milk and stirring gently. When melted, leave to cool a bit, then sift in the icing sugar and beat well. 
6. Cover the cakes as soon as they are cool, swirling the mixture on with the back of a spoon, and sprinkle with decorations if required (we use sugar stars on ours).

Handy Hint

Will keep in a tin for a few days, but mine never make it that far! Makes 10-12. Choc chips can be added to the cake mixture if you are feeling extra gluttonous :)

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