Cameo chocolate cupcakes

July 24, 2014 (Last Updated: January 11, 2019)
Cameo chocolate cupcakes
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Cameo chocolate cupcakes

By Word of Mouth – Serves: 18
Cooking Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

  • Cupcakes

  • 400g white sugar
  • 245g cake flour
  • 90g cocoa powder
  • 6g baking powder
  • 6g bicarbonate of soda
  • 5g salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 250ml (1 cup) milk
  • 125ml (½ cup) sunflower oil
  • 10ml (2 tsp) vanilla essence
  • 250ml (1 cup) boiling water

  • Icing

  • 140g butter, softened
  • 280g icing sugar
  • 30ml (2 tbsp) milk
  • few drops green food colouring

Instructions

1

For the cupcakes, preheat the oven to 180°C. Prepare 18 cupcake papers. In a bowl combine the sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt. Add the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla, and mix well in a free-standing blender. Stir in the boiling water. The batter should be runny. Pour into the prepared cupcake papers and bake, 10 – 12 minutes. Leave to cool completely.

2

For the icing, mix together the butter and the icing sugar using an electric blender. Add the milk a little at a time, beating as you go. Finally, add the food colouring.

3

Ice the cupcakes when completely cool.

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