M&M Mini Cupcakes

I made these cupcakes for my 30th Birthday party.

Ingredients:
125g butter, softened
3/4 cup caster sugar
2 eggs
1 1/4 cups plain flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1/2 cup milk
100g dark chocolate, melted
3/4 cup cream
170g dark chocolate, chopped (extra)
M&Ms

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 160 degrees and line a 24 mini cupcake tin with patty cases.
2. Beat the butter and sugar until light and creamy.
3. Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat well.
4. Sift the flour, baking powder and cocoa powder over the mixture, then fold through until combined.
5. Spoon the mixture into the patty cases so that each case is 2/3 full.
6. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Cool on wire racks.
7. Place cream in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Remove from heat then stir in the chopped dark chocolate. Leave to cool, then spread over each mini cupcake. Place an M&M in the centre of each cupcake to finish.

Adapted from "Double chocolate cupcakes" in Donna Hay. (2007). Simple essentials: chocolate. Pymble, N.S.W.: Harper Collins Publishers Australia.