Easter Egg Nest with Gold Eggs

This is a chocolate base of cupcake topped with tangy lemon frosting and served with mini chocolate eggs. I really like those chocolate eggs. They are Green and Blacks Organic that we get in the UK. I have started to buy lots of Fair Trade Products. My local charity shop, Oxfam is not only a great place to get vintage recipe books but it is a superb source of these fair trade products. They have a great collection of chocolate products ideal for using in cupcakes recipes and a good way to support others fairly in developing countries.
Ingredients
4 oz--110 gm--1/2 cup castor sugar
4 oz--110 gm--1/2 cup butter or margarine
4 oz--110 gm--1 cup self-raising flour
1 tsp of baking powder
2 tablespoons of organic cocoa powder like Green and Blacks or Fair Trade
2 eggs
1 tsp of vanilla essence or 1 pod
1 tablespoon of milk
Method
Cream the butter and sugar
Add the eggs one at a time and beat well
Add the flavourings
Sieve in the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder. Mix
Add milk
Place into cupcake cases. this makes 9 muffin size cupcakes or 14 to 16 small cupcakes.
Cook at gas 5, 375F, 190C, small cupcakes for 10 to 12 minutes, large cupcakes for 20 minutes. Double up quantities for more delicious cupcakes.
Lemon Icing --Frosting
1/2 cup icing sugar mixed with 1/4 cup of butter, when smooth add 1 teaspoon of fresh lemon juice. You can also add the grated rind of the lemon. Mix well till creamy and spread on top of the cupcakes. Top off with crushed flake chocolate and mini chocolate eggs of your choice.
Variations
1. Add Tia Maria instead of vanilla essence for a coffee liqueur cupcake recipe.
2. Add 1 good teaspoon of instant fair trade coffee diluted in 1 tablespoon of water to the mixture instead of the milk for a Coffee cupcake recipe
3 Top off with Chocolate Frosting.
Put 100gm--3 1/2 oz plain dark fair trade chocolate, 2 tablespoons of cream, and 50 gm--2 oz--1/4 cup of butter unsalted and heat gently in a pan until they are melted and then add 100 gm--3 1/2 oz icing sugar and mix well. Spread onto the cupcakes and top off with a coloured chocolate egg.
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