What’s better than a chocolate cupcake? A melt in the middle, gooey one!

Makes – 8

Ingredients –

– 55g/2oz soft margarine
– 55g/2oz caster sugar
– 1 large egg
– 85g/3oz self raising flour
– 1tbsp cocoa powder
– 55g/2oz plain chocolate
– icing sugar for dusting

Method –

– Preheat oven to 190*c/Gas mark 5. Put 8 paper muffin/bun cases into a bun tin.

– Pop the margarine, egg, caster sugar, flour and cocoa powder into a bowl and stir using an electric whisk. Beat until smooth.

– Spoon half the mix into the cases, then using a teaspoon make a dent in the centre of each cake mix. Break the chocolate and place evenly into each cake mix dent. Spoon the remaining cake mixture on top.

– Bake in the preheated oven for 20mins, or until risen and springy.

– Leave to cool before eating and decorating with icing sugar.

The kids in my family love the runny, gooey middle of these easy to make cupcakes.

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