chocolate peppermint cupcakes

i love them... taste like aero mint chocolate bubbles!! easy to make and simply delicious..made them couple of times and didnt last that long in the cake tin.

this recipe comes from Nigella (the sultry kitchen goddess)'s website.

Ingredients

• 

• 225g self raising flour
• 4 tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 tsp Baking Powder
• 225g caster sugar
• 225g unsalted butter
• 4 eggs
• 1 tsp mint essence
• 100g plain choc chips

For icing:

• 115g unsalted butter, softened
• 225g icing sugar sieved
• 1 tsp mint essence
• green food colouring
• 100g plain choc chips (or use choc sprinkles)

Method

1. Preheat oven to 160 deg. C. Place 18 paper cases into muffin tins
2. In a bowl sieve flour, baking powder and cocoa.
3. Beat butter and sugar together in another bowl. Add eggs one at a time and beat together. Add flour mixture gradually.
4. Stir in the mint essence and choc chips.
5. Spoon mixture into cases and bake for about 25 mins.

To make icing,

1. beat icing sugar and butter in a bowl stir in the mint essence, and just enough food colour to turn the icing mint green.
2. Ice the cooled cupcakes and decorate with choc chips or sprinkles.

Serves: 18

note:

i didnt have to modify anything...well, except for the butter. i'm not really bothered whether i use unsalted butter or lightly salted butter because i always use Stork for baking. i like nigella's recipes simply because they are fuss free and quick to make.