Chocolate Fudge Cupcakes

I made these after loads of requests for chocolate fudge cake from my other half's work and they turned out extremely well. I gave some to a friend who later texted me describing them as 'SEX, WEEEEE!' so they must have been good!

Ingredients:

Cupcakes
175g self raising flour
2 tbsp cocoa powder
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
150g caster sugar
2 tsbsp golden syrup
2 eggs
150ml sunflower oil
150ml milk

Icing
75g unsalted butter
175g icing sugar
3 tbsp cocoa powder
2 tbsp warm water

Method:

Preheat your oven to 180c. Place your dry ingredients in a large bowl and mix. Gently add in the wet ingredients, stirring thoroughly to incorporate. Place cupcake cases in a muffin tin, I find this saves on explosions and extra mess, and spoon the mixture in. Roughly 2 tbsp of mixture will fit in each case. Bake the cupcakes for roughly 15 minutes until a skewer comes out clean. Take the cupcakes out of the tins and leave to cool on a wire rack.

Once the cupcakes are completely cool, place the butter, icing sugar and cocoa powder in a food processor and whizz, slowly adding the water until you get a thick and pliable mixture. I used a knife to apply the icing to the cupcakes but you could also pipe it on for a more professional finish.  Place kitchen towel under the cupcakes when icing them to catch the drips and save on cleaning after. I added chocolate hearts to mine for a cute finishing touch.

These went down an absolute treat with several requests more already. Please tag me using #diaryofadefectivehousewife when you make these. They really are a must try!