Chocolate Campfire Cupcakes
Simple Living. Creative LearningIngredients
- Cupcakes
- 1 cup (150g) self-raising flour, sifted
- ⅓ cup (50g) cocoa, sifted
- 1 cup (220g) caster sugar
- ⅓ cup (80g) butter, softened
- ½ cup (125ml) milk
- 2 eggs
Icing
- 1 ¼ cups (195g) pure icing sugar
- 1 TBSP cocoa powder
- 10g (2 tsp) butter, softened
- 1 TBSP boiling water
Flames
- orange, red and yellow lollipops
Instructions
To Make the Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease and flour or grease and line a 24cm cake tin and set aside.
- Place all ingredients into a bowl and mix on high for 4 minutes.
- Pour into lined muffin containers and bake for about 12-15 minutes or until the cakes springs back when lightly touched in the centre.
To make the Icing
- To make the chocolate icing, sift the icing sugar and cocoa into a medium bowl. Add the butter and water, and stir with a wooden spoon until smooth. Use the back of a spoon or palette knife to spread the icing evenly over the top of the cooled cake.
To Make the Flames
- Place the lollipops into a zip lock bag and smash into small pieces. Place on a lined baking tray and bake for about 10 at 180˚C until melted together. Take out and cool, then break into flame pieces.
Nutritional information is an estimate and provided as a courtesy. The values may vary according to the ingredients and tools that are used. Please use your preferred nutritional calculator for more detailed information.
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