Skip to content
Easy marbled cupcakes recipe

Easy marbled cupcakes recipe

256 ratings

Created by The Tesco Real Food team

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

  1. Preheat the oven to gas 4, 180°C, fan 170°C. Line a 12-hole muffin tin with muffin cases.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Bake for 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and leave in the tin for 5 minutes, before transferring to a wire rack to cool.
  5. Whisk the frosting ingredients together. Spread the mixture onto the cupcakes. Decorate with chopped Maltesers and strawberries.

See more Dessert recipes

You may also like

Be the first to comment

Before you comment please read our community guidelines.