Amazing Valentine Chocolate Cupcakes
Bake yourself or a loved one some indulgent chocolate cupcakes, share the love.
Ingredients
- 100g plain flour - *Use oat flour as a wheat/ gluten-free alternative
- 20g cocoa powder
- 140g caster sugar
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- 40g unsalted butter (ambient) - *Use almond butter or sunflower oil as a dairy-free, vegan alternative.
- 120ml whole milk - *Use soya or oat milk as a dairy-free / vegan alternative.
- 1 egg - *Use mashed banana or soya yoghurt as a dairy-free / vegan alternative.
- ¼ tsp vanilla extract
Chocolate Buttercream Icing
- 100g milk chocolate - *Use cocoa powder instead for a dairy-free/ vegan alternative.
- 200g butter (softened) - *Use a plant based margarine spread as a vegan alternative.
- 400g icing sugar
- 5 tbsp cocoa powder
- 2 tbsp milk - *Use soya or oat milk as a vegan alternative.
Recipe
- Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Put the flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, a pinch of salt and the butter in a free-standing electric mixer with a paddle attachment (or use a handheld electric whisk). Beat on a slow speed until you get a sandy consistency and everything is combined.
- Whisk the milk, egg and vanilla extract together in a jug, then slowly pour about half into the flour mixture. Beat to combine and turn the mixer up to high speed, scraping any mixture from the side of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Pour in the remaining liquid and continue mixing for a couple more minutes until the mixture is smooth. Do not overmix.
- Spoon the mixture into the paper cases until approximately two-thirds full. Bake in a preheated oven for 20-25 minutes, or until the sponge bounces back when touched and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
- Leave the cupcakes to cool slightly in the tray before turning out onto a wire cooling rack to cool completely. Meanwhile, make your chocolate buttercream icing and spread it over the cakes with a palette knife, or use a piping bag.
- You can decorate your cupcakes how you wish, we used mixed chocolate mini balls to sprinkle over the cupcakes.
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