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Easy marbled cupcakes recipe

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This striking marbled cupcakes make the most of vanilla sponge folded with decadent chocolate. Gently decorate with buttercream and top with Maltesers and strawberries for a fruity twist on a classic. See method

Serves 12
20 mins to prepare and 25 mins to cook
439 calories / serving

Ingredients

150g (5oz) butter, softened
150g (5oz) caster sugar
175g (6oz) self-raising flour
3 medium eggs
50ml warm milk
3 level tbsp cocoa powder, sifted

For the frosting

150g (5oz) butter, softened
250g icing sugar

To decorate

1 x 37g Maltesers, roughly chopped
6 strawberries, chopped

No self-raising flour? Add 2 tsp baking powder for every 150g plain flour

Each serving contains

Energy
1835kj
439kcal 22%
Fat
25g 35%
Saturates
14g 71%
Sugars
39g 43%
Salt
0.3g 5%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 52.3g Protein 4.5g Fibre 1.8g

Method

Preheat the oven to gas 4, 180°C, fan 170°C. Line a 12-hole muffin tin with muffin cases.
In a large bowl, put the butter, sugar, flour, eggs and milk, then whisk with an electric hand-whisk on a medium speed for 1 minute.
Divide the mixture between 2 bowls and stir the cocoa powder into one of the mixtures. Using a teaspoon, take small dollops of each cake mixture and spoon them alternately into the muffin cases. Using a skewer or the end of a teaspoon, mark a cross a couple of times right through the mixture to create the marbling.
Bake for 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and leave in the tin for 5 minutes, before transferring to a wire rack to cool.
Whisk the frosting ingredients together. Spread the mixture onto the cupcakes. Decorate with chopped Maltesers and strawberries.

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