Chocolate cupcake recipe

This is quick and easy to make but it very tasty. Once you have mastered piping these cupcakes look very professional. You can top them with sprinkles or icing letters, customize them to a person or a theme.

Cake recipe 
3 eggs
75g caster sugar
75g soft brown sugar
150g butter
3 tbsp cocoa powder
125g self raising flour
1 tsp baking powder

Icing
150g icing sugar
175g butter
30g cocoa powder

Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius 
Step 1: cream together the butter and sugar in a bowl
Step 2: mix the egg in a separate bowl
Step 3: gradually add the egg, alternated by the flour, baking powder and cocoa powder.
Step 4: stir well 
Step 5: put bun cases in a bun tray.
Step 6: using a teaspoon, spoon 2 tsp of cake mix into each bun case.
Step 7: bake in the oven for about 20 mins, use a cake tester/ skewer to see if its cooked through.
Step 8: take out of the oven and leave to cool.
Step 9: put all the ingredients for the icing in a bowl and stir well.
Step 10: using a piping bag pipe a neat spiral onto each cupcake. Start at the edge and work in towards the middle.