Valentines Cupcakes

110g self raising flour

100g dark/plain chocolate chips

110g butter

110g sugar

2 eggs

splosh of milk

splash of vanilla extract

 

150g butter

300g icing sugar

about 10 strawberries

 

Cream the butter and sugar together for about three minutes until light and fluffy. Add the milk, vanilla, eggs and a spoonful of flour then whisk together well. In a separate bowl, combine the flour and chocolate chips and mix until all the chips are covered fully with the flour. Then mix this into the batter. Spoon the mixture into cupcake cases and bake at 180C/gas 4 for about eight minutes until golden brown. Leave to cool.

 

For the butter cream, blitz or mash the strawberries and pass through a sieve. When you buy the butter for this recipe, leave it out of the fridge. This is essential for good butter cream. So, whisk the room temperature butter on high for a good five minutes, if not more. Add the icing sugar and whisk on slow until combined. Add the strawberry juice then turn the mixture up to high for a couple of minutes. Pipe the icing onto the cooled cupcakes. I added some chocolate hearts for decoration.

Enjoy!