Chocolate black cat cupcakes
Chocolate cupcakes topped with black buttercream and liquorice whiskers.
Active time45 min
Cooking20 min
Total2 hResting : 45 min
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Ingredients
- 300 g unsalted butter for the icing
- 200 g unsalted butter for the batter
- 200 ml whole milk
- 2 eggs
- 50 g unsweetened cocoa
- 200 g dark chocolate
- 44 chocolate buttons
- 100 ml water
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 250 g self-raising flour
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- 22 g pink fondant icing
- 300 g caster sugar
- 500 g icing sugar
- 1 tsp black food colouring
- 44 g black liquorice laces
- 1 black icing pen
Preparation
Let the butter for the batter soften. Heat the oven to 180 °C. Melt the chocolate over simmering water. Beat the batter butter with sugar. Add chocolate and eggs. Boil the water in a kettle and mix it with the baking powder. Add with the flour, cocoa and milk, mixing until smooth.
200 g unsalted butter for the batter200 ml whole milk2 eggs50 g unsweetened cocoa200 g dark chocolate100 ml water250 g self-raising flour¼ tsp baking powder300 g caster sugar- oven
- saucepan
- bowl
- mixing bowl
- mixer
- spoon
- kettle
Divide the batter between 22 cases in two muffin tins. Bake for 20 minutes until risen and springy.
- muffin tins
- cases
- oven
Rest in the tins for 5 minutes. Transfer the cupcakes to a rack and cool completely before decorating.
- muffin tins
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Let the butter for the frosting soften. Beat the icing butter. Gradually add icing sugar, then vanilla and colouring. Transfer to a piping bag. Cover the cold cupcakes and pipe two points for ears.
300 g unsalted butter for the icing1 tsp vanilla extract500 g icing sugar1 tsp black food colouring- bowl
- mixer
- piping bag
Put two chocolate buttons on each cupcake and draw pupils with black icing. Shape small fondant triangles for noses. Cut liquorice into thin lengths and place on either side of the nose as whiskers.
44 chocolate buttons22 g pink fondant icing44 g black liquorice laces1 black icing pen- knife
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Allergens
- Eggs
- Gluten
- Milk
Composition to check for: Celery, Crustaceans, Fish, Lupin, Molluscs, Mustard, Tree nuts, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites.
Sources and credits
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