Chocolate Cupcakes Filled with Pink Chocolate Beans
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Difficulty:
moderate
Difficulty
Preparation:
1 hr
Preparation
Ingredients
for
12
- For the cupcakes
- ⅔ cup soft butter
- ¾ cup superfine caster sugar
- 1 ½ cups self-rising flour (sifted)
- 3 eggs (beaten)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 Tbsps cocoa powder
- For the filling
- 50 pink Smartie
- For the buttercream
- ⅔ cup unsalted butter
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 Tbsp cream (35% fat)
- 2 tsps Strawberry syrup
- pink Food coloring
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eggPreparation steps
1.
For the cupcakes: heat the oven to 190°C (170° fan) 375°F gas 5. Place paper cases in a 12 hole bun tin.
2.
Place all the ingredients in a mixing bowl and whisk with an electric whisk until blended. Alternatively beat well with a wooden spoon.
3.
Spoon the mixture into the paper cases and bake for 20-25 minutes until springy to the touch. Remove from the tin and place on a wire rack to cool completely.
4.
Cut some of the Smarties in half. Use an apple corer to remove the centres of the cupcakes and fill with Smarties.
5.
For the buttercream: beat the butter until soft. Gradually sift in the icing sugar and beat until smooth.
6.
Add 1 tablespoon cream and the strawberry syrup and beat until creamy and smooth. Beat in the remaining cream if necessary, to loosen the mixture. Stir in a few drops of pink food colouring.
7.
Spoon into a piping bag and pipe a swirl on each cake.
