My best friend and her husband often have parties/gatherings/soirees at their house and always provide lots of delicious nibbles for us all. So instead of ‘bringing a bottle’ I decided to bring some cakes. I dipped into my new Hummingbird Bakery Cake Days book and found these indulgent looking chocolate cupcakes too tempting to ignore.
These are very rich and went down very well at the party! In fact, my best friend is coming over this weekend so we can make them together as she liked them so much 🙂
Ingredients for the sponge:
80g unsalted butter
280g caster sugar
200g plain flour
40g cocoa powder
1tbsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
240ml whole milk
2 large eggs
Ingredients for the frosting:
400g icing sugar
100g cocoa powder (I only used 50g as thought 100g was a bit excessive!)
160g unsalted butter
50ml whole milk
Chocolate stars, sprinkles, shavings etc to decorate
Instructions:
1) Pre-heat oven to 190° C and line a muffin tin with muffin cases
2) Put the flour, cocoa, sugar, baking powder, salt, and butter in a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment (or use a handheld electric mixer) and beat on slow speed until you get a sandy consistency and everything is combined.
Ooooh! Am I invited? These looks so yummy!
I am sure you would be invited – maybe a bit far from USA to little old Canterbury in England 🙂 Your recipes sound delicious too, it’ll be great to try out some of your family recipes!
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