Vickys Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes, GF DF EF SF NF
Ingredient
Food ration :
12 servings
Cooking time :
35 mins
Cooking instructions
* Step 1
Preheat the oven to gas 6 / 200C / 400F and line a 12 hole cupcake tin with paper cases
* Step 2
Mix the flour, xanthan gum, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder and baking soda together well in a bowl
* Step 3
Add the coconut milk, sunflower spread, vinegar, vanilla and avocado and mix the batter smooth
* Step 4
Divide evenly between the paper cases
* Step 5
Bake for 18 - 24 minutes until well risen and cooked through. A toothpick test will show if they're done. Mine had an extra few minutes in the oven as I was on the phone and they cracked but nobody will notice under the buttercream!
* Step 6
Let cool on a wire rack then use a cake plunger or a spoon to hollow out the middles
* Step 7
Make the buttercream by creaming the Stork and icing sugar together until light then beating in the milk
* Step 8
Spoon cherry jam into the holes
* Step 9
Add the food dye to make the icing a nice shade of pink then spoon into a piping bag
* Step 10
Swirl on top of each cupcake
* Step 11
Decorate with a cherry - feel free to dip the cherries in some melted chocolate to make them a little bit more decadent
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