Wizard’s Hat Cupcakes

Name: Wizard’s Hat Cupcakes
Yield: Makes 12 cupcakes
Ingredients: gold edible glitter; 5-10 ml/1-2 tsp milk; 12 short or 6 long chocolate matchsticks; 90 g/3½ oz/¾ cup self-raising (self-rising) flour; 25 g/1 oz/¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder; 2 eggs, lightly beaten; 15-30 ml/1-2 tbsp milk; 115 g/4 oz/½ cup butter; 115 g/4 oz/scant ¾ cup soft light brown sugar; gel or paste food colouring, blue; 175 g/6 oz ready-to-roll fondant icing, white; 115 g/4 oz/½ cup butter, softened; 225 g/8 oz/2 cups icing (confectioners’) sugar, sifted; 50 g/2 oz plain (semisweet) chocolate

Preparation info

Makes
12
cupcakes

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cupcakes for Kids

By Rosie Anness and Cortina Butler

Published 2014

About

Wizard hats glittering on top of chocolate cupcakes are perfect for a magical party, and chocolate matchsticks make excellent miniature wands. Dark cases produce the best effect with matching hats. We found dark blue cases, but dark purple or green would also look good.

Ingredients

For the Cakes

90 g/3½ oz/¾ cup self-raising (self-rising) flour
25</

Cake
Birthday

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Line a muffin tin (pan) with cupcake cases.
Sift together the flour and the cocoa, and set aside. Cream the butter for a few minutes until soft and pale. Add the sugar and continue to beat until the mixture is pal