Chocolate Icing For Fairy Cakes Recipes

CHOCOLATE FAIRY CAKES

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line a 12-hole bun tin with paper cases. Put the sugar and butter in a bowl and beat together until light and fluffy. Gradually mix in the eggs and vanilla until combined.
• Add the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder to the bowl and mix to make a smooth batter. Fold the milk through to loosen. Divide the mixture between the cases using a spoon. Bake for 20 mins, or until a cocktail stick poked into the centre of one of the cakes in the middle row comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tin for 5-10 mins, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely
• While the cakes are cooling, make the icing. Beat together the butter, icing sugar and cocoa powder in a bowl for 5-10 mins, until you have a smooth, creamy consistency. Add the milk to loosen if needed. Pipe or spread on top of the cooled cupcakes.

CHOCOLATE ICING

Steps:

• In a saucepan, melt butter and brown sugar over medium heat. Stir until sugar is dissolved, then add milk. Bring to a boil and remove from heat.
• Sift together cocoa and confectioners sugar. Blend into butter mixture and add vanilla. If consistency is too stiff, add more milk.
• Spread Quickly over cooled cake, as frosting will set up very fast.

CHOCOLATE AND ORANGE FAIRY CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 190°C.
• Line 2 muffin pans (12 hole) with paper cases.
• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Mix eggs together in a separate bowl and gradually beat into creamed mixture a little at a time, adding 1 tablespoon of flour if the mixture begins to curdle.
• Stir in chocolate and orange zest.
• Fold in flour, adding orange juice to bring mixture to a dropping consistency.
• Divide mixture between cases so each is two-thirds full.
• Bake in middle of oven for about 20 minutes or until the cakes are well risen, golden and feel spongy to fingertips.
• Cool on a wire rack.
• Make icing.
• Orange: Place icing sugar and orange zest in a bowl, add enough orange juice to mix to a fairly stiff consistency.
• Icing should hold a trail when dropped from a spoon but gradually find its own level.
• It needs little liquid.
• Chocolate: Melt chocolate and milk together.
• (I use a microwave oven for this- take care, chocolate burns easily.) Stir well to mix.
• Ice cakes with orange icing and swirl the chocolate on top.

CHOCOLATE ICING

Steps:

• Place the milk and butter in a small saucepan over medium heat, and heat until butter is melted. Transfer to a medium heat-proof bowl; add the vanilla extract, confectioners' sugar, and cocoa powder. Stir until combined.