BONFIRE NIGHT CUPCAKES

The other night, I felt a bit peckish and decided to bake some cupcakes. With it being Bonfire night, I thought it would be nice to make bonfire night cupcakes. These cupcakes pretty much consist of a chocolate cupcake with a flame and planks of wood for the topping/decoration.

Cupcake Ingredients

100g Plain Flour

20g Cocoa Powder

140g Caster Sugar

1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder

Pinch of Salt

40g Unsalted Butter (at room temperature)

120ml Whole Milk

1 Egg
Zest of One Orange
Orange Extract

1/4 tsp Vanilla Extract

12 Hole Cupcake Tray

12 Paper Cases

Cupcake Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 170C(325F) Gas 3

2. Mix the flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, salt and butter either with an electric whisk, handheld whisk or wooden spoon until you have a smooth, combined consistency.

3. Whisk the milk, egg, orange zest, orange extract and vanilla extract together in a jug and then slowly pour the mixture into the flour then beat it together until the mixture is smooth.

4. Spoon the mixture into the paper cases until two-thirds full and bake in a preheated oven for 20-25 minutes, or until the sponge bounces back when touched. A skewer inserted in the center should come out clean.

5. Leave the cupcakes to cool slightly in the tray before turning out onto a wire cooling rack to cool completely before decorating.

Decorating Ingredients

300g Icing Sugar

4 or 5 Cadbury Flakes

150g Softened Unsalted Butter

Orange extract

Orange Food Colouring

Piping Bag & Nozzle

Decorating Instructions

1. Beat together the icing sugar and butter together until smooth. Add half a teaspoon of orange food colouring and half a teaspoon of orange extract.

2. Break up your flakes in to a bowl.

3. Put a small bit of icing on to each cupcake for the flakes to adhere to.

4. Arrange your flakes as desired on each cupcake to create a bonfire appearance.

And there you have it, Bonfire Night Cupcakes! Enjoy Bonfire Night & Your Cupcakes!