Mini Cupcakes

Everytime I walk through the bakery section of the supermarket and I see the mini cupcakes with chocolate icing I think to myself, I should make some of these at home.  So I did and they were so fun and easy to make.

This recipe is super easy.  All you need to do is just place all the ingredients into a bowl and use an electric mixer, and there you have the cupcake batter.  You can use this batter to make full size cupcakes or mini ones.

The chocolate ganache icing is also easy to make and so delicious.  You might end up eating all the left over ganache icing with a spoon.

This recipe is fun to make with little kids as an activity and they can decorate them with sprinkles, lollies, chocolate or anything sugary.

Happy Baking xo

Mini Cupcakes

Ingredients

· 125 grams butter, softened
· 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
· ⅔ cup caster sugar
· 3 eggs
· 1½ cups self-raising flour
· ¼ cup milk

Chocolate ganache icing

· 150 grams dark chocolate
· 75 ml thickened cream

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180°C.

2. Spray with oil or place mini cupcake patty cases into the mini cupcake pan.

3. Place all ingredients into a bowl and using an electric mixer, combine all ingredients on slow speed until ingredients are just combined. Increase speed to medium and beat for 3 minutes or until mixture is smooth and changed to a pale

colour.

4. Place even amounts of mixture into each mini cupcake patty cases. (this recipe makes 48 mini cupcakes)

5. Bake in oven for 12-15 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the cakes comes out clean. Remove from oven and allow the cupcakes to cool before icing them.

Chocolate ganache icing

Place chocolate and cream into a heatproof bowl. Using the microwave melt the mixture for 30 second intervals until chocolate and cream have melted. Remove from microwave and gently combine the chocolate and cream until a glossy icing form.

Use a butter or pallet knife to spread the icing over the top of each cupcake or you can drip the cupcake into the chocolate ganache.  Decorate with sprinkles.

Tips

· Allow cupcakes to cool completely before icing with chocolate ganache icing.

· Unfilled and un-iced cupcakes can be frozen for up to a month.

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