Easy Chocolate Cupcakes with Icing

Total Time: 30 Minutes
Servings: 9

Our Betty Crocker™ easy chocolate cupcakes has chocolate ganache in the middle topped with chocolate icing and sprinkles included in our pack.


All You Need Is ...

Cupcake
  • Small check mark in a circle icon 1 box Betty Crocker™ Devils Food Cake Mix
  • Small check mark in a circle icon 45 ml vegetable oil
  • Small check mark in a circle icon 50 ml water
  • Small check mark in a circle icon 2 medium free range eggs
Icing
  • Small check mark in a circle icon 60 g soft butter
  • Small check mark in a circle icon 5 g double cream
  • Small check mark in a circle icon 125 g dark chocolate, chopped

Betty's Easy Steps

  1. Preheat the oven to 180C, 160C fan, gas 4. Place the cupcake cases into the muffin tin.
  2. Mix the eggs, oil, water and cake mix gently together and whisk (by hand or electric mixer) for 2-3 minutes until smooth and creamy.
  3. Pour the mixture evenly into the cupcake cases.
  4. Bake in the centre of the oven for 15-17 minutes or until a rounded knife inserted into the centre of a cupcake comes out clean. Remove and let cool on a wire rack.
  5. Meanwhile heat the cream to almost boiling. Place the chocolate into a bowl and pour the hot cream over the top. Stir until the chocolate has all melted into the cream. Let cool until room temperature.
  6. Hollow out a little of the centre of the sponge and fill with 1 tsp of chocolate ganache. Repeat with all the cupcakes.
  7. Whisk the icing sugar and softened butter together until blended then beat in any of the ganache that was leftover from filling the cupcakes. Spoon into a piping bag with a star nozzle.
  8. Pipe the icing onto the cooled cupcakes and decorate with the chocolate flakes for a perfect finish!

Betty's Tips

  • You can prepare the chocolate ganache ahead of time. Cover and keep in the fridge for up to 2 days. It will be much thicker in consistency but you can still spoon into the centre of the cupcake.