Milo Cupcakes
Chocolate cupcakes made with Milo powder + cocoa power, topped with Milo frosting and Milo energy cubes - Milo AMAZINGNESS!
Servings 12 cupcakes
Ingredients
For the cupcakes:
- 130 g (1 cup) all-purpose flour, sifted
- 70 g (2/3 cup) Milo
- 12 g (2 tbsp) cocoa powder
- 200 g (1 cup) white sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- 140 ml (1/2 cup + 1 tbsp) warm water
- 140 ml (1/2 cup + 1 tbsp) vegetable oil (or any flavorless oil)
- 2 eggs (at room temperature)
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- Milo energy cubes for topping (optional)
For the frosting:
- 200 ml heavy/whipping cream
- 3 tbsp white sugar
- 35 g 1/4 cup Milo
Instructions
For the cupcakes:
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Preheat the oven to 350 F. Prepare a muffin pan with muffin liners and set aside.
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In a bowl, mix sifted flour, Milo powder, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
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Add warm water, oil, eggs and vanilla extract. Mix using a whisk or a handheld mixer.
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Divide the mixture into the prepared lined muffin pan.
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Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of a cupcake comes out clean.
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Let the cupcakes stay in the pan for 2 minutes before moving them to a cooling rack. Cool completely before frosting.
For the Milo frosting:
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Make sure your bowls, beaters and cream are very cold.
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In a bowl, add beat cream until soft peaks.
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Gradually add sugar while beating. Beat until stiff peaks.
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Gently fold Milo powder.
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Pipe the frosting on top of the cooled cupcakes and decorate as desired. I just added Milo energy cube on top of each cupcakes.
Recipe Notes
TIP: You can keep the whipped frosting in the fridge before decorating your cupcakes. You can also use gelatin to stabilize the frosting. I haven’t used it because there was no available gelatin when I made these.