Queen Elizabeth II was forced to spend her 94th birthday in isolation this year, however, you’ll be pleased to learn she was not without cupcakes.

Not only did the royal pastry chefs at Buckingham Palace whip Liz up a batch of her favourite chocolate patty cakes, but they’ve also shared the recipe so you can bake along at home.

An official post on the Royal Family’s Instagram account read: “Happy birthday to Her Majesty! To celebrate The Queen’s birthday we are sharing a chocolate cupcake recipe from The Royal Pastry Chefs. If you or a loved one are celebrating a special occasion during isolation why not treat yourself to some #royalbakes?”

So, if you’re looking for some royally good cupcakes to celebrate the Queen’s birthday, Mother’s Day or just for a good old fashioned binge, here they are.

The Queen’s Cupcakes
Serves approximately 15

Ingredients for the cake 
15g vinegar
300ml milk
50ml vegetable oil
60g butter (melted and cool)
2 eggs
5ml of vanilla essence
250g of self-raising flour
75 of cocoa powder
300g caster sugar
10g bicarbonate of soda
100g white chocolate chips
Cupcake cases

Buttercream topping
90g of high percentage dark chocolate
100g butter
125g icing sugar
Option to also use Royal icing, instead of buttercream

Sponge cake method

1. Preheat the oven to 150 C.
2. Combine the flour, sugar, cocoa powder and bicarbonate of soda into a mixing bowl.
3. Whisk the eggs in a separate jug, with the vanilla essence, melted butter, oil, milk and vinegar.
4. Slowly add the wet mixture into the dry mixture, little by little. Ensure the batter is smooth with no lumps.
5. Finally add the chocolate chips (alternatives could be nuts, dried fruit).
6. Lay the cupcake cases onto a tray. Use a metal spoon to equally divide the mixture into the cases.
7. Bake for around 15-18 minutes, take out of the oven when golden and springy on touch. Leave to cool.
8. Cream the sugar and butter together, until light and creamy. Add in the warm melted chocolate. If you have a piping bag, pipe the icing on the top of cakes for decoration (otherwise gently use a teaspoon or small spatula to ice).