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Ingredients
Chocolate 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
Chocolate buttercream icing
- 500 g icing sugar (see Tips)
- 40 g Dutch cocoa powder
- 240 g unsalted butter, cut into pieces and softened
- 1 tbsp boiling water
- 1 tsp natural vanilla extract
Modelling paste
- 40 g water
- 3 tsp gelatine powder
- 100 g glucose syrup
- 15 g glycerine (see Tips)
- 620 g icing sugar, plus extra for dusting (see Tips)
- natural food colouring of choice
- 1 ½ tsp tylose (see Tips)
Assembly
- sugar glue (see Tips)
- Nutrition
- per 1 portion
- Calories
- 1943.8 kJ / 456.8 kcal
- Protein
- 3.1 g
- Carbohydrates
- 73.6 g
- Fat
- 18.2 g
- Saturated Fat
- 11.5 g
- Fibre
- 1.3 g
- Sodium
- 81 mg
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