Cupcakes are hot now!!! So I made a birthday cake out of cupcakes for my son. He was really delighted when he saw it. A nice change from the usual chocolate cakes (his favourite).
Mix all ingredients in a bowl. Beat at medium speed until mixture is smooth and colour becomes lighter. Fill paper cups to 3/4 full. Bake in moderate oven (180 C/350 F, Gas Mark 4) for about 20 minutes. When cupcakes are cool, top with buttercream and decorate with coloured sugar rice/chocolate bits. Decorate your own design using butter cream. Make a cone with baking papers and cut a small hole at the tip. Fill the cone with buttercream.
Beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. For coloured butter cream, add in the colours to the butter cream.
Strawberry Butter cream : Mix in 3 — 4 tbsp strawberry jam
Chocolate Butter Cream : 5 oz semi sweet chocolate. Melt chocolate for 2-3 mins until soft and creamy. When cool, add into the butter cream and mix well
