January 29, 2020
Galaxy Chocolate Cupcakes!
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Yummy Galaxy Chocolate Cupcakes with a Chocolate Cupcake Sponge, Galaxy Chocolate Buttercream Frosting. GALAXY HEAVEN!
Galaxy = yum. Chocolate = yum. Cupcakes = yum. Galaxy Chocolate Cupcakes?! Oh holy moly yum! I just can’t really cope with how good they are. Like, I am so proud of the photos of these cupcakes, because I think it shows how good these cupcakes are.
I thought these cupcakes deserved a good start, and that paragraph I think sums them up nicely. I am obsessed with them. They’re delicious, so chocolatey and heavenly. How many times can I say that before it gets boring?! Honestly?
Anyway… the cupcakes. I decided to use my standard brown sugar chocolate cupcake sponge. It’s an easy basic sponge, plus cocoa powder. They’re still light and delicious, and I use them in so many recipes – including my Toblerone Cupcakes!
If you wanted a richer and more indulgent cupcake mix however – I one hundred percent recommend using my Chocolate Fudge Cupcake recipe. They’re gooey, so fudgey, and purely epic. However, I understand that not everyone wants to go through that faff of the recipe, so I went for a basic on for these bad boys!
As usual I used my all time favourite baking cups from Iced Jems. The good thing about them is that they’re so easy to use, and she sells so many of them there is always ones to suit your theme! I used the brown polka dot baking cups as the brown colour fit the chocolate theme!
Like me, you can put some chopped galaxy throughout the cupcake – but its completely optional. You have enough galaxy in the buttercream and decoration that you definitely don’t need it – but I just love going a little overboard on a flavour theme! As you all well know…
As you can get the darker galaxy collection now, I used half of that and half of the regular galaxy in the buttercream frosting, but either work perfectly. It’s why the buttercream frosting is slightly darker – but don’t worry.. it tastes perfectly like Galaxy still!
I used my favourite 2D closed star piping tip for the frosting – as I am just obsessed with the swirl it creates. a 1M open star piping tip also works really well though. I always use ‘medium’ size piping tips in general, apart from a couple which are large.
I sometimes get comments saying how are my swirls so good, when others come out looking a bit like spaghetti, and that’s because a lot of piping tips that are sold in places such as supermarkets are much much smaller than the ones I use.
For the decoration I use a couple of chunks of galaxy chocolate, a galaxy counter, and my favourite bronze crunch sprinkles. I was going to do a drizzle of galaxy chocolate… but I might have eaten the spare required for that job. My bad.
ENJOY THESE BEAUTIES! x
Galaxy Chocolate Cupcakes!
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 150 g Unsalted Butter/Stork
- 150 g Light Brown Sugar
- 120 g Self Raising Flour
- 30 g Cocoa Powder
- 3 Medium Eggs
- 100 g Galaxy Chocolate (chopped)
Buttercream
- 150 g Unsalted Butter (not stork)
- 300 g Icing Sugar
- 175 g Galaxy Chocolate (melted)
Decoration
- Galaxy Chocolate
- Galaxy Counters
- Sprinkles
Instructions
For the Cupcakes
- Preheat your oven to 180C/160C Fan, and get your 12 cupcake cases ready.
- Beat together your butter and sugar, until light and fluffy.
- Add in the flour, cocoa powder and eggs and beat until a lovely cake mix is formed!
- Fold through the chopped galaxy chocolate!
- Split evenly between the 12 cases, and bake in the oven for 17-20 minutes. I bake mine for 18 minutes!
- Once baked, leave to cool fully.
For the Buttercream
- Make sure your unsalted butter (not stork) is at room temp.
- Beat your butter until smooth.
- Add in the icing sugar and beat again!
- Add in your melted galaxy chocolate and beat till a lovely buttercream is made. If it's a little stiff, add in 1-2tbsp of boiling water. Only do this is essential!
For the Decoration
- Pipe your buttercream onto the cupcakes with your favourite piping tip - I use a 2D closed star piping tip.
- Add on some galaxy chocolate - I did two chunks of galaxy chocolate and a galaxy counter per cake, and then sprinkled on my favourite sprinkles.
- ENJOY!
Notes
- These cupcakes will last for 3 days once made!
- I used a mix of regular galaxy and darker galaxy for the buttercream - but that's optional!
- I recommend using the brown polka dot baking cups for these!
- And I recommend using a 2D closed star piping tip.
ENJOY!
