Rocky Road Cupcake

I made these as congratulations cakes for my little sister when she got her GCSE results. They are delicious and you can change the toppings to suit your tastes. I used mini marshmallows and honeycomb pieces, with dark chocolate drizzled over the top.

Ingredients
140g margarine
140g caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
3 eggs, lightly beaten
150g self raising flour
55g cocoa powder
Toppings
1 amount of chocolate buttercream http://12557keepcalmandbakeon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/chocolate-buttercream.html
85g mini marshmallows
40g honeycomb pieces
55g chocolate (any variety), melted

Method
1) Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C, 350F or gas mark 4.
2) Line a 12 hole muffin tin with paper cases.
3) Beat together the margarine and sugar until fluffy, then add the vanilla essence.
4) Gradually beat in the eggs, then sift in the flour and cocoa, and fold into the mixture.
5) Divide the mixture between the cases.
6) Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes. Then transfer to a wire rack to cool.
7) Once cooled pipe the buttercream on top of the cakes, try to create a flat top because it will allow you to put more toppings onto the cake.
8) Sprinkle your toppings onto your cakes, gently pressing any toppings which look as if they may fall off.
9) Drizzle with the melted chocolate and leave to set. (this is very important as it holds your toppings onto the top of your cakes.)
10) Finally ... ENJOY