FoodCoop Recipes
Chocolate Pine-Cone Cupcakes
Make these chocolate pine-cone cupcakes for Christmas, for an easy but festive sweet treat
Cook
85 minutes
Serves
12
Ingredients
For the cupcakes:
150g Co-op unsalted butter, softened
150g Fairtrade caster sugar
2 Co-op British free-range eggs
1 tsp vanilla essence
150g Co-op self-raising white flour
70g Co-op Irresistible Fairtrade
70% cocoa dark chocolate, melted
For the icing:
175g Co-op unsalted butter, softened
350g Fairtrade icing sugar, plus extra for dusting
50g Co-op Irresistible Fairtrade 70% cocoa dark chocolate, melted
150g milk chocolate buttons
1 tbsp festive cake sprinkles (we used red, white and green)
You’ll need 12 cupcake cases
Method
For the cupcakes:
Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan 160°C/gas 4
Line a 12-hole cupcake tin with paper cases
Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy
Add the eggs, vanilla, and 2 tbsp of the flour
Beat until combined, then mix in the remaining flour, along with the melted chocolate
Divide between the cases and bake for 20-25 mins, until risen
Leave to cool fully on a wire rack
For the icing:
Beat the butter until smooth, then add the icing sugar, a little at a time, mixing until smooth
Stir in the chocolate
Spoon into a piping bag and pipe onto each cake in a pointed swirl
Then press in the chocolate buttons to look like pine cones
Decorate with the sprinkles and dust with a little icing sugar to serve
Nutrition
Energy | Fat | Saturates | Sugars | Salt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2285kJ / 547kcal (27%) | 30g | 18.8g | 51.9g | 0.19g |
High · 43% | High · 94% | High · 58% | Low · 3% |
Approx. per serving. % of adult’s reference intake. Carbohydrates per serving: 62g.
