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MINT CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES

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Serves: 18

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Like an AERO chocolate in cupcake form!! Delicious..

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Ingredients

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for the cupcakes

  • 225 grams self-raising flour
  • 4 tablespoons cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 225 grams caster sugar
  • 225 grams unsalted butter
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon peppermint essence
  • 100 grams plain chocolate

for the icing

  • 115 grams unsalted butter
  • 225 grams icing sugar (sifted)
  • 1 teaspoon peppermint essence
  • food colouring (green)
  • 100 grams plain chocolate chips (or chocolate sprinkles)

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 160 deg. C. Place 18 paper cases into muffin tins 
  2. In a bowl sieve flour, baking powder and cocoa. 
  3. Beat butter and sugar together in another bowl. Add eggs one at a time and beat together. Add flour mixture gradually. 
  4. Stir in the mint essence and choc chips. 
  5. Spoon mixture into cases and bake for about 25 mins. 

To make icing,

  1. beat icing sugar and butter in a bowl stir in the mint essence, and just enough food colour to turn the icing mint green. 
  2. Ice the cooled cupcakes and decorate with choc chips or sprinkles.

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  • Very impressed with this recipe - the cakes themselves were light and moist with a slight minty kick which wasn't too overpowering. The icing went well with them too. Very easy to make with a great end result. Thank you!

    Posted by amy_forster on 20th Feb 2013 at 22.51

  • Made these for a charity fundraising coffee morning and they went down a treat. Completely gorgeous! Cake was light and fluffy, not too much mint but definitely moreish! Will certainly be making again in the future.

    Posted by bonniebcj on 25th Feb 2013 at 20.23

  • I've made these a few times now and made some more last night for a charity bake sale on request!! The taste delicious and are very easy to make!

    Posted by Angelnic on 15th Mar 2013 at 9.26