Milk Chocolate Cupcakes

I forgot to tell you that I got a new oven. Yes! A new oven!! The previous oven was almost two decades old and every time I wanted to bake something, I had to wedge the door shut with a cricket bat and a chair. It makes me so excited to see these little babies grow.

 Look how pretty their round domes are.

 In a matter of minutes, they're blooming.

 Now for some grooming with my new cupcake decorating kit.

 I promise you the love hearts have nothing to do with Valentine's Day.

 

 

Milk Chocolate Cupcakes

Makes 12 cupcakes or 24-30 mini cupcakes

 

Ingredients:

125 grams unsalted butter

125 grams caster sugar

2 eggs, lightly beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

125 grams self raising flour

75 grams milk chocolate chips

 

Method:

Preheat your oven to 190 degrees Celsius and prepare 12-hole muffin tin (or mini muffin tin). In a bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the beaten eggs and then the vanilla extract and mix together well. Sift the flour into the bowl and fold it into the mixture. Stir in the milk chocolate chips. Spoon the mixture into the cases until two-thirds full. Bake for 12-20 minutes until a light golden brown. Leave to cool for a few minutes before removing from tin. Allow the cakes to cool completely before decorating.