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Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 250 g unsalted butter, cut into pieces and softened
- 250 g water
- 50 g Dutch cocoa powder
- 150 g buttermilk
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp natural vanilla extract
- 300 g plain flour
- 1 pinch salt
- 300 g white sugar
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
Buttercream icing
- 250 g icing sugar (see Tips)
- 120 g unsalted butter, cut into pieces and softened
- 2 tsp boiling water
- ½ tsp natural vanilla extract
- natural food colouring of choice (e.g. green, grey)
- lollies of choice, for decorating (e.g, licorice, candy eyes, bullets, jubes, marshmallows, etc.)
- Nutrition
- per 1 portions
- Calories
- 1170.3 kJ / 278.6 kcal
- Protein
- 2.8 g
- Carbohydrates
- 36.4 g
- Fat
- 14 g
- Saturated fat
- 9 g
- Fiber
- 1.1 g
- Sodium
- 73.8 mg
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