Fearne Cotton’s chocolate cupcakes recipe

These easy-to-bake chocolate cupcakes are made by celebrity mum Fearne Cotton and are the perfect treat for yourself and the family or to take to a charity bake sale.

Radio One presenter and mum-of-two Fearne has teamed up with the homeless charity Shelter to make these delicious chocolate cupcakes for their Cake Time campaign.

These chocolate cupcakes are deliciously moist with a vanilla chocolate buttercream topping - do we need to say more?

We recommend topping these off with fresh seasonal fruit, particularly berries - we love raspberries and chocolate flakes and chocolate chips.

Ingredients

• 150g butter
• 150g caster sugar
• 175g self-raising flour
• 25g cocoa powder
• 3eggs (beaten)

Buttercream topping ingredients

• 250g butter
• 500g icing sugar (sifted)
• 2 drops of vanilla extract
• 12 raspberries
• Some chocolate flakes or chocolate chips

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas Mark 4 and lay out 12 cup cake cases on a baking tray.
2. Using an electric mixer, mix the butter, sugar, flour and cocoa powder in a bowl adding the beaten eggs slowly into the bowl as you are mixing.
3. Using a large spoon place equal amounts of mixture into the 12 cupcake cases. Place in the oven (near the top) and bake for 15 to 20 minutes – until firm to touch.
4. Remove from the oven and leave to cool.
5. Place the butter into a bowl, stir in the icing sugar and vanilla extract using a wooden spoon, then whisk until fluffy.
6. Put the mixture into a piping bag and squeeze plenty onto each cupcake.
7. Sprinkle chocolate flakes or chocolate chips over the top and add a raspberry to finish.

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