Best Ever Chocolate Cupcake Recipe

These little chocolate cakes are hard to resist. Soft, light and full of flavour, they’re sure to satisfy any chocolate lover’s cravings!

Best Ever Chocolate Cupcake Recipe

This recipe makes 12 cupcakes.

Before starting to bake, remove the eggs and butter from the fridge and allow them to warm to room temperature.

Ingredients
100g self-raising flour
50g cocoa powder
150g caster sugar
150g unsalted butter
2 large eggs
1tsp good quality vanilla extract

Equipment
12-cup cake tin
Paper cupcake cases
Large mixing bowl (preferably with a non-slip base, or place a mixing bowl on top of a damp teatowel to keep the bowl in place)
Electric beaters or wooden spoon
Sieve
2 tablespoons or an ice-cream scoop
Cake tester or metal skewer
Cooling rack

Method

• Pre-heat the oven to 180c and weigh out all ingredients
• Line the cake tin with paper cake cases
• In the mixing bowl, use your wooden spoon or electric beater to cream together the butter and caster sugar until light and fluffy
• Beat in the eggs one at a time
• Gently stir in the vanilla extract
• Sift in the self-raising flour and cocoa powder and gently stir until just combined
• Add spoonfuls (or scoopfuls) of cake batter into the prepared cupcake cases, to around 2/3rds full

Top Tip:
To check when the cakes are cooked without a cake tester, press the top of one cake gently with your index finger. If it’s cooked the top will spring back, if not, your finger will leave an imprint.

• Place the cake tin in the centre of the pre-heated oven and bake for 10 minutes
• Turn the tray around and bake for a further 3 – 5 minutes – remember to shut the oven door gently to stop your cakes from sinking!
• Remove your cakes from the oven and use a cake tester or skewer to ensure the cakes are baked in the middle
• A clean skewer means the cake is baked fully in the middle. If cake batter is still stuck to the skewer or the mixture looks wet, return the cakes to the oven for a further 2-3 minutes until cooked through
• Leave the cakes in the tin for a few minutes to cool down before removing and placing them on a wire cooling rack to cool completely
• Eat and enjoy!

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