Method: How to make Double chocolate cupcakes
1
Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
2
Beat in one egg at a time with a tablespoon of flour to prevent the egg from curdling.
3
Sieve in the remaining flour with the cocoa powder. Mix until it is combined and spoon it into ten cupcake cases.
4
Bake the cupcakes in a fan assisted oven at 160C/Gas 3 or 180C/Gas 4 for a conventional oven for 20 minutes. Remove them and leave to cool on a wire rack.
5
For the icing, melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of hot water. Sieve the icing sugar into a large bowl and add the butter (at room temperature). Beat them together until they are pale and fluffy then beat in the melted chocolate.
6
Put the icing into a piping bag, allow to cool then pipe on top of the cooled cupcakes. Sprinkle the grated chocolate on top and serve.