Birthday Muffin
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
40 min.
Preparation
Ingredients
for
12
- For the cupcakes
- ½ cup butter (softened)
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 3 ozs plain semi-sweet chocolate (60% cocoa solids)
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 cup plain Yogurt
- For the topping
- 1 cup cream (at least 38% fat)
- 1 Tbsp powdered sugar
- For the decoration
- 2 Tbsps white sugar sprinkles
- 2 Tbsps red sugar sprinkles
- 12 small Candles
Preparation
Kitchen utensils
1 Baking sheet, 1 Bowl, 1 Cutting board, 1 Large knife, 1 Small knife, 1 Tablespoon, 1 Peeler
Preparation steps
1.
For the cupcakes: heat the oven to 200°C (180° fan) 400°F gas 6. Place paper cases in a 12 hole muffin tin.
2.
Whisk the butter with the eggs and sugar until fluffy.
3.
Sift in the flour, salt, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda, until just combined. Gently stir in the yoghurt, followed by the chopped chocolate.
4.
Spoon the mixture into the paper cases and bake for about 25 minutes until risen and golden. Cool in the tins for 10 minutes, then place on a wire rack to cool completely.
5.
For the topping: whisk the cream until thick. Stir in the icing sugar.
6.
Spread the topping over the cakes and decorate with white and red sprinkles. Place a candle in each cake.
