These mini Easter chocolate cupcakes are really easy to make and taste deliciously chocolatey.
They're baked in a mini cupcake pan, then topped with a creamy, rich chocolate frosting and a single chocolate mini egg.
They're the perfect little treats to enjoy this Easter.
Here's how to make these mini chocolate cupcakes.
Ingredients
For the sponges
- 200 g (7.1 oz) caster sugar
- 175 g (6.2 oz) baking margarine
- 3 medium free range eggs
- 200 g (7.1 oz) self-raising flour
- 40 g (1.4 oz) cocoa
- 60 ml (2 floz) milk
For the frosting
- 230 g (8.1 oz) slightly salted butter
- 400 g (14.1 oz) icing sugar
- 100 g (3.5 oz) dark chocolate melted
- 140 g (4.9 oz) mini eggs
Equipment
Instructions
To make the sponges
Preheat the oven to 200C/390F (180C/355F fan)
Put the baking margarine and sugar into a large mixing bowl.
Beat together until fluffy.
Add the eggs.
Beat until fully combined.
Fold in the flour and cocoa.
Add the milk.
Fold through.
Line the mini cupcake pan with mini cupcake cases and fill so that the batter is about 5mm (1/4 inch) from the rim of each one.
Bake for 10-12 minutes until just springy on top. Cool on a wire rack.
To make the frosting
In a clean bowl, add the softened butter and icing sugar.
Whisk together until light and fluffy.
Add the melted and cooled dark chocolate.
Beat again until you have a smooth frosting.
Transfer to a piping bag with a star nozzle.
To finish
When the cakes are completely cool, pipe a little frosting on top of each one.
Push a mini egg on top of each one and you're ready to serve.
Enjoy!
Here's the recipe for mini chocolate cupcakes again in a printable format.
Mini chocolate cupcakes for Easter
Ingredients
For the sponges
- 200 g (7.1 oz) caster sugar
- 175 g (6.2 oz) baking margarine
- 3 medium free range eggs
- 200 g (7.1 oz) self-raising flour
- 40 g (1.4 oz) cocoa
- 60 ml (2 floz) milk
For the frosting
- 230 g (8.1 oz) slightly salted butter
- 400 g (14.1 oz) icing sugar
- 100 g (3.5 oz) dark chocolate melted
- 140 g (4.9 oz) mini eggs
Instructions
To make the sponges
- Preheat the oven to 200C/390F (180C/355F fan)
- Put the baking margarine and sugar into a large mixing bowl.
- Beat together until fluffy.
- Add the eggs.
- Beat until fully combined.
- Fold in the flour and cocoa.
- Add the milk.
- Fold through.
- Line the mini cupcake pan with mini cupcake cases and fill so that the batter is about 5mm (1/4 inch) from the rim of each one.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes until just springy on top. Cool on a wire rack.
To make the frosting
- In a clean bowl, add the softened butter and icing sugar.
- Whisk together until light and fluffy.
- Add the melted and cooled dark chocolate.
- Beat again until you have a smooth frosting.
- Transfer to a piping bag with a star nozzle.
To finish
- When the cakes are completely cool, pipe a little frosting on top of each one.
- Push a mini egg on top of each one and you’re ready to serve.
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Cupcakes with little miss :)
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Some chocolate cupcakes like the ones above, they look delicious!
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My sons 1st birthday cake
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Some Mojito cupcakes
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Please enter me into this lovely competition thankyou
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a birthday cake for my Dad
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birthday cake for my hubby
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black forest cupcakes
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I will be making a chocolate fudge cake for my sons 16th birthday. A special cake for a special birthday boy :)
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I think i will make some gorgeous red velvet cupcakes! xx
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Individual Victoria Sandwich cakes with fresh cream!
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i would make a birthday cake for my daughter who is 6 next month :D
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Mango & PassionFruit Cupcakes - they're my craving at the moment :)
Margaret Lee-Roberts says
A birthday cake for my autistic grandson for his 10th birthday. At present, he refuses to be ten and won't discuss his birthday at all. He doesn't want to get any older, so a really special cake might help him to come to terms with this inevitable event!
Karen Usher says
Ill attempt to make any kind of cupcake....Im not the best of bakers! I do try hard though lol
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a big birthday cake for my gran who 95 next month
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banana no sugar muffins
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Some butterfly cookies
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I will try bite size Victoria sponge cakes
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Id make a birthday cake for myself as its only 34 days away! :)
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chocolate cupcakes for sure!
