Preheat the oven to 190C(Gas 5/375F). Line the cupcake tin with cupcake cases.
step 2
Place the butter and sugar into a bowl, Whisk until pale and fluffy.
step 3
Add the eggs one at a time, Add a little flour after each one. When combined add the vanilla and the cocoa powder, stir until combined.
step 4
Divide up into the cupcake cases, Bake for 20 minutes until golden and risen.
step 5
When cool make the icing, place the butter and the icing sugar into a bowl, mix together with the back of a spoon until soft and light.
step 6
Place the icing into a piping bag and decorate the cupcakes.
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Comments, questions and tips (22)
Overall rating
A star rating of 4.5 out of 5.21 ratings
irenemaytaylorusdb0p6a
Very easy to make and came out perfect
normanpitkin171Ohz0MlC
tip
Great cake recipe I swapped the self raising flour for plain with 1.5tsp of baking powder and the halved the amount of cocoa and added 50g cooled melted dark chocolate
irenemaytaylorusdb0p6a
Sounds like you did a completely different recipe.😂.
chrispaceVHdRFyYh
The recipe says to add the eggs one at a time adding a little flour after each one. It doesn't say when to add the rest of the flour.
13a11s
Excellent thanks for sharing
RPaulson
A star rating of 4 out of 5.
Lovely cupcakes, light and not dry or crumbly, though I did make the following modifications: I added an extra small egg (together with the 4 eggs called for in the recipe, I only had 2 large and 2 small for this). I also added 1 TBSP milk to the batter and did add the flour in small amounts after…