Pink and Chocolate | Cupcake Crazy

I have been making a lot of different cupcakes recently, using different recipes. The one I am showing you is different to my usual '4,4,4 and 2' recipe. I followed a recipe I found on Fabulous Moms Guide.

Ingredients:

• 125g butter or margarine
• 125g caster sugar
• 125g self raising flour, sifted
• 2 large eggs
• 30g coco powder
• a few blocks of chocolate

Method:

Step One: Preheat your oven to 180 °C.

Step Two: Weigh and measure out all your ingredients. It is important to have exact proportions.

Step Three: Cut your butter into small chunks and add it to a large mixing bowl along with the sugar. Mix well until light and creamy.Add your eggs one at a time, mixing with a wooden spoon. Put your flour and cocoa through the sift at the same time. Mix with an electric whisk until silky and fluffy.

Cutting your butter into smaller pieces
before creaming it really makes it easier.

Step Four: Place 1-2 teaspoons of the mix in each cupcake case, put in the oven for 10-15 minutes. When ready (Check by sticking a skewer stick in, if it comes out clean; it's ready.) remove from baking tin as soon as possible and onto a cooling rack.

This is what your mixture should look like
before adding it to the cases.

Step Five: I used Buttercream icing, recipe here. I added 3-6 drops of pink food colouring and used a large circular piping nozzle. Then I used a peeler to create chocolate shavings.

Add colouring to your icing or sponge to
make it more fun and interesting.

This was really yummy and chocolaty, I thought they turned out really well and I will definitely use this recipe again. 

Really Delicious, really easy and super adorable. Took a while to get the topping right. Apparently shaved chocolate is the way to go. Good Luck.