Chocolate cupcakes

Today mei mei is having a birthday party celebration with her friends. I decided to bake some chocolate cupcake for the party childrens parents to eat. I started my bake around 9am whereby i need to get everything ready by 1plus ~ baking + frosting. I double the portion of the recipe and it gave me 33 cuppies

Here's the chocolate cupcake recipe

Ingredients
1 1/3 cup all purpose flour
1/4 tsp bicarbonate soda
2 tsp baking powder
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/8 tsp salt
50g butter
1 1/3 cup castor sugar
2 eggs
3/4 tsp vanilla essence
1 cup milk

Method

1. Sift together flour, baking powder, bicarbonate soda, cocoa & salt. Set aside
2. In a large bowl, cream butter & sugar until light and fluffy, add in eggs one at the time.
3. Stir in vanilla and add flour mixture alternately with milk and mix well
4. Fill the muffin cups slightly more than half
5. Bake for 15 - 17 mins @ 180c

Cupcake before frosting

Cuppies after frostingButtercream icing

• 35g shortening
• 35g butter softened
• 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup icing sugar
• 1 tbsp milk

Method

1. In large bowl, cream shortening & butter with electric mixer.
2. Add vanilla and sugar, beating at medium speed
3. When all sugar has been mixed in icing will appear dry
4. Add milk beat at medium speed until light fluffy