Name: Mary Berry's Christmas Chocolate Cupcakes
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 165 g caster sugar; 280 g icing sugar; 3 eggs; 175 g margarine; 1-2 tbsp milk; 1 tsp baking powder; 140 g unsalted butter ((softened)); 40 g cocoa powder; 4 tbsp water (boiled); 115 g self raising four; green food colouring

Mary Berry's Christmas Chocolate Cupcakes

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Mary Berry’s Christmas Chocolate Cupcakes are light, fluffy and topped with festive vanilla buttercream. Great for children to help decorate too!

By: Curlyscooking (via Curlyscooking)

Last Updated: Mar 1, 2026

Prep: 30 mins

Cook: 15 mins

Yields: 12

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 160ºC (fan assisted, 180ºC non fan) and line a cupcake tin with 12 liners and set aside
Add 40g cocoa powder into a bowl and add 4 tbsp boiling water. Mix until it forms a thick paste
Add 3 eggs, 175g margarine, 165g caster sugar, 115g self raising flour and 1 tsp baking powder. Mix until combined
Divide the mix between the cupcake liners. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes until a cocktail stick comes out clean
Leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes or so before allowing to cool completely on a wire rack
When the cupcakes have cooled completely, make the buttercream. Beat the 140g softened butter for a minute or so before adding 280g icing sugar and mixing thoroughly