DOUBLE CHOC TREAT CUPCAKES - Real Recipes from Mums

A quick and easy recipe, perfect for the kids to help with and ideal to freeze for school or kinder lunches!

Ingredients (makes 30 )

250g Butter - room temperature
1 1/2 cups Sugar (white)
1 1/2 cups Whole milk
4 Eggs - room temperature, lightly beaten
2 tsp Vanilla extract
4 cups Self raising flour
1 tbsp Cocoa
2 Pinches of salt
1/2 cup White choc melts, broken into quarters
30 Patty pans

Method

Preheat oven to 190 deg C (fan forced) Line cupcake tins with patty pans
Beat together butter and sugar until sugar about dissolved and mixture is light and fluffy.
Beat eggs lightly and add vanilla. Combine and add to mixer, together with milk. Combine briefly.
Sift together SRF, cocoa and salt. Add to mixer together with choc bits and mix until just combined. Finish with spatula to ensure all ingredients are combined. You should now have a lovely light and fluffy batter.
Using a dessert spoon. Spoon mixture into patty pans leaving a slight gap at the top of each (do not overfill). Bake for 15-20 mins or until cooked through. I switch my trays after 8 or so minutes as my oven tends to bake unevenly.

Notes

This was a childhood recipe I adapted after Miss requested chocolate cupcakes and we had left over choc bits from Christmas baking. The mixture is easily made excluding chocolate for a delightful vanilla cake or could be modified as you wish eg adding sultanas, dessicated coconut. They are perfect as they are or can be iced for further indulgence!

59 Comments

- - ~Loui~ said
  - 31 May 2024
    11:51 pm
I;t’s always good to have another cupcake recipe, especially one that is recommended.

- - TraceyGail said
  - 29 May 2024
    10:59 am
Lots of eggs in this batch. I bet they are creamu.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 28 Dec 2020
    8:23 pm
I’d be so tempted to sneak something in there like spinach! These would be very tasty

- - nadine_hill said
  - 30 Nov 2019
    8:30 pm
Great recipe – thank you!

- - happymum2018 said
  - 29 Mar 2019
    9:31 am
This makes so many I like the idea of freezing some for later that’s great

- - maddisonmelkie@gmail.com said
  - 04 Dec 2017
    8:48 pm
Love this recipe!!!

- - TazzyDevil said
  - 29 Nov 2017
    1:15 am
I’m totally making these with the kids on the weekend. Talk about yum!

- - cherz said
  - 11 Apr 2016
    6:54 pm
yumm these look scrumptious ..and you can easily substitute, stevia or xylitol if you are cutting sugar from your diet.
Thanks so much.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 22 Jan 2016
    3:19 pm
This sounds like a great recipe to use for a kids birthday party.

- - jodiev1980 said
  - 03 Jan 2016
    8:17 pm
Great recipe for school lunch boxes

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 09 Dec 2015
    9:23 pm
love that you can freeze these – brilliant

- - 4littlemunchkins said
  - 30 Oct 2015
    10:02 pm
Kids loved trying out this recipe.

- - jellybean01 said
  - 30 Oct 2015
    8:41 am
Easy and Chocolate…the perfect combination! Will be pinning this to try out!

- - mom152736 said
  - 02 Oct 2015
    9:52 am
fantabulous !! it came out real good and so yummy

- - mom81879 said
  - 10 Sep 2015
    8:34 am
Great recipe. Will only be a ‘sometime treat’ in my home though. I am trying the no sugar thing.

- - mom152736 said
  - 20 Aug 2015
    10:53 pm
doucle choc..double treat

- - am1979amanda said
  - 27 Jul 2015
    9:56 pm
Yummy will try this thanks for share

- - shelley shelley said
  - 20 Jul 2015
    8:40 pm
Now this is my type of muffin yumbo!! I love the fact they can be frozen and would thaw perfectly by the time they are ready to eat

- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 17 Jul 2015
    5:01 pm
These are nice with a dash of dutch cinnamon!
- june11 replied
  
  19 Mar 2016 , 9:53 pm
  The cinnamon would be great and give a different flavour. Apparently it is very good as it regulates blood glucose levels in diabetics and those who have insulin resistance
- - vanyadhanya said
  - 07 Jul 2015
    7:43 pm
really delicious and easy to make