What You Will Need

Black Velvet Cupcakes

• 110g butter, softened
• 1 ¼ cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• ¼ cup cocoa
• ¼ tsp. black gel food colouring
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 cup milk
• 2 ¼ cups plain flour
• ½ tsp. baking powder
• ½ tsp. bicarbonate of soda
• 3 tbs. white vinegar

Black Chocolate Icing

• 2 cups icing sugar
• 100g butter, softened
• ¼ cup cocoa
• 2 tbs. milk
• black gel food colouring

How To Make it

Cupcakes

Step One: Preheat Oven to 160°C and line cupcake tins with black cupcake cases.

Step Two: In a bench mixer, beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

Step Three: Beat in eggs and vanilla extract until smooth.

Step Four: Add cocoa powder and mix well. 

Step Five: In separate bowl, mix together flour, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda.

Step Six: In another separate bowl, mix together milk and black food colouring.

Step Seven: Turn bench mixer on low, mix in flour and milk alternating, making sure to start and end with flour. Mix until just combined.

Step Eight: With mixer on low, fold in vinegar.

Step Nine: Spoon batter into cupcake cases and bake for 15 mins.

Step Ten: Allow cupcakes to cool in tin for 10 minutes, then completely cool on wire rack.

Icing

Step One: Using a bench mixer, beat butter until light and creamy.

Step Two: Add cocoa powder and icing sugar slowly, beating well between each addition.

Step Three: In a separate bowl mix together milk and black food colouring.

Step Four: Slowly add in milk while bench mixer is on low until combined.

Step Five: Beat icing well with mixer on medium.

Step Six: Ice Black Velvet Cupcakes.