Chocolate cherry cupcakes
Description
Pretty little cupcakes that are easy to make and add a twist to a simple recipe. Adding chopped glacé cherries to a chocolate cupcake recipe and topping with vanilla frosting
For the cupcakes
For the vanilla frosting (with optional cherry flavour)
For the cupcakes
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Preheat the oven to 170c Fan.
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In a freestanding mixer cream the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy.
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Add the vanilla essence to the beaten eggs and mix then add little by little to the buttercream.
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If the mixture begins to split add a spoonful of the self-raising flour to stabilize it.
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Mix together the cocoa and self raising flour then fold into the mixture.
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Add the milk and mix until smooth - the mixture should fall easily from a spatula / spoon.
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Stir in the chopped cherries.
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Place cupcake cases into cupcake trays to keep their shape.
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Spoon in the mixture - makes 12 normal cupcakes or 24 mini cupcakes (pictured).
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Bake for 18 minutes or until the cakes have risen and set.
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Place on wire racks to cool.
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For the frosting
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In a freestanding mixer cream the icing sugar and butter.
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Add the vanilla essence to the milk and add to the buttercream.
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Add an optional splash of cherry flavoured cordial.
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Mix at a high speed for 5 minutes to create a really smooth frosting.
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Add the pink gel food colour and mix to spread evenly.
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Place the frosting in a piping bag with a large star tip eg 1M and pipe a simple star onto each cooled cupcake.
Note
If you don't have piping bags or piping nozzles just smooth the icing on with a palate knife or the back of a dessert spoon.....it will still taste just as delicious.
