Giant chocolate cupcake - recipe
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Prepare
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Serves
10 -
Cook
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Skill
Easy
Ingredients
For the cupcake
- 340 g Self-raising white flour
- 340 g Butter (unsalted) softened
- 340 g Unrefined golden caster sugar
- 6 Egg(s) (free range)
- 2 tsp Baking powder
- 1 tbsp Vanilla bean paste
For the icing
- 400 g Icing sugar
- 100 g Cocoa powder
- 160 g Butter (unsalted) softened
- 50 ml Milk (whole)
- Dark chocolate shavings, for decoration
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1
Preheat the oven to 160°C (140°C fan, gas mark 3).
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Using a hand held electric whisk or freestanding mixer cream the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy. Gradually add the eggs and vanilla paste, beating in between each addition. Sieve in the flour and baking powder.
For this step you'll need:
- 160g Butter (unsalted) softened
- 340g Unrefined golden caster sugar
- 6 Egg(s) (free range)
- 1 tbsp Vanilla bean paste
- 340g Self-raising white flour
- 2tsp Baking powder
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3
Pour the mixture into the cupcake tin, approx 2/3 in the large base and 1/3 in the lid.
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Bake in the oven for 1 hour, until the sponge is springy to the touch and golden brown in colour.
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Cool and turn onto a wire rack to cool completely.
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To make the frosting, whisk the icing sugar, cocoa powder and butter until the mixture has a sandy consistency, add the milk then whisk on a high speed until soft and fluffy.
For this step you'll need:
- 400g Icing sugar
- 100g Cocoa powder
- 160g Butter (unsalted) softened
- 50ml Milk (whole)
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Use some of the frosting to sandwich the base and lid of the cupcake together, then cover the lid with the rest of the frosting using a palette knife. Alternatively fill a piping bag and pipe the buttercream in swirls. Anti-clockwise swirls will create a buttercream rose effect. You can practise on a sheet of baking paper beforehand.
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Decorate with chocolate shavings.
For this step you'll need:
- Dark chocolate shavings, for decoration