Chocolate Easter-egg cupcakes

Recipes / Eggs

With chocolate inside, chocolate frosting and chocolate eggs for decoration, these cupcakes are a chocoholics dream come true

Recipe «Chocolate Easter-egg cupcakes» presented in category Recipes / Eggs, to prepare this dish you will need no more 25 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 200g milk chocolate, chopped, 200g butter, softened, 1 cup caster sugar, 3 eggs, 1 1/2 cups plain flour , 1/4 cup cocoa powder, 1 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda , 1/2 cup buttermilk, Little chocolate Easter eggs, to decorate, CHOCOLATE ICING, 100g butter, softened, 1/3 cup cocoa powder, sifted, 3 cups icing sugar mixture, sifted, 1/4 cup milk.

Ingredients:

  • 200g milk chocolate, chopped 
  • 200g butter, softened 
  • 1 cup caster sugar 
  • 3 eggs 
  • 1 1/2 cups plain flour 
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder 
  • 1 tsp baking powder 
  • 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda 
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk 
  • Little chocolate Easter eggs, to decorate 
  • CHOCOLATE ICING 
  • 100g butter, softened 
  • 1/3 cup cocoa powder, sifted 
  • 3 cups icing sugar mixture, sifted 
  • 1/4 cup milk 

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 180C. Line 24 1/3 cup (80ml) capacity muffin pans with paper cases.
  2. Place the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan half-filled with simmering water. Stir with a metal spoon for 5 minutes or until melted. Set aside for 5 minutes to cool slightly.
  3. Use an electric mixer to beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl until pale and creamy.
  4. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  5. Add chocolate and beat until well combined.
  6. Add the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda and stir until combined.
  7. Add buttermilk and stir to combine. Spoon the mixture evenly among the prepared pans. Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
  8. To make the icing: Use an electric mixer to beat the butter until very pale.
  9. Gradually add the cocoa powder, icing sugar and milk in batches, beating well between each batch until well combined. Spread icing over the top of each cupcake.
  10. Decorate with Easter eggs.