Mini Mud Cakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
These miniature mud cakes are the perfect treat for chocolate lovers, deliciously chocolatey and moist with the cream cheese adding a refreshing zing. So delicious you'll have to take two!
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes
Makes: 48 mini cakes
Mud Cake Ingredients
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 1/2 cups plain flour
1 cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup milk
2 tsp apple cider vinegar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla essence
Frosting Ingredients
180g cream cheese
90g butter, softened
1 tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 cups icing sugar
Method
Preheat oven to 180 degrees
Sift cocoa powder, flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar and salt into a large bowl.
In a seperate bowl whisk milk, vegetable oil, apple cider vinegar and vanilla together until combined.
Pour liquid ingredients into the flour mixture, stir until smooth.
Spoon mixture into cupcake cases, filling them half way.
Bake for approximately 10 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire wrack.
While cakes are cooling beat cream cheese and butter in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Add milk and vanilla, then gradually add icing sugar until frosting is as thick or thin as you would like it.
Spread or pipe frosting onto cakes. Leave for a few minutes to set then serve.
Enjoy!
Categories
#chocolate
#cupcakes
#baking
#sweet
#cream_cheese
#frosting
#party
#afternoon_tea
#egg_free
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225810 - 2023-07-17 09:38:38