Spring-time chocolate cupcakes

Name: Spring-time chocolate cupcakes
Yield: 25 cupcakes
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 350 caster sugar; 250 g plain flour; 60 g cocoa powder(I used melted chocolate so cake colour lighter); 1 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp salt; 150 g chocolate chips; 1 cup cold coffee; 1 cup buttermilk; 225 ml vegetable oil; 3 large free range eggs; 250 g unsalted butter; 330 g icing sugar (add more to suit your taste); 1 tsp vanilla extract; 30 ml milk (optional)

R @cook_21452071

London

Spring-time chocolate cupcakes

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Ingredients

25 cupcakes

350caster sugar
250 gplain flour
60 gcocoa powder(I used melted chocolate so cake colour lighter)
1 tspbaking soda
1/2 tspsalt
150 gchocolate chips
1 cupcold coffee
1 cupbuttermilk
225 mlvegetable oil
3large free range eggs
Buttercream
250 gunsalted butter
330 gicing sugar (add more to suit your taste)
1 tspvanilla extract
30 mlmilk (optional)

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Steps

1

Sieve the dry ingredients to avoid lumps
Mix dry ingredients together in one bowl and mix wet ingredients in another bowl. Then add one bowl to another and mix well.
2

For the buttercream, add the butter to a mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer and beat for 5 minutes until light, pale and doubled in volume.Gradually add the sugar ½ cup at a time beating well in between each addition.Once all of the sugar has been incorporated add the vanilla and milk (if you choose to add the milk)
3

I used Russian tips for piping the flowers. Watch this video for guidance: https://youtu.be/TRAgXne621o