Double Chocolate Fudge Cupcakes

Double Chocolate Fudge Cupcakes

Chocolate fudge cakes in mini single-serve form? With real fudge, chocolate chips, chocolate sponge, chocolate buttericing and filling?! Yes please! Throughout my life I've always been a die hard chocoholic, where having Easter eggs for lunch has not only been acceptable but has been a staple for many a year. One of my favourite chocolate fillings is fudge, so a combination of both was inevitably on the cards for these delicious little cupcakes. Here's a super simple recipe that is sure to satisfy even the most hardcore chocoholics out there!

Chocolate upon chocolate upon chocolate...

Ingredients

For the cakes:

120g Butter or Margarine

120g Caster Sugar (could also use granulated)

2 Eggs

140g Self-Raising Flour

80g plain cocoa powder

A Splash of Milk

Chocolate Chips

For the filling:

1 tsp Milk Chocolate Spread (such as Nutella or Cadbury's)

For the buttericing:

140g Butter

340g Icing Sugar (+ more as necessary)

1 to 2 tbsp Milk (+ more as necessary)

2 to 3 tbsp Cocoa Powder

6 to 12 Minstrels

3 to 6 Fudge chunks 

Chocolate Sprinkles

Directions

• Preheat an oven to 180°C.
• Line a muffin/cake tray (2 if you have them) with cake cases.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar with a spoon until pale and fluffy.
• In a jug or cup, beat the eggs with a whisk and beat into the butter mixture.
• Fold in the flour and cocoa powder, a little at a time, using a spoon. Whisk the mixture and add some milk until the mixture is of a dropping consistency (take a spoonful and see if the mixture drops / droops off).
• Mix in the chocolate chips.
• Spoon the mixture into the cases until half full.
• Bake in the oven for approx. 10 to 15 minutes (until the tops are golden and firm and an inserted skewer / toothpick comes out clean).
• Allow the cakes to cool on a plate or wire rack.
• While the cakes are cooling, make the buttericing by beating the butter until smooth in a large bowl.
• Add icing sugar until the buttericing is a pale yellow / white colour (here is where I do a taste test to see if more icing sugar is needed!)
• Add milk until the icing is of a smooth and drooping consistency but not too liquid. (It should be thick but still a droopy mixture).
• Mix in the cocoa powder.
• Using a teaspoon, apple corer or knife, cut a small hole in the centre at the top of each cake and fill with a teaspoon of chocolate spread before placing the cut out sponge back on top.
• Place the buttericing mixture into a piping bag and pipe onto the cooled cakes. (I used an open star nozzle!).
• Dust the cakes with some cocoa powder and chocolate sprinkles.
• Chop fudge into halves.
• On half of the cupcakes, place a minstrel on top, on the other half place a piece of fudge.
• Allow to chill in a refrigerator.
• These will last for approx. 3 - 4 days.

Tips & Serving ideas

• Melt some chocolate and drizzle on top!
• You could also use toffee, Maltesers and caramels.
• Spread the tops with chocolate ganache, or use as a filling.
  
  
  Cara X