Chocolate and Vanilla Cupcakes

Happy Valentine's Day to all you lovely people!
Today's long awaited recipe is for Vanilla Cupcakes with a yummy chocolate topping...does it really get any better?

 Ingredients:
250g Self Raising Flour
250g Butter
250g Caster Sugar
5 Eggs
1tsp Vanilla Essence

 150g Chocolate (its up to you whether you use white, milk or dark chocolate)

 Cupcake Cases

 Method:
Pre-heat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
Cream together the butter and sugar and add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Then fold in the flour and mix well, ensuring that the batter has formed properly, there shouldn't be any flour left at the bottom of the bowl.
Next add your vanilla essence and give the mix another good beat.
All you have to do now is simply spoon the mix into your cases, until they're approximately three-quarters full, this will ensure that the cakes do not over flow when they're cooking.
Bake in a pre-heated oven for 20-25 minutes or until a cake skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
Once cooked, leave on a cooling wire until stone cold.

 For the topping, melt your desired chocolate in a heatproof bowl (either in a microwave or over the top of a pan of boiling water). Then simply spread the chocolate over the top of the cupcakes and leave to set, or if you can't wait feel free to dig in straight away!

 This recipe really is perfect for all ages, and is a really good one if you're limited for time its so quick and easy and there's also not a lot of washing up at the end of it which is always a bargain!

 I hope you all enjoy the rest of your weekend and have an awesome week, keep your eyes peeled for a new recipe in the next few days!

 Happy baking,

 Charley x

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