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Chocolate Easter Cupcakes recipe
Prep and
cooking time: 35 minutes plus cooling
Makes 12
Ingredients
For the cakes
100g /4oz Butter or Margarine, softened
100g /4oz Caster Sugar
2 Medium Eggs, lightly beaten
100g /4oz Self Raising Flour, sieved
25g /1oz Cocoa Powder
For the Topping
100g /4oz very soft Butter
225g /8oz Icing Sugar
1-2 tbsp Cocoa Powder
To decorate
1 x 100g/4oz packet Chocolate Mini Eggs
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 180C, 350F, Gas Mark 4 and place 12 paper cases into
a 12-hole patty or cupcake tin.
2. Place the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl and cream together with
a wooden spoon, hand whisk or in a food processor, until light and fluffy.
3. Beat in the eggs a little at a time until well incorporated. If the
mixture begins to curdle, add a little flour.
4. Fold in the remaining flour and cocoa with a spatula until the mixture is
well blended.
5. Place a heaped teaspoon of cake mixture into each paper case then bake
for 15 - 20 minutes until well risen and firm to the touch. Remove from the
oven and leave to cool on a cooling rack.
6. For the butter icing, place the butter in a large mixing bowl and beat
with a wooden spoon until very soft. Sift in the icing sugar and cocoa
powder and beat well with a wooden spoon until well mixed and very smooth.
7. Pipe or spread the butter icing onto the top of each cake then arrange
three chocolate mini eggs in the centre of each.
