Milkybar cupcakes!

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It seems like anything made with Milkybar is loved by everyone viewing my recipes. Therefore, I am excited to share with you my recipe for Milkybar cupcakes. These are Epic if you're a lover of this kind of chocolate!

Ingredients for the cupcakes:

• 150g Unsalted Butter

• 150g caster Sugar

• 3 Large Free Range Eggs, beaten

• 120g Self Raising Flour

• 125g White chocolate chips

Ingredients for the Buttercream Frosting:

• 150g Unsalted Butter

• 350g Icing Sugar

• 150g melted Milkybar chocolate

• 1 bar of Milkybar chocolate

Method- Vanilla cupcakes:

1. First, pre-heat the over to around 160 degrees and put your cupcake cases into a cupcake baking tray.

2. Next, mix together together 150g of butter with 150g of caster sugar. I usually use an electric whisk for this but if you don't have one, make sure you soften the butter first.

3. Then add 3 large eggs to the mixture and continue to whist or mix until the mixture appears smooth.

4. Add in 120g of self raising flour in the same bowl as the wet ingredients. Mix all of the ingredients together until all of it is smooth with no bits!!

5. Add in 125g of white chocolate chips and mix it into the mixture!

6. Once the mixture is smooth, using a table spoon or an ice cream scoop, add the mixture EVENLY into the cupcake cases. The cakes will rise in the oven so you do not have to use all of the mixture if theres too much.

7. Place in the over for around 20 minutes. Do not open the oven until it has been 20 minutes! To see if they are ready, place a knife or a tooth pic into the centre. If it comes out clean then they are ready.

8. Finally, leave to cool on the side because you cannot apply butter icing if the cakes are still hot.

Method- Milkybar butter icing

1. Melt 150g of Milkybar chocolate over the hob or in the microwave and leave to the side to cool. You do not want to add it to the butter because it will melt it when it is still hot!

2. Then, mix 150g of butter with 350g of icing sugar until it makes a soft consistency. If it looks too wet, continue to add more butter icing.

3. Have a taste to make sure it tastes delicious!!

4. Now it is time to be creative, you can just use a spoon to put the icing on however if you want to make it fancy you will need piping bags and piping nozzles. You can get these at ASDA or the ones I have are from Hobby Craft. You cut a hole at the end of the piping bag, insert the piping nozzle then scoop the mixture into the bag.

5. The best way to pipe is by stating at one side and doing a circular movement to achieve the perfect icing!

6. To decorate, add 1 square of Milkybar chocolate on the top of each cake. If you want to change it up you can put any kind of Milkybar treat on top!

Here is a link to the piping nozzles: https://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/wilton-extra-large-deluxe-3-tip-set/638592-1000