Kids' Bake-it-yourself Chocolate Cupcakes
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
1 hr
Preparation
Ingredients
for
12
- Ingredients
- ⅔ cup self-rising flour (sifted)
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ cup superfine caster sugar
- ½ cup butter (softened)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- To decorate
- ½ cup butter (softened)
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 Tbsps milk
- 24 mini Oreos
How healthy are the main ingredients?
egg
Product recommendation
Children's difficulty rating: challenging
Top tip:
Try adding some roughly chopped Oreos to the cake mixture before baking.
Preparation steps
1.
Ask an adult to preheat the oven to 190°C (170° fan) / 375F / gas 5.
2.
Measure the cake ingredients into a bowl then beat with a wooden spoon while you count to 50.
3.
Use a teaspoon to fill 12 paper cases in a cupcake tray then ask an adult to put the tray in the oven. After 15 minutes, ask them to test the cakes with a skewer - if it comes out clean the cakes are done.
4.
Beat the butter with a wooden spoon until smooth, then beat in the icing sugar and milk.
5.
Put half of the Oreos in a plastic bag and crush them with a rolling pin, then stir the crumbs into the icing.
6.
Pipe the icing onto the cakes with a piping bag, then top each one with an Oreo.
