Choco-cherry Cupcakes

Ingredients:
   

Unsalted Butter 90gm

Castor Sugar 1/2 cup

Eggs 2

Self-raising flour 1 cup

Cocoa powder 20gm

Milk 2 tbsp

Cherry Jam 2 tbsp

For the icing:

Cherry Jam 2 tbsp

Butter 1 1/2 cups

Icing sugar 1  3/4 cup

Cream cheese 1/2 cup

Dark chocolate shavings

Cocoa powder 20 gms

Method:

As the first step of baking cupcakes, cream butter and sugar well. Add eggs slowly to the creamed butter and sugar frosting.Then mix flour . and add milk and cherry jam. Spoon this batter into muffin cup lined trays. Bake at 180 C for 16-18 mts.

For the icing:

Spread 1/2 tsp of cherry jam directly onto cooled cupcakes. Cream butter and icing sugar until light and, and mix in sifted cocoa powder. Spread icing evenly over the layer of cherry jam. Sprinkle chocolate shavings over layer of icing. Dust lightly with cocoa powder.

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