Valentine's day cupcakes

Name: Valentine's day cupcakes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 33 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: En
Ingredients: 200 g caster sugar; 175 g flour; 50 g cocoa powder; 7.5 ml baking powder; 2.5 ml salt; 1 egg; 125 ml milk; 75 ml melted butter; 5 ml vanilla extract; 125 ml hot water; 100 g butter/baking margarine, room temperature; 400 g icing sugar, sifted; 2 tablespoons milk; 5 ml strawberry flavouring; 2 drops pink gel food colour

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33 min

Preparation

Preparation15 min

Cook time18 min

Pre-heat the oven to 180°c. Line a muffin-tray with cupcake cases. Combine all the dry ingredients together and mix well.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg, milk, melted butter and vanilla.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and beat for 2 minutes until well combined. Slowly add the hot water and mix through.
The batter will be very runny, so don’t be alarmed. Pour the batter into the cupcake cases and place into the oven.
Bake the cupcakes for 15-18 minutes until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes in the tray. Remove them from the tray and allow them to cool completely on a wire rack.
Decorate with Strawberry Buttercream frosting.
Strawberry Buttercream Frosting:
Beat the butter until pale and fluffy. Sift in the icing sugar and beat until the mixture comes together in a ball. Add the milk, flavouring and colour and beat for another minute. To create the ‘ripple’ effect, streak the inside of the piping bag with some red/pink gel food colouring . Fill with the buttercream and pipe onto the cooled cupcakes.

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