Vanilla and Chocolate Swirl Cupcakes

To make these I used a mix of two different packet cupcakes, Greens Classic Vanilla and Betty Crocker Chocolate Cupcake Mix.

Green's Classic Vanilla Cupcakes

Cupcakes

• 2 eggs
• 125ml milk
• 3 tablespoons butter

Icing

• 3 tablespoons butter 

Betty Crocker Chocolate Cupcake Mix

Cupcakes

• 2 eggs
• 125ml milk
• 3 tablespoons butter

Icing 

• Provided already made 

Preheat oven to 180C, then line your muffin/ cupcake tray with any of the patty cases provided. To create these cupcakes, we first need to make both of the mixtures.

Starting with the Green's Classic Vanilla Cupcakes, place cupcake mix, 2 eggs, 125ml of milk and 3 tablespoons of butter into a mixing bowl. Using an electric mixer, mix on low speed until all ingredients have been combined. Then mix on medium speed for two minutes to create a smooth batter. 

I wanted to use the vanilla cupcake mix as my main flavour and have the chocolate swirl through it however, you can have it the other way around. Because I am using the vanilla as my base I divided the Vanilla batter evenly into the 12 patty cases, leaving more room in the cases than usual.

Following the same method, make the Betty Crocker Chocolate Cupcake Mix. Once the batter has been made, drop a large teaspoon of chocolate mixture into the vanilla mixture. To create the swirl effect using a skewer, gently mix the chocolate mixture into the vanilla. However, do not mix it too much or else they will mix together completely and not have a swirl effect. 

To ice the cupcakes I used the vanilla icing with red food colouring, but you can chose to use any. To make this, empty the icing packet into a small bowl along with the 3 tablespoons of butter. Using an electric mixer, mix on low speed until the ingredients have been combined. Then I added red food colouring and mixed on  medium speed for another two minutes, until the icing is smooth. To decorate the cupcakes i spread on the icing using a knife, then I added some sprinkles.