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Inexperienced baker needs help with cupcakes

Hello

It is my friends birthday and I can't really afford to buy her anything at the moment, so decided to make her some cupcakes as she does have a real sweet tooth and I already have in most of the ingrediants.

I was going to use a victoria sponge recipie and then decorate with icing, but thought to make it more interesting I should also make some chocolate ones. I do have a bar of milk cooking chocolate - do I just melt this and put it in with the victoria sponge mix??

I'm not very experienced at baking, but do like it so would appreciate all your help and advice.

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  • LilacPixie
    LilacPixie Posts: 8,052 Forumite
    I tend to use cocoa powder in my sponge mix rather than melted choccy. Not sure if the mix would still rise with the melted choccy in it to be honest. I make a mean batch of banana choccy muffins and i just chop up the chocolate and throw it in the mix for them.
    MF aim 10th December 2020 :j:eek:
    MFW 2012 no86 OP 0/2000 :D
  • yeah i was gonna say that as well, I'd chop up the choc and put it in as chips, that should work quite well. good luck with them.
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  • Zazen999
    Zazen999 Posts: 6,183 Forumite
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    Or grate it in as chips.
  • Lilacpixie i would love your banana receipe please.
    Is it on here anywhere?
  • LilacPixie
    LilacPixie Posts: 8,052 Forumite
    Don't think I have ever posted it PumpkinPatch. Here it is

    3oz butter
    1 egg
    5 oz caster sugar
    7oz self raising flour
    3 ripe bananas
    2 oz choclate, I use buttons and break them up.

    In a glass bowl melt butter, I micro for 40 seconds.
    Add egg and sugar to melted butter and mix
    add ripe bananas and mash together until you have a lumpy puree
    add in the choccy I use milke choccy but any does,
    Fold in the flour and divid between 12 muffin cases
    bake at 180 for 20-25 mins until risen and golden.


    I sometimes find if the bananas haven't been really ripe then the mix is a little dry. if this is the case add a little milk until mix is a thick dropping consistancy
    MF aim 10th December 2020 :j:eek:
    MFW 2012 no86 OP 0/2000 :D
  • Thank you very much for posting it on here. Cant wait to try it out., yummy
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