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would love this
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I would make my granddaughters favourite, Cupcakes, with a little help from her, of course x
Kerry-Ann Pope says
It would have to be chocolate cupcakes with vanilla frosting, my boys favourites.
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I'd like to make some cupcakes with this bundle!
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I would make some muffins
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I'd make birthday cakes for all the family
Kerry Kilmister says
I have a recipe for carrot cake cupcakes with mascarpone topping so i would love to try that.
Ellen Stafford says
A lovely cake for my mum as she always bakes me cakes so it would be nice to return the favour.
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Cupcakes and cookies for my mums birthday
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carrot cake muffins
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c upcakes for my workmates
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Would make cupcakes for my friends hen
Ali Thorpe says
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A birthday cake for my son
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I would deffo be making my fave cupcakes and maybe try something new x
Veronica Lopez-Smith says
I have recently turned into baking mad so this would be great. I would make some cupcakes for the kids (probably choccie) and I am trying to make some chai latte ones for me (I am experimenting with different recipes at the moment).
Hayley Mulgrove says
I would try to make a wedding cake or Birthday cake xx
Infact i would make all my cakes with these, x
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Chocolate chunk muffins
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I'd make raspberry muffins.
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Ice cream cupcakes
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Some lovely choccie muffins.
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Sticky toffee cupcakes
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A birthday cake :)
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I would make cupcakes with y daughter
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choc chip cupcakes
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Red velvet cupcakes. Thank you!
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Macarons (I always have wanted to make some)
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Chocolate cupcakes with my little girls x
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Birthday cupcakes for my best friend, I think!
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Raspberry chocolate butter swirl cake :)
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My fiancee is the baker in the family but I'll help her make something nice. I love red velvet cupcakes.
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I would have to make a victoria sponge and try decorating it with lots of fancy icing
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Lemon swirl cupcakes
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cakes for my daughters birthday
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Cupcakes with a football theme as my boyfriend loves to have footy bbq's!
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Various types of cupcakes they go down a treat :)
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My family love cup cakes and I do have a few nice recipes - I just need to practice how to decorate them!
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This looks so fantastic :) Butterflies are a major theme amongst my friends and I (we have Papillons "Butterfly dogs") so I will be making a butterfly shaped cake and decorate it!
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wow what a lovely prize
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cupcakes for my kids!
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Blueberry Cupcakes with frosting
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I'll be baking my not so little babies 3rd birthday cake!
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A cake for my mums 60th ;-)
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My twins 7 love baking, my 2 year old likes playing with flour! A great prize that would definitely be well used...thanks x
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cupcakes for my mum's 60th :)
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Some dairy and egg free cakes for my son
Claire Ward says
Peanut buttercup cakes
Lauren Old says
Chocolate and white choc chip muffins
barbara madden says
i would make some Blueberry and chocolate muffins for the children
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My daughters birthday cake x
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my son a birthday cake :)
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lots of brownies and cakes!
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Orange & Almond cupcakes.
Caroline Blaza says
An apple and walnut cake...my favourite.
Joanne Welsh says
My brother's 40th birthday cake
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Love Rocky Road
aj says
id let my boy be creative and see what he comes up with!
Rebecca Nisbet says
would love to have a go at some Viennese whirls.
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I've been wanting to learn piping for ages, so maybe a carrot cake with a piped frosting
Sara JaneG says
Cupcakes for friends engagement party
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EJ Dunn says
Well I would give this to my sisters who make the most amazing cupcakes!
Lesley Bradley says
I'd give this to my very talented son who is training to be a chef,hopefully he'd create something wonderful and cakey for his good old mum!
joanne thomas says
some decorated cupcakes for my sons 21st birthday
Kristina Trick says
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anthony martin says
would love to make cakes for the nieces and nephews and teach em some basic baking like my gran and mum did for me
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Chocolate birthday cake :)
Keshia Esgate says
cakes for work
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White chocolate cupcakes
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I think I could rustle up some great cupcake treats for my daughters 21st this year
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love baking with my girls - they inspire me - great prize giveaway
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I would make chocolate Butterfly buns with vanilla butter cream
Helena says
I've made a few cakes, mainly cupcakes and my child's birthday cakes, nothing spectacular but I like to try.
