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• 80 g sugar
• 250 ml milk
Preparation
1. Coarsely grate the chocolate.
2. Mix all the dry ingredients with the
chocolate.
3. Mix eggs, margarine, sugar and milk in
a bowl.
4. Add the flour mixture and stir together.
5. Grease and preheat the cupcake maker.
6. Put the cake mix in cake moulds
6
, no
higher than the top of the moulds.
7. Bake for approx. 15 - 20 minutes.
8. The cupcakes can then be decorated as
required.
8.3 Chocolate cupcakes
Ingredients
• 100 g butter
• 150 g sugar
• 2 eggs
• 100 g plain flour
• ½ tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• ¼ tsp salt
• 75 g cocoa powder
• 130 ml milk, possibly more
• 1 tsp vanilla extract or vanilla paste
Preparation
1. Sieve flour and cocoa powder into a
bowl, add baking powder, bicarbonate
of soda and salt through the sieve and
mix well.
2. Combine butter, sugar and vanilla to
form a loose batter.
3. Beat in the eggs one at a time.
4. Mix in the flour mixture and about
130 ml of milk alternately and combine
to form a consistent mixture.
5. If the mixture is too dry, add a little milk
at a time until it becomes looser.
6. Put the cake mix in cake moulds
6
, no
higher than the top of the moulds.
7. Bake for 15 - 20 minutes.
8. Then cool thoroughly on a cooling rack.
8.4 Red Velvet Cupcakes –
for special occasions
Ingredients for the cake mix
• 3 large egg whites, 90 g
• 30 ml red food colouring
• 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
• 200 g plain flour
• 200 g caster sugar
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp cocoa powder
• ½ tsp salt
• 60 g rapeseed or safflower oil,
at room temperature
• 55 g butter, at room temperature
• 120 g buttermilk, at room temperature
Ingredients for frosting
• 200 g chopped white chocolate
• 270 g cream cheese, at room
temperature
• 70 g butter, at room temperature
• 1/8 tsp almond essence
Preparing the cake mix
1. Gently combine the egg whites, red
food colouring and vanilla extract in a
jug.
2. In a bowl, thoroughly mix the flour,
sugar, baking powder, cocoa and salt.
3. Beat the oil and butter together for
1 minute in a mixing bowl using a food
processor on medium speed.
4. Add the flour mixture and the buttermilk
and beat at low speed until everything is
moist.
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