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Chocolate Cupcakes with Two-tone Chocolate Frosting

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Ingredients

  • 40g cocoa powder
  • 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 100ml boiling water
  • 2 medium eggs
  • 125g light brown muscovado sugar
  • 50g demerara sugar
  • 90ml sunflower oil
  • 100g self raising flour
  • Pinch of salt

  • For the Technique: Icing Adding a mixture of icing sugar and water, butter or cream to a cake or cupcake for a decorative finish. I know this Teach me, please icing :

  • 350g softened unsalted Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter
  • 250g full fat cream cheese
  • 350g sieved Technique: Icing Adding a mixture of icing sugar and water, butter or cream to a cake or cupcake for a decorative finish. I know this Teach me, please icing sugar
  • 2 tsp of lemon juice
  • 2 tbsp cocoa powder

Use imperial measurements

Method

How to make Chocolate Cupcakes with Two-tone Chocolate Frosting

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Mix the cocoa and bicarbonate of soda with the boiling water and leave to cool.

In a large bowl, Technique: Whisk Using light, rapid sweeping strokes to thicken or thoroughly combine ingredients. You can also use a whisk attachment attached to a food processor. I know this Teach me, please whisk the eggs and sugar together. Add the oil and Technique: Whisk Using light, rapid sweeping strokes to thicken or thoroughly combine ingredients. You can also use a whisk attachment attached to a food processor. I know this Teach me, please whisk again.

Then add the flour and cocoa, mixing thoroughly after each addition. Pour into cupcake cases and cook for 20-25 minutes, until the cakes are firm to the touch and a skewer or sharp knife comes out clean.

To make the Technique: Icing Adding a mixture of icing sugar and water, butter or cream to a cake or cupcake for a decorative finish. I know this Teach me, please frosting :

Cream the Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter in an upright mixer or hand mixer and beat until soft.

Add the cream cheese in 2 or three stages followed by the Technique: Icing Adding a mixture of icing sugar and water, butter or cream to a cake or cupcake for a decorative finish. I know this Teach me, please icing sugar again in 2 or 3 stages.

Add the lemon juice and beat for a few minutes.

Leave to stand in a cool place for at least an hour.

Take 500g of the Technique: Icing Adding a mixture of icing sugar and water, butter or cream to a cake or cupcake for a decorative finish. I know this Teach me, please frosting and add 2 tbsp of cocoa powder.

In a Technique: Piping Adding icing to a cake or cupcake using a piping bag for more precise decorations and designs. I know this Teach me, please piping bag fitted with a star tube place the chocolate Technique: Icing Adding a mixture of icing sugar and water, butter or cream to a cake or cupcake for a decorative finish. I know this Teach me, please frosting down one side of the Technique: Piping Adding icing to a cake or cupcake using a piping bag for more precise decorations and designs. I know this Teach me, please piping bag and half the remaining Technique: Icing Adding a mixture of icing sugar and water, butter or cream to a cake or cupcake for a decorative finish. I know this Teach me, please frosting down the other half of the bag. Technique: Piping Adding icing to a cake or cupcake using a piping bag for more precise decorations and designs. I know this Teach me, please Pipe swirls onto each cupcake.

Note: It is very important that the Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter is very soft before you add the cream cheese or it will split and make for an unpleasant consistency. With these quantities there will be a about 200g of Technique: Icing Adding a mixture of icing sugar and water, butter or cream to a cake or cupcake for a decorative finish. I know this Teach me, please frosting left over.