Strawberry Chocolate Cupcakes

Strawberries are in full flow here in Germany and so I made some strawberry cupcakes at the weekend. Yum!

Ingredients:

125g butter

100g dark chocolate (chopped into pieces)

200g stawberry jam

100g caster sugar

2 large eggs

150g flour

1 tbpsn baking powder

Topping:

100g milk chocolate (chopped into pieces)

75g butter

strawberries (sliced)

• Preheat the oven to gas mark 4 / 180 degrees celsius
• Heat butter in a deep pan. Once the butter is nearly melted add the chocolate and melt. Once melted take off the heat
• Add the jam, sugar and eggs to the melted chocolate and mix well
• Fold in the flour  and baking powder and make sure everything is mixed well
• Pour the mixture into cupcake cases and bake for 25 mins
• Leave to cool for 30 mins

• For the topping: melt butter and then add the milk chocolate. Make sure this is melted and then scoop on the top of each cupcake
• Place a strawberry slice on top
• Leave to set for another 30 mins