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1. Video tutorial: Creaming butter and sugar

1. Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Cream the butter and sugar together, then beat in the eggs and flour. Divide the mix into 2 and add the cocoa to one half and the vanilla to the other. Add a drop of milk to the chocolate mix if it is too stiff.
2. Spoon into mini muffin tins lined with paper cases, making some chocolate and some vanilla. Bake for 8 minutes. Cool.
3. Dip the vanilla cakes in dark chocolate and the chocolate ones in white chocolate. Decorate with buttons or sprinkles.

Per serving

160 kcalories, protein 2.1g, carbohydrate 18.6g, fat 9.1 g, saturated fat 5.3g, fibre 0.4g, salt 0.15 g

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• Dina

  02 January 2008

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• bexpayne

  04 January 2008

  bexpayne rated and commented on this recipe

  

  My 8-year old loved making these for her friends - we marbled the vanilla and chocolate cake batter to make swirly cakes so the girls didn't have to choose (something they find very hard to do....)

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• favourites

  18 January 2008

  favourites rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made these for my mum's birthday and they went down a treat!

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• eldriva

  02 February 2008

  eldriva rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Scrummy cakes. Easy recipe well worth making, lovely texture especially when blending both together .

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• GraceW

  14 February 2008

  GraceW rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I also swirled the two mixes together to give a marbled effect and it looked really good. Tasted even better. As it was Valentines, I made contrasting hearts from the chocolate as decoration. My husband loved them.

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• MISCHEF

  05 March 2008

  MISCHEF rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made the vanilla ones only for my Nieces' 1st birthday… I also made a butter icing for the topping with a little food colouring... Naughty but very very nice!

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• Glenys

  23 March 2008

  Glenys rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Really easy to follow recipe. I made these Cup Cake size - only got half the amount, but twice the delight in each cake!

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• dillon

  08 April 2008

  dillon rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Made these cakes soooo many times now, YUMMY!

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• KateWhite

  30 May 2008

  KateWhite rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Brilliant. Made these twice this week. Kids and husband loved them, they were easy and looked very impressive.

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  30 September 2008

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• lexi

  06 November 2008

  lexi commented on this recipe

  These are so easy to make!! I made a batch for kids/teenagers for a family meal as the main dessert I made was a blueberry cake which is often a bit rich for kids and needed an alternative. The following day I was due at a one years old birthday bbq and before we left I suddenly decided to make some to take and they were ready to go within half an hour!! Delicious and good for adults too!!

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• somesaycocoa

  18 November 2008

  somesaycocoa rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This is a beautifully simple recipe. My little girl got such a kick out of 'choccie' buns with more 'choccie' on top :-)

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  26 December 2008

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  Disappointed - sponge with chocolate on the top :(

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• mimi

  22 January 2009

  mimi rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Really easy and tasty recipes. Will make again

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• PolyVinylBride

  25 January 2009

  PolyVinylBride rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Made them for my 2 yr old cousin's birthday and put candles on one! Really lovely cupcakes :)

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• Erica

  28 January 2009

  Erica rated and commented on this recipe

  

  really nice little cakes. i used galaxy chocolate on both kinds and they taste really good. very easy to make too; had them whipped up in no time.

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• mrsvandicamp

  02 February 2009

  mrsvandicamp rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Very easy to make and great fun to decorate with the kids we used bournville & milkybar chocolate on both, melted and shaved ,with lovely results x

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• Kat

  07 February 2009

  Kat commented on this recipe

  Well this was a hit I made these cup cakes for my husbands birthday with my daughter. We made about 70 of them and piled them all on top of each other and put candles every where. So many friends commented on them. Thanks.

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• Scrummy

  19 February 2009

  Scrummy commented on this recipe

  Is there a typo? Should it take 8 minutes to bake?

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Ingredients

• 100g butter , at room temperature
• 100g caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 100g self-raising flour
• 2 tbsp cocoa powder
• a few drops vanilla essence
• 200g white chocolate , melted
• 200g dark chocolate , melted
• silver balls , to decorate

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Difficulty and servings

Makes 24

Preparation and cooking times

Ready in 40 minutes

Ingredients

• 100g butter , at room temperature
• 100g caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 100g self-raising flour
• 2 tbsp cocoa powder
• a few drops vanilla essence
• 200g white chocolate , melted
• 200g dark chocolate , melted
• silver balls , to decorate

Per serving

160 kcalories, protein 2.1g, carbohydrate 18.6g, fat 9.1 g, saturated fat 5.3g, fibre 0.4g, salt 0.15 g

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