Chocolate Chip Cupcakes - Hello!
Chocolate Chip Cupcakes, easy and delicious, so pretty
Servings 12
Calories 497kcal
Ingredients
- 200 g Butter softened (I use Lurpak Baking Butter)
- 200 g Caster Sugar
- 4 Free-Range Eggs beaten
- 1/2 Vanilla pod or 1/2 teasp Van Essence
- 200 g Self-Raising Flour
- 200 g Real Chocchips milk or plain whatever you fancy or chop a Good bar of chocolate into chunks
- Butter Icing
- 150 g Butter softened
- 300 g Icing sugar
- 1 Tablespoon milk Chocchips for decorating and mini chocchip cookies cut in half
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven 190C(170 fan)/375F/Gas 5
- Cream butter and caster together until light and fluffy (if you have a mixer use it :-)
- Add the beaten egg slowly, careful it doesn't curdle if it does add a couple of spoons of flour, whisk well - add the vanilla and whisk
- Finally fold in the flour with a wooden spoon, followed by the chocolate chunks - mix well
- Half fill the cases with the cake batter and bake for 15-20 mins until golden & firm to touch keep your eye on them.
- Remove from the oven and leave to cool
- Make the Butter Icing by creaming the butter and icing sugar until smooth, add a drop of milk until you have the desired consistency (again use an electric mixer if you have one
- Pipe on top of the cooled cupcakes and decorate however you like …… Enjoy!
- I used chocolate chips and 1/2 a mini Cookie & a dusting of Icing Sugar
Nutrition
Calories: 497kcal | Carbohydrates: 60g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 28g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 120mg | Sodium: 233mg | Potassium: 45mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 46g | Vitamin A: 808IU | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 1mg