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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!

Easy, Quick, Kids cooking, child friendly, holiday activity,

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

Easy Chocolate Cupcake on a plate with fork.

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.

Easy Chocolate Cupcakes on a serving platter.

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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I’m sure you and your kids will absolutely love these moist and delicious chocolate cupcakes!

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Chocolate Cupcakes

Delicious rich dark chocolate coated cupcakes which children will find easy to make with a little help!
Course Snack
Cuisine British
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 18
Author Camilla Hawkins

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.

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      • 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.

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  12. Irene Wright

    you put the magic word in the heading – CHOCOLATE!!!!
    These do look lovely – I can taste them now.

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  16. Emily @amummytoo

    Lovely! Miss J is requesting we make a batch 🙂 Thanks for linking up to #recipeoftheweek – sorry I’m a bit late over! Have Pinned this post and scheduled in a tweet. New linky just went live for this week 🙂 x

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    • Camilla

      Thanks:-) They are great, my friend’s daughter knocked up a batch with the help of my daughter the other day and they are so quick to make:-)

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  18. Carolyn Clapham

    Those look lovely. I’ll make them with the grandchildren – they are not allowed to eat too many, so I will have a good excuse to eat most of them myself 🙂

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  20. blueberry88

    These look lovely! I will be making them in the school holidays with my children, thanks for the recipe 🙂

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  21. Honest Mum

    Perfection! I love your recipes and blogs, your photos are stunning and adore that this came from an old recipe book because that’s the beauty of recipes, they are timeless! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays

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  28. Irene Wright

    you said the magic word first – CHOCOLATE!!
    And, cupcakes, I can eat anytime.
    Must try this at home!!

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  32. sarah hill wheeler (@hill_wheeler)

    I love the fact that this is an 1980s recipe from a Charity Shop find…have been trawling ebay myself for a copy of my old school cookery text book! Some times the classics really are the best. Love the photos and links to other child friendly recipes too.

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  34. Lucy Parissi

    Yeah both my kids would prefer it if every single thing I make either is made of chocolate or has chocolate frosting on it at the very least. Sometimes chocolate is essential!

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  36. Fish Fingers for tea

    You can’t beat a good chocolate cupcake! Always tasty and fun for the kids to do themselves (or at least with minimal adult supervision!). Thank you for mentioning my Danish pastries!

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