Name: Easy Christmas cupcakes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 16 servings
Cuisine: Baking
Ingredients: 500 ml flour cake; 15 ml Baking powder; salt just a pinch; 3 eggs large; 250 ml sugar; 30 ml butter melted; 5 ml vanilla essence; 200 ml milk; 250 ml cream fresh; 30 ml castor sugar; 100 ml chocolate melted

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Ingredients (11)

500 ml	flour — cake
15 ml	Baking powder
	salt — just a pinch
3	eggs — large
250 ml	sugar
30 ml	butter — melted
5 ml	vanilla — essence
200 ml	milk
250 ml	cream — fresh
30 ml	castor sugar
100 ml	chocolate — melted

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Method:

1 Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Place cupcake liners in a muffin pan.

2 Muffins Sift the cake flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl and set aside.

3 Put the eggs in a large mixing bowl and beat with an electric beater or hand whisk until light and frothy. Add a third of the caster sugar at a time and beat until well mixed. Continue beating until all the sugar dissolves.

4 Add the melted butter, vanilla essence and milk in a steady stream while beating. Add the sifted ingredients and fold into the mixture until well combined.

5 Fill the cupcake liners to a third with batter. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until done. Cool completely.

6 Topping Beat the cream and castor sugar with an electric beater or hand whisk. Put in a piping bag and decorate the cupcakes. Add a dollop of melted chocolate in the centre.