Chocolate Cupcake Cones

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 10 -12 flat bottomed waffle cones (recipe calls for 10 but i used 12)
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 55 g butter, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 85 g butter
• 1 1/2 cups icing sugar, sifted
• 2 tablespoons double cream (heavy cream)
• food coloring (optional)
• colored sprinkles

Recipe

• 1 pre heat oven to 180 degrees celsius.
• 2 place cones in muffin pan, checking for holes or cracks in the cones.
• 3 gently combine sifted flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt in a small bowl, set aside.
• 4 combine butter, sugar and egg with a mixer on a medium speed until mixture is lighter in colour and no lumps remain.
• 5 add milk and vanilla, reducing speed to low and beat until smooth.
• 6 fold in flour mixture until combined.
• 7 place even amounts of the batter into each cone, gently tap the bottom of the cone to settle the batter.
• 8 bake cupcakes until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean, about 20-30 minutes.
• 9 leave to cool completely.
• 10 frosting:.
• 11 combine butter, icing sugar, cream and vanilla. using an electric mixer on low speed, beat until smooth - add colouring if you like and mix in
• 12 decorate cakes and sprinkle on sprinkles or go wild like me and dip them inches.