Happy Birthday Mailie!

Chocolate Fudge Cupcakes (Makes 12)

Babbled Intro:

So this is Nigella's recipe found in her 'Nigella Bites' book. Her recipe is for two 'sandwiches' of chocolate cake, cemented together with the chocolate fudge icing and then iced on top and all around the cake. And doing it this way is fantastic and tastes heavenly - she writes 'serves 1 with a broken heart' so we're talking proper comfort food here. Unfortunately I was carrying this to work so made a cupcake version (Halved her recipe) and put little iced daisies on top. :)

Ingredients:

For the cakes:

200g plain flour

125g caster sugar

50 light muscavado sugar

25g cocoa powder

1tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

1/4 tsp salt

2 eggs

Bit of milk

1/2 tbsp vanilla extract

85g butter

for the fudge icing:

85g dark chocolate

125g butter

140g icing sugar

1/2 tbsp vanilla extract

Method:

• Mix all the cake ingredients in a food mixer.
• Divide the cake mixture between 12 paper cases in a 12 hole bun tin. (Approx 2 large tsps of mixture in each case.) Just half the case should be filled.
• Bake in an oven (180c) for 25 minutes until you can gently push the sponge to watch it rise back.
• Let cool and then slice the tops off so they are flat and smooth and ready to be iced.
• To make the icing, melt the choolctae in a microwave or in a bowl sitting over a pan of simmering water. let it cool slightly.
• In another bowl, beat the butter until soft and creamy, then sieve the icing sugar into the butter then beat again (You must sieve it or the icing will go lumpy!)
• Then add the vanilla extract and melted chocolate to the bowl and mix together.
• Smooth the mixture onto the cakes - I then put an iced flower on each. Let the icing set a bit then it's ready to eat.
 

 

My Conclusion / Review:

Easy enough to make and taste lovely, you don't have to be a massive chocoholic to appreciate these - lovely with a nice up of tea. I was just pleased they made it through the commute without getting crushed.

Mailie's Verdict:

"8/10 Really light, perfectly chocolatey (but not sickly) and the icing was divine! Perfect birthday cupcakes. YUM!"