Chocolate Cinnamon Mini Cupcakes

YES THAT'S AN EGG CUP!! :-)

As you know January was the month of bite-sized treats.

I'm going to say these count as a January special (I made them yesterday) 

Yesterday Harvey was at pre-school so I got a-baking ~ whoop whoop

The idea was to make something a bit more adult in taste, I always have an abundance of chocolate in my house and was scrabbling about for something to go with it. 

I've already done Peanut Butter, Chilli, Orange, Caramel, White Choc, Coffee and just Chocolate so I wasn't sure what to do ~ I'm not the most imaginative person on the planet!!

While rummaging I came across Cinnamon, yey!! I've seen Cinnamon frosting before so I thought I'd give it a go.

I'm so glad I did as these little munchies were lush!

Here's how I did it....

Ingredients ~ makes 36 mini cupcakes or 12+ regular cupcakes

100g butter

80g soft dark brown sugar

20g caster sugar

80g self-raising flour

20g cocoa powder

2 eggs

1 tbsp golden syrup

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 cup semi-skimmed milk

• Preheat oven to 170 / Gas Mark 4
• Put baking powder, flour and cocoa powder in a bowl, mix, and set aside.
• Beat butter with hand mixer until very pale.
• Add sugars and beat together until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time and beat each one until fully incorporated.
• Mix in the golden syrup.
• Add half the dry ingredients and FOLD gently until completely mixed in.
• Add milk, FOLD again.
• Add the other half of the dry ingredients and FOLD until smooth
• Spoon into lined mini muffin tin to about 2/3 full.
• Bake for 15 minutes.
• When baked leave to cool for 2 mins then remove to a cooling rack to cool completely.

Frosting ~ covers 24 mini's with swirls or all 36 flat iced

100g butter

200g icing sugar

1/4 cup semi-skimmed milk

1 tsp ground cinnamon 

• Beat butter with hand mixer until very pale.
• Add icing sugar a spoonful at a time.
• Add milk and mix until fully incorporated.
• Add cinnamon and beat mixture until light and fluffy (about 3mins) 

Frost as desired!!

I was supposed to take these to work for my team meeting today but they never made it outta my kitchen!! 

BAD HUSBAND!!! :-)

ENJOY!

xx Kat xx