Easy Chocolate Cupcake Recipe | Good Housekeeping UK

Follow this super easy chocolate cupcake recipe and prepare an incredibly indulgent treat in no time. Get baking now!

Chocolate lovers and novice bakers rejoice! This easy chocolate cupcake recipe means you will no longer have to turn to shop-bought cupcake mixes and can make incredibly moist and chocolatey snacks from scratch.

Learn how to make chocolate cupcakes with a step-by-step guide from the Good Housekeeping Cookery team. Once you’ve learned how to make chocolate cupcakes, you have a go-to chocolatey treat you can make quickly up your sleeve - perfect for tea parties, peckish kids or if you fancy a little indulgence. This easy chocolate cupcake recipe will be universally adored by chocolate lovers everywhere.

These simple chocolate cupcakes don't require many ingredients, so get baking now:

For the chocolate cupcakes:
150 g (5oz) unsalted butter, softened
150 g (5oz) caster sugar
3 medium eggs, at room temperature
1 tsp. vanilla extract
175 g (6oz) self-raising flour
25 g (1oz) cocoa powder

For the buttercream:
150 g (5oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature
300 g (11oz) icing sugar, sifted
2 tbsp. Milk

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