Cupcakes!

Chocolate cupcakes

Ingredients:
350ml sugar
190g butter
2 eggs
30g cocao powder
125ml boiling water
125ml milk
10ml vanilla essence
360ml flour
5ml bicarbonate of soda

Method:
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees
Cream the butter and sugar together until light
Add the eggs one by one and mix well
Mix the cocoa powder and water together, add the milk and vanilla essence. Add all of this to the butter mixture.
Sift the dry ingredients together and add to the butter mixture.
Mix well
Spoon into cupcake/muffin pans and bake for about 20 minutes.

ICe with a mixture of melted chocolate and cream or a simple butter icing.
For the chocolate cream you can use 300g dark chocolate and 100ml cream. Heat the cream and add the chocolate. Leave to cool for a while or until it is thick.

For the butter icing you can use 250g icing sugar with 125g butter. Add the colourings or essences (flavours) of your choice.

You can make normal elegant cupcakes with this recipe or you can make bugs, frogs, flowers or anything fun.

This recipe makes 18 big cupcakes.