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chocolate chip cupcakes arrange around a wire rack
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Chocolate chip cupcakes

3 from 1 vote
These easy chocolate chip cupcakes are a really fun bake. They take our simple cupcake recipe and turn them into something even more delicious with the addition of chocolate chips.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Decorating time 10 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings: 12
Course: Afternoon tea, Snack
Cuisine: American, British
Calories: 429
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

  • 150 g (1 ¼ cups) self raising flour*
  • 150 g (¾ cups) caster sugar
  • 150 g (⅔ cups) butter/margarine
  • 3 eggs
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • 75 g chocolate chips
For the buttercream icing
  • 300 g (2 cups) icing / confectioners sugar
  • 150 g (⅔ cup) butter softened
  • 25 ml (1 ½ table spoons) milk
  • a few drops of vanilla extract
  • 25 g+ chocolate chips

Equipment

  • Muffin tin
  • Cupcake cases
  • Digital scales
  • Freestanding mixer
  • Mixing bowl
  • Measuring cups
  • measuring spoons
  • Spatula
  • Icecream scoop
  • Piping bag
  • Wire rack

Method
 

Preheat your oven to 180C / 170C Fan / 350F and line a muffin tin with cupcake cases.
    Mix everything together
    1. Add everything to a large mixing bowl or free-standing mixer except the chocolate chips.
    2. Mix everything together with the k paddle of your free-standing mixer, a hand held mixer or wooden spoons until it is nice and smooth.
    3. Add the chocolate chips and stir them in gently with a spatula.
    Bake the chocolate chip cupcakes
    1. Spoon the cupcake batter into the cupcake cases until they are about ¾ full.
    2. Bake the cupcakes in the oven for around 15-18 minutes. They're ready when they have risen, turned a nice golden brown colour. To double check, insert a cocktail stick or skewer into the middle and it should come out clean.
    3. Remove them from the oven and leave them to cool in the tin for a few minutes before taking them out the tin and putting them on a wire rack to cool completely.
    Decorate the cupcakes
    1. Start by making the buttercream frosting. Add the icing and butter into a large mixing bowl or free-standing mixer. Pour in the milk and a few drops of vanilla, then mix it all together with the k-paddle of your mixer or a hand held mixer. Do it slowly at first to limit the mess.
      Once the icing sugar and butter have started to come together turn the speed up and mix it for at least five minutes. The longer you mix it, the softer it will become.
    2. Add the buttercream to a piping bag fitted with a large star shaped nozzle.
      Pipe swirls of frosting on the top of each cupcake.
      Sprinkle the chocolate chips on top to finish.