Yummy chocolate cupcakes your kids will love

Looking for something fun to do with the kids today? Why not head on over to the kitchen and make a delicious batch of chocolate cupcakes that the whole family will enjoy? This cupcake recipe is easy to make and only requires a few key ingredients, one of which is a simple box mix.

Ingredients

• Snowflake Easymix Chocolate Muffin Mix
• 5 ml caramel essence
• 1 Flake® chocolate, crumbled

Chocolate butter icing

• 125 g butter or margarine, softened
• 500 ml (250 g) icing sugar, sifted
• 60 ml (25 g) cocoa powder
• 30 ml hot water
• 5 ml caramel essence
• About 30 ml milk

Method

• Add the essence to the wet ingredients before following the directions provided on-pack.
• Once baked, make the icing by creaming the butter and icing sugar together. Mix the cocoa powder with hot water and add it to the icing.
• Add the essence and just enough milk to form a smooth, spreadable consistency. Ice the cupcakes and sprinkle with crumbled Flake or Flake blocks.