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).
CUPCAKE RECIPE
- 120g butter
- 3/4 cup caster sugar (less one tablespoon)
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 cup self-raising flour
- 1/2 cup milk
- paper cups for 12 hole deep patty pans
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.
BUTTER CREAM ICING
- 4 oz / 120 g butter
- 1 1/4 cup icing sugar
- Food colour (pink and blue)
- coloured sugar rice/chocolate bits
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
