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Chocolate Chip Cupcakes stacked on top of each other for a British afternoon tea treat.
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Chocolate Chip Cupcakes Recipe

If you're a fan of cupcakes and searching for a delicious treat to satisfy your sweet cravings, try out our Chocolate Chip Cupcake recipe.
It's one of the most delightful recipes in British cupcakes. These cupcakes will be perfect for a weekend baking session or a gathering with loved ones.
You'll definitely impress everyone with these mouth-watering easy cupcakes.
The bonus is they are deliciously moist and perfectly sweet enough to eat without the need for icing, so no piping bag is required.
Of course, you can add a buttercream frosting if you want to!
Prep Time20 minutes
Active Time20 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Course: Afternoon Tea, Brunch, Cake, Chocolate, Party, picnic, Sharing, Snack, Sweet
Cuisine: British
Keyword: british cupcake recipe, choc chip cupcakes, choc chip fairy cakes, chocolate chip cakes, chocolate chip cupcake uk recipe, chocolate chip fairy cakes, chocolate chip queen cakes, cupcake no frosting, double chocolate chip cupcake, triple chocolate chip cupcakes
Yield: 12 cupcakes
Calories: 220kcal
Author: Luke and Kay - Flawless Food

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 130 g Caster sugar
  • 130 g Butter or Margarine Softened at room temperature
  • 130 g Self-raising flour
  • 2 large Eggs for best results weigh with shells should be 130g
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 100 g Chocolate Chips milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate chips or a mixture can be used.

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 170℃ fan/ 190℃ / 375℉ /gas mark 5
    Finger a smidge of butter in each cupcake hole in the tin to help hold the liner still.
    Add a smidge of butter to the cupcake tray to hold down the paper cupcake liners
  • Cream 130 g Butter or Margarine and 130 g Caster sugar until pale and fluffy. For best results use a hand or stand mixer at medium speed for 4 minutes.
    Butter and sugar creamed together in a mixer fitted with paddle attachment
  • Next add 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract and 2 large Eggs one at a time, beating in between each addition. Mix for 2 minutes at medium speed
    adding egg to cupcake mixture
  • Sift 130 g Self-raising flour into the large bowl, and fold in using a mixing spoon. Do not over mix.
    homemade fairy cake mixture being hand stirred
  • Reserve a small cupcake case of the 100 g Chocolate Chips for the top of each cupcake. Stir the rest into the mixture.
    Adding chocolate chips into cupcake mixture
  • Fill each liner to halfway with the cupcake mixture. I find a tablespoon helps scoop and teaspoon to push it out, works well.
    portioning chocolate chip fairy cakes into paper cases in a cupcake tray
  • If you still have some mixture left share it out evenly between the cases.
    chocolate chip cupcakes mixture divided into twelve fairy cake cases ready to oven bake
  • Add the reserved chocolate chips on top of the cake mixture before baking
    Adding chocolate chips on top of vanilla cupcake batter.
  • Cook at 170℃ fan/ 190℃ / 375℉ /gas mark 5 for 20 minutes.
    Chocolate chip fairy cakes raw batter cases in a muffin tin before cooking going into a oven
  • They should be golden on top.
    Freshly baked chocolate chip cupcakes coming out of the oven. Golden on top with chocolate chips on top.
  • Check they are cooked through by inserting a toothpick/ cocktail stick through the sponge. It should come out clean. (unless it hits a melted chocolate chip!)
    A toothpick stuck coming clean after poking in to a cooked chocolate chip fairy cake
  • Remove from tray on to a wire rack to cool.
    chocolate chip cupcakes cooling on wire rack with flowers in the background
  • Serve as they are, or decorate how you wish.
    chocolate chip cupcakes with perfectly scattered chips throughout the vanilla sponge

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Nutrition

Serving: 12g | Calories: 220kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 55mg | Sodium: 83mg | Potassium: 73mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 320IU | Calcium: 14mg | Iron: 1mg