Fearne Cotton’s chocolate cupcakes recipe

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Presenter Fearne Cotton has teamed up with charity Shelter to make these delicious chocolate cupcakes for their Cake Time campaign

Makes12
SkillEasy
Preparation Time20 mins
Cooking Time20 mins
Total Time40 mins
Cost RangeCheap

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

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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.
Top Tip for making Fearne Cotton’s chocolate cupcakes

Make sure your cupcakes are completely cool before adding the buttercream icing

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