Chocolate Cupcakes

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"Such a versatile recipe"

I've made these cupcakes before out of the original Hummingbird book, but made these this time for a friend along with some lemon ones. As usual the recipe didn't let me down - they were so tasty! I especially like to icing from this recipe as it's really rich :-)

One thing - the recipe says this makes 12-16 cupcakes but I actually think it makes more than 20! So unless you do actually want to be eating chocolate cupcakes for the next month I suggest you half the recipe :-)

How to make chocolate cupcakes

Ingredients:
80g unsalted butter
280g caster sugar
200g plain flour
40g cocoa powder
1 tbsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
240ml milk
2 large eggs

1- Preheat over to 190 degrees centigrade and line one or two deep muffin tins (recipe says it makes 12-16 cupcakes but I found it makes about 20)
2- Whisk the butter, sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt until it resembles breadcrumbs
3- Mix the milk and eggs in a jug. Add 3/4 to dry mixture, mix and scrape from the sides. Add the remainder and mix until smooth
4- Pour mixture into cases and bake for 18-20 mins. Leave to cool in the tray and cool completely before adding frosting

How to make the chocolate frosting

Ingredients
400g icing sugar

100g cocoa powder
160g unsalted butter
50ml whole milk


1) Beat the icing sugar, butter and cocoa until sandy
2) Gradually add the milk and whisk again
3) Spoon the icing on to the cupcakes and smooth with a palette knife

Chocolate and lemon cupcakes