Hot chocolate cupcakes and hot chocolate frosting
This hot chocolate cupcake topped with chocolate buttercream frosting will help you make delicious, moist cupcakes that melt in your mouth. Absolute heaven for chocolate lovers.
- Prep time
- --
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- ½ cup hot chocolate powder/ drinking cocoa powder
- ⅔ cup margarine or baking spread
- ½ cup caster sugar
- 1 cup + 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour/ plain flour
- 3 eggs
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3 tablespoons hot chocolate powder
- ⅓ cup butter (softened)
- 1½ cup icing sugar
- 3 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- 1
For the cupcakes
- 2
Place the flour, sugar, hot chocolate powder, margarine, and eggs in a mixing bowl.
- 3
Using a handheld or stand mixer, beat the ingredients until you get a smooth batter.
- 4
Preheat the oven to 180℃/ 356℉ or gas mark 4, and prepare the cupcake tin with muffin cases.
- 5
Scoop and spoon the batter into each case. Bake for about 20-25 minutes until the top of the cupcake is firm but springy to the touch.
- 6
Take the cupcakes out of the tin and put them onto a cooling wire rack. Let them completely cool before putting the buttercream on them.
- 7
For the buttercream
- 8
Place the butter, icing sugar, and milk in a mixing bowl. Beat them until they all are mixed.
- 9
Add the hot chocolate powder to the butter mixture until you get a light and fluffy buttercream. It takes approximately 5 minutes to do so. However, if you want your buttercream to be smoother and fluffier, mix it longer.