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Susan Race says
This is far too sophisticated to be wasted on my rubbish baking skills so I'd give it to my mum, who can bake just about anything! (Hopefully she'd use it to make me a nice birthday cake!)
Allan Wilson says
Cheese Scones it's about all I can bake
Angela Turley says
My husband has just been diagnosed with coeliac disease so I am trying to make everything in our house gluten free - I would try to make him a GF sculpted birthday cake in the shape of a Les Paul Guitar (that doesn't sound easy does it?!? Lol) but if it turns into a crumbly mess it will be cupcakes like every other year LOL
charlotte qualter says
me and my littlies would bake fairy cakes and lots of fun expermenting with the piping bag and different nozzles to decorate them xxx
Kasia says
I'd bake carrot cupcakes!
Emma Gibson says
Beautiful iced biscuits
Ruth Harwood says
Red Velvet Cake :)
claire woods says
birthday cake for my son.
Susie Wilkinson says
I think it would have to be a combined effort at making cup cakes first!
felicity smith says
red velvet cupcakes
lynn heath says
I would make some yummy fairy cakes with the kids, with butter icing!
Kaci Soderstrom says
I'd make iced cupcakes.. although there's potential here for lots of different bakes!
Jackie Chapman says
I'd make iced cookies and buttercream fairy cakes. |'d be in baking heaven!
Jayne Townson says
I'd start off with some cupcakes first, thanks for the giveaway.
Emma Ellams says
An assortment of cupcakes
Yet Another Blogging Mummy!!! says
Your cupcakes look fab. I would try piping on cupcakes rather than just spreading the icing on, to hopefully give a more elegant finish like yours.
Nicola McC says
A birthday cake for my mum's friend.
Kristiina says
Cupcakes for my son's birthday
Lucy Connor says
I'd just like to have a play around with some cupcakes and spongecake decorating <3
Jeanette says
I would make lots of different cupcakes with my 6-year-old daughter. :-)
Debbie Bird says
I would make the cupcakes featured they look lovely
Kate Jones says
Chocolate Orange cupcakes
Michelle Banks says
fairy cakes with my grandaughter x
claire griffiths says
i would bake some cupcakes
Lorraine Tinsley says
I would make my family's birthday cakes more elaborate :)
justine meyer says
lemon drizzle cupcakes
Louise says
I would like to try a cupcake bouquet
sarah davison says
I'd make my daughters birthday cake. She had asked for a chocolate cake covered with sweets
Laura Finch says
Has to be Fairy cakes!
Kate Cass says
Well I will definitely be making cupcakes for my sisters 40th and probably for the children's birthdays, I am sure Lydia will want to do some baking too!
laura stewart says
chocolate fudge cakes xx
Leila Benhamida says
A MADEIRA CAKE
Mary Chez says
I would probably make cupcakes
Christine Constable says
Cup cakes and a coffee & walnut cake
Louise A says
Some iced biscuits as I would have a proper set to use
samantha price says
cupcakes with my grandson
YOLANDA DAVIS says
I would love to try baking the cupcakes in the pic above.
Sam McKean says
I would start with iced biscuits, followed by some lovely chocolate fudge easter cupcakes!
amanda davis says
something for my dad
Rey Chunara says
Scones to begin with
Maxine Owen says
A cake for an upcoming birthday with lots of icing and decorations.
Eva Vida says
I will make lovely little Easter cupcakes such as yours :)
Fiona S says
Fairy cakes, they're my daughter's favourite
Kirsty Webb says
Loads of cupcakes
Karen Barrett says
cakes, scones and biscuits for Afternoon Tea
jennifer thorpe says
I'd make chocolate cake
Lukeosaurus And Me says
These cakes look amazing. I think if I won, I'd make some lovely cupcakes and some lovely spring biccies. I would also spend hours practicing my piping skills! Your piping looks so neat! Ray xx @ lukeosaurusandme.blogspot.co.uk
Chris Andrews says
What will you make with the bundle if you win?whatever the grandchildren vote for
A.J. Jordan says
I'm actually trying to reach myself how to bake but I'm not well equipped. THIS WOULD BE PERFECT.
