Chocolate Cupcakes With Buttercream Frosting
By: Michelle Tancioco
Published: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 3:06am

Ingredients




Chocolate Cupcakes
3/4 cup plain flour
1/4 cup cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup caster sugar
80 grams butter, melted
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon milk
Buttercream Frosting
125 grams (4 oz) butter
1 1/2 cups icing sugar
2 tablespoons milk

Preparation

1 Chocolate Cupcakes 2 Turbo broiler: preheated to 160oC 3 Oven: preheated to 325oF 4 Add all the ingredients to a small mixing bowl. 5 Beat on low speed until well blended. Stop and scrape down the sides of the bowl and the beaters. 6 Beat on medium speed for two minutes. 7 Fill evenly into your chosen cake pans. Aim to half fill them. 8 Bake at 160oC for 15 minutes. 9 Remove from the oven, stand for five minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool. Cool completely before decorating. 10 Buttercream Frosting 11 Have butter and milk at room temperature. 12 Place butter in small bowl of electric mixer and beat until butter is as white as possible. 13 Gradually add about half the sifted icing sugar, beating constantly. 14 Beat in the remaining icing sugar. 15 Mixture should be smooth and easy to spread with a spatula. Add extra milk or icing sugar until cupcake frosting is of a spreadable consistency. 16 Coloured: add a drop of food colouring to frosting until you reach the desired colour.

About


I used our turbo broiler for baking these cute cupcakes. ^^ It's my first time and it's almost perfect. I just need to fill the muffin pans evenly! ^^ at reduce the temperature to 150oC for 12 minutes. Will see! Update you soon! ^^ 
Tips:
*For Light pink color - 4 drops of red food coloring. 
Remember to cool the cupcakes first before you decorate it with your frosting! BELIEVE ME!! ^^ heehee!