Chocolate spice cupcakes

Chocolate spice cupcakes

NZ Woman's Weekly 15/7/2007

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Serves 12

Ingredients

125 g Butter
1 cup Brown sugar, firmly packed
2 Eggs
1½ cups Self raising flour
1 tsp Mixed spice
¼ cup Cocoa powder
¾ cup Milk

Simple chocolate icing

1½ cups Icing sugar
2 tbsp Cocoa powder
20 g Butter, melted
3 tbsp Water, boiling

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 180 degC. Line a 12-hole standard muffin pan with paper cases. In a bowl, beat the butter and sugar until pale and creamy. Add eggs and beat to combine.
  2. Stir together the flour, spices and cocoa powder and add alternately with the milk in two batches, mixing to form a smooth batter.
  3. Spoon the mixture into prepared paper cases and bake for 25 minutes or until an inserted skewer comes out clean.
  4. Remove to a wire rack to cool. Ice cold cupcakes with simple chocolate icing.



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