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Delightful Mini Chocolate Cupcakes: a Simple Guide
Why Everyone Loves Mini Chocolate Cupcakes
Mini chocolate cupcakes have captured hearts. They’re perfect for any event, and making them is easy. The joy comes not just from baking but also from dressing them up. You can get creative with toppings like dessert cream, hazelnut spread, or strawberries. This makes each cupcake special. If you’ve been looking for a fun, customizable treat, these mini delights are your answer.
Essential Ingredients for Tasty Mini Chocolate Cupcakes
To bake these cupcakes, you’ll need:
- X-large eggs ensure a moist texture,
- Sugar, oil, and vanilla essence blend for the perfect sweetness,
- Mixing cake flour with baking powder helps your treats rise nicely,
- Cocoa combined with hot water creates a deep chocolate flavor,
- Top off with Cadbury chocolate and dessert cream for a dreamy frosting.
Swapping in hazelnut cream offers a delightful twist. Choosing top-notch ingredients makes all the difference.
Baking Mini Chocolate Delights
Begin by blending cocoa with boiling water until it turns smooth. Then, sugar and eggs get creamed together, with added touches of vanilla essence and oil, followed by the cocoa blend. Gradually, introduce cake flour and baking powder into this mix. Despite appearing thin, this batter plays a key role in the cupcakes’ texture. Pouring 50 ml into each holder ensures uniformity. Using a Thermofan oven, set to 170 degrees for precisely 17 minutes, contributes significantly to their fluffiness. Have faith in the approach, as the oven’s consistent heat distribution is what makes these cupcakes truly special.
Cupcake Finishing Touches
Melting Cadbury chocolate gently is the first step to a perfect topping. Next, mix in some dessert cream until it’s thick but still easy to spread. Sprinkle in some hazelnut cream for an extra flavor kick. Strawberries dipped in chocolate make for a beautiful and tasty garnish. Feel free to get creative here with other toppings. These little finishes make your mini chocolate cupcakes not only delicious but a feast for the eyes too.
The Joy of Mini Chocolate Cupcakes
Indulging in homemade mini chocolate cupcakes brings deep satisfaction, not just with every bite but as a showcase of your baking skills. Perfect for any gathering, these small treats can easily become thoughtful gifts, spreading happiness. Baking at home, especially when it involves chocolate, allows for endless creativity. Whether it’s through the fluffy texture, the rich Cadbury chocolate frosting, or the decorative finishing touches like hazelnut cream and strawberry garnish, making these tiny desserts is a joyful journey of discovery and sharing.
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Mini Chocolate Cupcakes
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 17 minutes
- Total Time: 32 minutes
- Yield: 12 servings depending on size 1x
- Category: Cake, Cupcakes, Cookies and Tarts
- Method: Easy
Description
Sweet moments start with mini chocolate cupcakes, and perfectly sized for pure chocolate joy
Ingredients
- 3 x-large Eggs
- 250 ml Sugar
- 125 ml Oil
- 5 ml Vanilla Essence
- 250 ml Cake Flour
- 10 ml Baking Powder
- Quarter cup Cocoa
- 125 ml Boiling Water
Instructions
- Mix the cocoa powder with boiling water until smooth.
- In a bowl, beat the sugar and eggs with a hand beater until well combined.
- Add vanilla essence, oil, and the cocoa mixture.
- Sift in the flour and baking powder, and mix. The batter will be runny.
- Scoop 50 ml of batter into each cupcake holder.
- Bake at 170°C in a Thermofan oven for 17 minutes or until the cupcakes spring back when touched.
- Melt 2 Cadbury chocolates in the microwave on low heat for 2 minutes.
- Stir in enough dessert cream to make a stiff but spreadable topping.
- Spread the topping on the cooled cupcakes.
- Dip the ends of the strawberries in melted chocolate and place them on top of the cupcakes (if using).
- Sprinkle crumbled Flake chocolate over the cupcakes, and use a little melted chocolate in the center to secure the dipped strawberry.
Notes
Created, Prepared, tried, and tested by Feriel from SA Tasty Recipes – Saffas Daily Recipes
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 221
- Sugar: 17.9 g
- Sodium: 19.7 mg
- Fat: 11.4 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 28.8 g
- Fiber: 0.8 g
- Protein: 2.9 g
- Cholesterol: 46.5 mg
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These look SO delicious, Esme!
Hello Suchot. Thank you so much for dropping in here and hope you will give this a go. I will for sure check your blog and recipes to see what you’re up to.
Esme, these cupcakes sound amazing! I bet they are delicious. Thank you for sharing them with us at the Crazy Little Lovebirds link party #70.
Thank you for popping in Steph. They are truly delicious, thanks and hope you try them yourself.