Chocolate Cupcakes with Buttercream Icing

Name: Chocolate Cupcakes with Buttercream Icing
Ingredients: Cupcakes; 200g/ 1 cup self-raising flour (this could be substituted for GF self-raising flour); 250g/1¼ cups caster sugar; 50g/ ½ cup cocoa powder; ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda; ½ tsp baking powder; 100ml flavourless oil (eg rapeseed); 1-2 tsp vanilla extract; 250ml/1 cup soya milk; 5 tsp cider vinegar; Icing; 50g/3 tbsp vegan margarine; 50g/3 tbsp vegetable shortening (eg Trex… this can be found in most supermarkets); 500g/ 4 ¼ cups icing sugar, sieved; 50g/ ¼ cup cocoa power; 40ml/&frac13; cup plant milk; ½ tsp vanilla extract

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Taken from our Cooking with Kids livestream demo, these Chocolate Cupcakes are easy to make and tasty absolutely delicious! You can make them look pretty with a variety of different...

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Ingredients

Cupcakes
200g/ 1 cup self-raising flour (this could be substituted for GF self-raising flour)
250g/1¼ cups caster sugar
50g/ ½ cup cocoa powder
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
½ tsp baking powder
100ml flavourless oil (eg rapeseed)
1-2 tsp vanilla extract
250ml/1 cup soya milk
5 tsp cider vinegar
Icing
50g/3 tbsp vegan margarine
50g/3 tbsp vegetable shortening (eg Trex… this can be found in most supermarkets)
500g/ 4 ¼ cups icing sugar, sieved
50g/ ¼ cup cocoa power
40ml/&frac13; cup plant milk
½ tsp vanilla extract