Karen Laing says
Oh My Goodness!,this is absolutely wonderful.I have only recently discovered the joys of baking and my utensils are few and far between .This would be one well used prize x
karen cowley says
Would love to make apple and cinnamon muffins x
Rachael G says
Chocolate fairy cakes
Karen Louise wright says
I would make a carrot cake for my mum & dads 40th wedding anniversary x
laura jayne bates says
some butterfly buns
Jenny says
Oh Em what a fantastic giveaway. I really need a set of metal cupcake icing decorators this would be so perfect for me. Your cupcakes look absolutely amazing too! Loving the mini eggs on top! Gorgeous.
gemma brown says
i'd make cupcakes
Caroline Clarke says
I would make some experimental cupcakes, such as healthy carrot cake.
Elaine Savage says
I would make chocolate banana cupcakes
Fiona K says
I would make chocolate & vanilla cupcakes
Elizabeth Hinds says
I would make some cupcakes for my daughter's 8th birthday which is coming up! :-) Brill giveaway. X
kim neville says
Some chocolate cupcakes
Heather Knotts says
I'd bake a Birthday Cake for OH :)
Helen Battle says
I would like to make some fairy cakes
Jen Schofield says
Lots of mini cakes with my friends! A brilliant thing to do for a catch up
Ashleigh Allan says
I would try a cupcake bouquet
hindy a. says
These look so cute. Love easter treats!
Deirdre Lee says
Some amazing tools here ... & those cupcakes are definitely getting made <3 <3
Spencer Broadley says
Will try the Chocolate Cupcakes
Daisy says
Thanks, I really enjoyed this recipe!
Allan Smith says
chocolate cakes :D
iain maciver says
a pile of cupcakes
andrea larosa says
these cupcakes are so dainty beautiful and look delicious! , I cant wait to make them
thank you for sharing.
samantha says
Lovely! Simple and yummy recipe. Must try.
bev says
these cupcakes - they look yummy!
Zoe G says
Cupcakes and Carrot cake
StaceyD says
This collection is so inspiring surely the cupcake bouquet .
Sarah Hines says
I would make all my kid's birthday cakes, cupcakes, loads of yummy stuff x
tiggerific1973 says
I would make some cupcakes and make them all pretty with swirls (which I never usually do as I don't have any piping bags!) Thank you for the chance to win x
tiggerific1973 says
I would make some cupcakes and make them all pretty with swirls (which I never usually do as I don't have any piping bags!) Thank you for the chance to win x
DANIELLE VEDMORE says
I love the look of the butterfly cutter so I would make some shortbread biscuits and ice them too :) Fab giveaway ♥
Sarah Maxfield says
So many cupcakes! I'd start with Lemon Meringue Cupcakes though
Tanita Dighton says
Lots and lots of cupcakes with my little boy for his birthday!!! :)
Ann Gwillim says
Not sure as so many choices, probably let the grandchildren chose.
rebecca beesley says
lots of cupcakes and ice them nicely as I've never had decent piping nozzles!
Lynsey Buchanan says
Lots of chocolate cakes
Tracey Peach says
Some lovely chocolate fudge cupcakes xxx
Alison Johnson says
Lots & lots of cakes! I normally just make cupcakes but would be able to up my game & make bigger & better cakes.
Kate B says
Hard to know where to start, but somewhere on the list, I think I'd (attempt) marzipan fruits with the modelling kit. My grandfather used to make them by hand at Christmas time, and I know even my poor efforts would bring back a lot of memories for my mum and her siblings. I'd probably need until Christmas to practice though!
Kelly L says
Cupcakes for my 30th in April!
Gerri Tennant says
I would love to make a varity of iced flowers to make a permanent decoration under a glass dome.
esther james says
Some carrot cupcakes
Becca Staples says
Some cupcakes for my twins birthday party x
Kate Deakin says
I'd bake my husband a birthday cake! He's 47 in May.
Heather Haigh says
Some cupcakes decorated with flowers.
Debbie Creasey says
A birthday cake for my mums 80th.
Lynne McEvoy says
I will be making lemon cupcakes, my favourite.
olivia Kirby says
More of the same! This week we have made scones and ChocBanana cupcakes - the kids love baking and so do I!
June Etherington says
I will be making sponge cakes, fruit cakes, Birthday cakes, cup cakes, scones, Biscuits in fact any cake that takes my fancy.
Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche says
Love these little cupcakes! Simple but effective :)
Clementine Buttercup says
I love this idea for some Easter baking this weekend. The littlies have quite a short attention span in the kitchen so a quick recipe with a pretty but easy decoration will be perfect.
Tracy Nixon says
I would bake a cake for my parents 45th wedding anniversary! Thank you Emily - this baking prize is fabulous!