Chocolate Cupcakes
Simple chocolate cupcakes with a glossy chocolate icing.
Makes 10 cupcakes · Cook 15 min · 180 °C fan
You'll need
Cakes
- 4 oz self-raising flour
- 1 oz cocoa powder, or drinking chocolate
- 4 oz soft margarine
- 4 oz soft brown sugar
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 tbsp milk
Icing
- 1 oz butter
- 2 oz golden syrup
- ½ oz cocoa powder
- 4 oz icing sugar
- chocolate bars to decorate, e.g. Mars bars, Flakes, Maltesers, chopped
Equipment
- mixer
- muffin cases
- non-stick saucepan
Method
Cakes
- Preheat the oven to 180 °C (fan).
- Put all the cake ingredients into a mixer and beat until smooth.
- Divide between 10 muffin cases.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
Icing
- Warm the syrup in a non-stick saucepan, then add the butter and melt.
- Stir in the cocoa and icing sugar.
- Beat until smooth.
- Pour over the cupcakes.
- Decorate with chopped-up chocolate bars.