Mini Chocolate Nest Cupcakes

There is nothing easier than a cupcake. Quick and easy to bake, they also rhyme with afternoon tea, Christmas, Summer time, party, playing and fun. With all the different cases, topping and flavors, they are the little cutie everyone wants!

Easter was only few days ago, so I'm still on time-ish.
Without further ado, from me to you, here are the Mini Chocolate Nest Cupcakes:

Ingredients:

- 125gr soft butter
- 60gr sugar
- 2 eggs
- 125gr flour
- 1 tsp of vanilla extract
- 1 tsp of baking powder
- 1/2 tsp of baking soda
- pinch of salt
- 2 Tbsp of lemon juice (I also added three drops of cooking lemon essential oil)
Some milk to smooth out the dough
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- Dark and milk chocolate
- Corknflakes
- Chocolate eggs

Preheat the oven at 180C and line the cupcake cases in a muffin tin.

Mix all the ingredients together following the order of the ingredients list, pour the dough in the cupcake cases and bake for approximately 20mins.
Let them cool down.

While the cupcakes are in the oven, make the nests.
Melt some chocolate over a double boiler or carefully in the microwave.
Once melted, add cornflakes to the chocolate, and shape the nests with a fork (the fork will allow you to get rid of the excess of chocolate).

Make sure that the nests can hold an egg or two.

Let dry. It took mine roughly 30mins.

Once the cupcakes are cool, pour a little bit of melted chocolate on top and stick a nest over each cupcakes. Add the eggs and let dry few hours to overnight.

I made these the day before for my co-workers.

Happy Easter my little bunnies!

Ben



French version: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jbo2CYoe7b_ZgKn2CFecHHInXsnOpzpwbgPkqHwQtOc/edit?usp=sharing