Chocolate cupcakes recipe
When you need a chocolate fix only a chocolate cupcake will do! Lovely moist chocolate sponge makes the ideal base for your decorating project.
Ingredients
- 70 g butter, softened
- 125 g caster (superfine) sugar
- 1 large egg
- 25 g self-raising flour
- 85 g plain (all-purpose) flour
- 0.5 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
- 40 g cocoa powder
- 80 ml milk
- 1.5 tsp malt vinegar (alegar)
- 2.5 oz butter, softened
- 4.4 oz caster (superfine) sugar
- 1 large egg
- 0.9 oz self-raising flour
- 3 oz plain (all-purpose) flour
- 0.5 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
- 1.4 oz cocoa powder
- 2.8 fl oz milk
- 1.5 tsp malt vinegar (alegar)
- 2.5 oz butter, softened
- 4.4 oz caster (superfine) sugar
- 1 large egg
- 0.9 oz self-raising flour
- 3 oz plain (all-purpose) flour
- 0.5 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
- 1.4 oz cocoa powder
- 0.3 cup milk
- 1.5 tsp malt vinegar (alegar)
Details
- Cuisine: English
- Recipe Type: Cake
- Difficulty: Easy
- Preparation Time: 10 mins
- Cooking Time: 20 mins
- Serves: 12
Step-by-step
- Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/Gas 4 and line a cupcake tray with cupcake cases.
- Combine the vinegar and milk in a jug and set to one side.
- Cream together the softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs one by one until fully incorporated. Add a spoonful of flour at any sign of the mixture curdling.
- Add the remainder of the flours, cocoa, soda and the milk/vinegar mixture and beat well.
- Fill the cupcake cases two-thirds full.
- Bake in the oven for 18-20 minutes until they are springy to the touch.
- Cool the cupcakes in the tray for five minutes before removing and allowing to cool completely on a wire rack.
Recipe taken from The Busy Girl’s Guide to Cake Decorating, which readers can buy for the special price of £9.74 (rrp £14.99) with free p&p (UK only). To order please visit www.rucraft.co.uk/R11631 and quote promo code R11631 upon checkout or call RUCraft on 0844 8805851.
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