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Easy marbled cupcakes recipe

254 ratings

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

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

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