A variation of Nigella Lawson's recipe because I don't measure with cups and tablespoons anymore and I can't find red food colouring paste. I used this handy website to convert the recipe.
Makes 12 cupcakes
100g unsalted butter
225g of caster sugar
3 tbsp red food colouring (eg Queens Pillarbox Red)
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 XL eggs
210g plain flour, sifted
2 tbsp cocoa powder, sifted
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 cup of milk
Cream butter and sugar together then add vanilla and food colouring gradually. Beat in eggs then sift in half the powders. Fold in. Add the milk and fold in. Add the balance of powders and fold in. Beat on high for 2 minutes. Bake at 170 degrees C fan forced for 20-25 minutes. Cool then add icing. For the icing, beat 100g of unsalted butter with 1/2 tsp of vanilla essence. Then add 200g of icing sugar and beat until fluffy.
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