Chocolate muffin spider cakes from kslatts

kids can help
Category
Cake and dessert recipes
Serves8
Prep time 15 mins
Cook time25 mins

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Ingredients

50g (2 oz) butter
75g (3 oz) brown sugar
1 egg
100g (4 oz) plain flour
90ml (3 fl oz) milk
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cocoa powder
To Decorate:
4 tbsp Icing sugar
Food colourings
3 liquorice spirals
8 mini marshmallows

Method

1. Preheat oven to 200 C / gas mark 6.
2. Put the butter, sugar, egg and flour into a mixing bowl stir together until well mixed.
3. Sift baking powder and cocoa powder into the bowl. Add the milk and mix together.
4. Use a tbsp to divide mixture into muffin cases.
5. Bake for around 20 to 25 minutes until springy on top.
6. Make icing according to packet and add food colouring of your choice. Cover muffin with icing and while still wet place on 8 liquorice legs. For eyes cut small marshmallow pieces in half and add a drop of black food colouring for the pupils. Then sprinkle chocolate sugar strands on top.

Mumsnetter Reviews

From: kslatts on Thu 05-Nov-09 19:24:53 Overall rating: 0.0



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