Great fun making these scary chocolate muffins for friends this Halloween.
Making / Cooking time 1 hour
Ingredients
(makes 8)
4oz butter room temperature
4oz golden castor sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla paste
3.5oz self raising flour
1 tbsp cocoa powder
Decoration
Coloured icing
Icing sugar
Pre heat your oven 180 C. Cream the butter and sugar together until smooth, add the eggs one at a time and beat in until smooth, then stir in the vanilla paste.. Fold in the flour and cocoa powder. Place your muffin cases in your baking tin and fill the muffin cases 2/3 with the cake batter.
Place in the oven to cook for approx 18 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Place on a wire rack to cool. To decorate roll out your coloured icing, cut and form in to Halloween shapes and decorate the cooled cup cakes.
