Recipes Cupcakes & Muffin Recipes Cupcakes Chocolate cupcakes with buttercream Back to Cupcakes Chocolate cupcakes with buttercream by Fearne Cotton Total Time 45m Prep Time 25m Bake Time 20m Serves 12 Skill Level Easy 0 Reviews No ratings yet Save Save this recipe Share This delicious recipe featured in the 2012 edition of The Little Book of Treats as Ferne Cotton's favourite. The Little Book of Treats is produced by Macmillan Cancer Support and 100% of the proceeds go towards helping people affected by cancer. Method Pre-heat the oven to 180˚C (fan 160˚C, gas mark 4). Lay out 12 cupcake cases in a muffin tray. Beat the eggs in a small bowl. Mix the butter, sugar, flour and cocoa powder in a bowl, adding the beaten eggs slowly. Using a large spoon place the mixture into the cupcake cases. Bake for 15–20 minutes. If firm to the touch, remove from the oven and leave to cool. For the buttercream, place the butter into a bowl and stir in icing sugar a little at a time. Add the vanilla extract and beat until fluffy. Put the mixture into a piping bag and pipe plenty onto each cupcake. To finish, cover with chocolate chips or sprinkles. Let's Bake The easiest way to follow a recipe Reviews Unfortunately there are no reviews for this recipe yet! Leave Your Thoughts Unfortunately reviews are not permitted to non-registered users. Please Log in to leave your review or ask us a question. Ingredients For the cakes 3 Egg(s) (free range) 150g Butter (unsalted) 150g Unrefined golden caster sugar 175g Self-raising white flour 25g Cocoa powder For the decoration 250g Butter (unsalted) 500g Icing sugar 0.5 tsp Vanilla extract 0 Milk chocolate chips Recipe Alternatives Baileys and Chocolate Mini Cupcakes Baileys and Chocolate Mini Cupcakes Total 40m Serves 24 Skill Easy Diet Rating 5 star rating Amaretto pineapple cupcakes Amaretto pineapple cupcakes Total 40m Serves 12 Skill Intermediate Diet Rating No ratings yet Heart cupcakes Heart cupcakes Total 1h 25m Serves 12 Skill Easy Diet Rating No ratings yet
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