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Hello! Love all your recipes. I am looking at making these but instead miniature cupcakes (like canope/bite size).
How many mini cupcakes do you think this recipe would make and how long would they need to be in the oven?
Thank you!
How long should I wait to add the melted chocolate to the buttercream? So excited to make these!
can i make these galaxy cupcakes into gluton free
Hi Jane
With the stork butter for the cupcakes do you leave it at room temperature or can you use it out of fridge?
Thanks Claire
Hey, for the sponge it can be out of the fridge x
Hello Jane! Would you be able to use another chocolate like dairy milk or lindt for the sponge? Thank you and have a nice day 🤍
Hey! Yes most should work, thank youuu and you xx
Hi Jane,
Love these cup cake but do u use a beater attachment or wisk attachment to make cake mix. Thanks Claire
I always use a beater to make cupcake batter and buttercream, never the whisk x
I was scrolling this afternoon looking for a quick cupcake recipe to make with my children and came across these beauties!! Really easy to make and taste super delicious and I haven’t put the topping on yet!
Hey! Yayy I am so pleased you all enjoyed them xx
Hi Jane, what cocoa powder do you recommend for your chocolate cakes? I wouldn’t want the rich creaminess of the galaxy chocolate to be taken away with an over powering bitter cocoa powder.
I use Barry cacao 100% – but I find it is delicious so doesn’t over power x
Hi Jane, I made these for a friend and they went down really well. My question is how do I adapt the recipe for a 10″ square cake tin? Would I be able to adapt the galaxy buttercream to a fudge cake frosting?
Hiya! So I normally say one batch of cupcakes makes 1x 8″ round cake – so a 10″ square I would actually double the recipe (not sure on bake time though but maybe like an hour at 150fan? x
Hi I’ve made these before and making these again now. But I don’t have any galaxy chocolate for the buttercream could I make this with normal milk chocolate? Hopefully you will seen this soon. Many thanks.
Yes you can! X
Ive these for my kids a few times now and they love them….can i make them gluten free by changing the flour and using xantham gum? Would it work ok? Thanks Gill
Yes!! As long as you double check all other ingredients as well obviously it works perfectly! x
My dad isn’t a huge chocolate fan but he does enjoy a galaxy chocolate bar. I made these for him for Fathers Day and he was very happy with them.
Hi. I doubled the buttercream mixture to decorate a cake. Added 1 tablespoon of boiling water and the buttercream separated. What did I do wrong? I normally would use milk in buttercream but used water this time and it was a disaster!
How can I change the ingredients to cake a birthday galaxy cake rather than cup cakes
I usually say one batch of cupcakes makes one 8″ cake that takes about 35 minutes to bake x
Jane, I don’t know what I’m doing wrong, my buttercream on these is so much lighter than yours every time I make them. Can I substitute some of the icing sugar for Cocoa to make it darker? Would 20g do it?
You can do, but all photos will look a bit different to the end result, and as mentioned I used some of the darker collection in the buttercream as its what I had so that will have done it. x
I loved the recipe, I really like brown sugar but I never tried it on the cupcake. I will make the recipe and it will surely be successful !! Thank you!
Hi Jane,
I was wondering if i could leave out the galaxy chunks since i just want a plain chocolate cake recipe.
Yes you can!! x
These look amazing!
I want to make this into a birthday cake tomorrow in 3 9 inch tins would I still just triple the recipe and do you have an idea how long I would have to cook for thank you!!
Unfortunately I don’t usually bake 9″ cakes so I am insure on timings I am afraid, but yes I would say at least triple it, maybe even x4?
Hi Jane recipe looks amazing! I was looking to bake these but in a 3 8inch cake tins. I was wondering would I need to triple the ingredients please? If yes would that also be for the buttercream if I was to cover the sides and have inside too please? Thank you xx
Yes tripling would be good – bake the layers for about 35 minutes! And 3x buttercream would be good! x
Hi Jane!
I’ve just made these cupcakes, haven’t tried them yet but they look good. 🤞🏽 Just wondering if I can save the leftover buttercream? If so, how would I store it?
There is so much left over I just can’t bring myself to throw it away. Not too sure why so much leftover, though I’ve a feeling it’s because I’m so rubbish at piping cupcakes! 🤦🏼♀️
You can keep buttercream in the fridge for two weeks, or freeze for three months! Both ways the buttercream needs bringing back to room temperature and then re-mixing! X
Hi, I love all your recipes! What if you only wanted to make 6?
