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!
More Child Friendly Recipes
- Spelt Banana Bread – Fab Food 4 All
- Chocolate Drizzle Flapjack – Fab Food 4 All
- Easy Chocolate Orange Cake – Fab Food 4 All
- Easy Halloween Cupcakes – Fab Food 4 All
- How to Make Fondant Rose Biscuits – Fab Food 4 All
- Cheese Scones – Tinned Tomatoes
- Easy Bake Sale Brownies – Feeding Boys and a Firefighter
- Home Made Fab Ice Lollies – Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary
- Plant Pot Bread – A Mummy Too
- No Bake Simple and Effective Castle Cake – Fuss Free Flavours
- Mars Bar Krispies – Greedy Gourmet
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.
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 🙂
Camilla
Good thinking:-)
Geoff Clark
These look yummy, maybe cutting down on cakes can wait until next month
Camilla
LOL:-)
blueberry88
These look lovely! I will be making them in the school holidays with my children, thanks for the recipe 🙂
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
Camilla
Aah Vicki that is so lovely of you to say:-)
Julie's Family Kitchen
Delicious looking chocolate cupcakes, a great recipe to keep the kids occupied in the holidays.
Camilla
Thank you, I’m sure they’ll be making a repeat performance very soon:-)
Caroline Hooper (My Family Ties)
They sound really yummy I will have to make them for my girls I am sure they will love them! thank you 🙂
Alison Johnson
These look so yummy!
Carolin
They look delicious, will try them with my boys, they love making cupcakes 🙂
Bintu @ Recipes From A Pantry
Quick, hide this image from my kiddoes. Otherwise I am in trouble…
Camilla
LOL Bintu:-)
samanthapsharpe
These look so yummy!