These cupcakes are easy to make, look great and taste amazing.

This recipe makes around 12 cupcakes.

Ingredients

• 6oz Butter
• 6oz Caster Sugar
• 3 eggs
• 5oz Self raising flour*
• 1oz Cocoa powder*
• Icing sugar (optional)
• Buttercream icing  Click here to make your own

*if making vanilla cupcakes use 6oz self-raising flour and 2tsp vanilla extract.

Method

1. Preheat oven to 150°C/Gas mark 2. Put the cupcake cases onto the tray.
2. Mix together the butter and sugar until it looks light and fluffy.
3. Crack the eggs into a cup and beat together then add them into the mixture.
4. Add the flour and cocoa powder and mix it well until creamy.
5. Pour the mixture equally into each cupcake case.
6. Bake them for 20-25 minutes. Poke a knife into the middle of a cake and it should come out clean if fully cooked.
7. When the cupcakes are cool, slice the top off (1-2cm thick) and cut them in half.
8. Pipe on a layer of buttercream and place the two cake halves in it to create wings. (see picture)
9. (Optional) Sprinkle icing sugar over the cake for added decoration.
10. Enjoy!