You can try and half the recipe but because of the eggs I usually say it’s easier to use 2/3 of the recipe (so a two egg mix) and just put a bit more mix in each cupcake, or have 1-2 spare cupcakes!
Hi Jane can you freeze the sponge once you have baked it?
Yes!!
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Ive made these galaxy cupcakes today, smell and look delicious , thank you for sharing your recipes,👍👌
Fabulous recipe, thank you! I used a mix of galaxy and the darker galaxy for the icing and it was yummy!
Also I didn’t have any brown sugar so just used caster sugar and it still worked well 🙂
Just wondering, with the chopped galaxy in the cupcake, how finely do you chop?
I chop don’t chop the pieces that finely really, about 1cm pieces I guess?!
Hi Jane I was wondering if you have a recipe using fresh cream instead of butter cream that would still give me the effect you have for the galaxy cup cakes. My family aren’t keen on butter cream.
Thanks
Just whip 300ml double cream with 2tbsp of icing sugar!
Hi Jane, if I just wanted to make 4, what would be recipe? Like how many eggs etc? Xx
Use 1/3 of the recipe – so one egg!
Could i use Galaxy Carmel for inside the cupcake and for decoration? xx
Yes! x
Hey! I’ve used this recipe before for cupcakes how would I make this a three layer cake made in 7inch tins. This is for a birthday on Saturday?
Hi Jane!
I’ve done a few of your amazing cheese cakes recently, however this weekend I’m attempting a 3 tier cake, and I’d love to use this galaxy buttercream, how much of each ingredient would I need please for a 3 tier cake?
Thanks in advance xx
Hiya – that depends on if you are just filling the layers, or the sides as well. But probably 3x!
Sides as well!.. thank you! 3x it is!
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I absolutely love this recipe! Make it every week 😋 my question is could it be changed from cupcakes to a 2 tier cake?
Ahh yay! Yes you can – I usually say one batch of cupcakes makes one layer of an 8″ cake!
Absolutely loved these! When I made the buttercream, it was really runny. It kept dripping out the piping bag, was my butter too soft maybe? Thank you, molly x
What type of butter did you use? xx
Most likely the wrong one 😂 I’d used a block of unbranded unsalted butter for the main recipe but I’d run out of what I had been using by the time I got to the buttercream. I ended up using a Lurpak spread but it was sooo soft! Like, runny soft. X
Hey! Yes that will have been the problem – you must use block unsalted butter for buttercream! If anything, lurpack would work for the sponge, but it’s too soft for buttercream! sorry!! x
Love them my first batch I doubled the recipe popped them in the oven then realised I had only put 3 eggs in 🙈🙈🙈 2nd attempt worked much better xx
Hahah oh gosh!! I’m glad the second batch worked well! x
I can even begin on these recipes. They are fool proof! And so so delicious!
I would love to make this into a 3 layer cake, what amount do you advise multiplying the recipe by? thanks x
I made these and they were absolutely delicious, everyone loved them! I’m just wondering how you got the colour of your icing to be such a wonderful dark colour, I followed the recipe as above and mine just looked a little pale but then maybe it’s just the difference of the photographs or something?
Hey! No as mentioned on the post I used some of the darker collection of galaxy which is why it’s darker! x
Hi, stupid question perhaps but if I wanted to half the recipe, how many eggs would I need to use?
You can easily either do 1/3, or 2/3, but half is hard. A full batch uses three eggs, so you can’t really use 1.5 eggs.
Ok, thank you. I tried the recipe today but used dairy milk chocolate instead of galaxy as I didn’t have any and it was lovely – thank you! x
Hi Jane, could you please let me know whether this recipe would be suitable for a tray bake (30x20cm tin)?
Hey – you can do, but the ingredients will change quite a lot – have a look at my G&T traybake for a guide of ingredient amounts.
Love this recipe if I wanted to make 18 though could I just half the ingredients and add them to the original recipe ? Thank you! xx
Yes!|!
Made these!! Another fab recipe!!
Amazing 😋
Hi Jane, I love all your recipes you are truly amazing, I am just wondering where you buy your galaxy dark chocolate?
I’ve bought it in Tesco before, but you can buy it online!
Cooking these ASAP. Can I replace the s/r flour with gluten free s/r flour. X
Yes you can!
Can’t wait to try these Jane, thank you for all your lovely recipes they are always delicious xx
Ahh thank you so much!! xx