Kids love Chocolate Cupcakes and this delicious recipe is simple enough for them to make! I think grown-ups will be all over them too!
I don’t know about your children but whenever mine want to bake it invariably has to involve chocolate!
Well I say that, my son has only ever baked one cake at home (chocolate) for a science lesson, but my daughter is a very keen baker and if it doesn’t involve chocolate she’s not happy!
With the summer holidays having already started for some and about to start this week for others I thought it would be good to share this easy Chocolate Cupcakes recipe with you.
I adapted it from the The Complete Cookbook (Colour Library Books 1988) a recent charity shop find and changed the topping which wasn’t very child friendly!
I think children of all ages will be able to have a go at these chocolate cupcakes with just a little extra help for the very young. My 10 year daughter made recently on her own
Why not invite your children’s friends around to help and then they can have a tea party in the garden or take the cakes off on a picnic.
Not only are these cakes simple to make but they taste really good and very chocolatey!
Hopefully they will encourage your children to venture into further culinary adventures in the kitchen if they’ve not had much experience until now.
How long will these cupcakes keep for?
If you store the Chocolate Cupcakes in an airtight container then they will keep for at least 3 days. Can’t see them lasting 3 days uneaten though LOL!
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- Plant Pot Bread – A Mummy Too
- No Bake Simple and Effective Castle Cake – Fuss Free Flavours
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I’m sure you and your kids will absolutely love these moist and delicious chocolate cupcakes!
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Chocolate Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 85 g Self-raising flour
- 30 g Cocoa powder
- 115 g Soft margarine
- 115 g Caster sugar
- 2 Large eggs
Chocolate Topping
- 100 g Dark chocolate
- Large knob of unsalted butter
- Smarties/sweets to decorate
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 180⁰C.
- Line 2 cup cake trays with 18 paper cake cases (the small ones ie not muffin size).
- Sieve the flour and cocoa into a bowl and add all the other ingredients.
- Mix together with a wooden spoon until well mixed.
- Spoon into the paper cake cases.
- Bake on the middle shelf for 13 minutes or until an inserted skewer comes out clean or cakes spring back to the touch.
- Allow the cakes to sit for a couple of minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack.
- To make the topping break the chocolate up into a glass bowl with the butter and melt it over a pan of simmering water stirring with a wooden spoon.
- Use a teaspoon to decorate the cakes with the chocolate topping, giving a little swirl with the back of the spoon to spread it out evenly and then add a Smartie/sweet to finish.
Jane
You must have tiny cupcake cases! We only got 6 cupcakes from this recipe!
Camilla
Cupcake cases do indeed come in different sizes and these were the smaller ones that fit in a bun tray. I actually made a Tiktok on the subject: https://www.tiktok.com/@fabfood4all/video/7102003195555220741
Amy Fidler
Can’t beat a simple cup cake recipe,to bake with the kids x
Camilla
Or my daughter now bakes cupcakes while we’re out:-)
Martina Evans
These look so yummy! I just love chocolate, especially with & in cupcakes.
Anna
My mixture is so thick it broke my mixer, did i do something wrong??
Camilla
What brand/type of mixer were you using? I’ve only ever broken a mixer when making peanut butter which is super thick and sticky. I can’t see how these ingredients could ever break a mixer. We make this recipe quite often and it doesn’t require a mixer, just a wooden spoon.
Kezia @ Super Naturally Healthy
These look like what I used to make with my mum all the time as a kiddo – great shout!
Camilla
Lovely:-)
Maya Russell
Perfect, classic recipe. My children also love everything with chocolate in.
Camilla
Don’t we all:-)
Jane Davies
Can’t beat a good ole chocolate cupcake 😀 I love them as much as the kids do !
Camilla
You’re so right:-)
Kaci Soderstrom
Oh wow these look super yummy