EAT ME cupcakes
This is a sponge cupcake with pink icing on top. It is wonderful and yummy, and this makes 18 cupcakes!
Ingredients
Makes: 18 cupcakes
- For the cupcakes
- 225g softened butter
- 200g caster sugar
- 256g self-raising flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 4 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- For the icing
- 375g icing sugar, sifted
- 225g butter, softened
- 1 pinch salt
- pink food colouring
- chocolate stars and edible glitter
Method
Prep:30min ›
Cook:20min ›
Extra time:15min cooling ›
Ready in:1hr5min
- Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Place 18 cupcake cases into a muffin tin.
- In a large bowl, combine all the cupcake ingredients, until smooth and pale, 2 to 3 minutes, using a electric mixer. Spoon batter into cake cases.
- Bake for about 20 minutes. Remove from oven leave for 5 minutes, then place on a cooling rack to cool.
- For icing, cream together the icing sugar, 225g butter and salt until smooth and pale. Add a couple of drops of food colouring and mix well. Spread the icing liberally onto the cooled cupcakes and add chocolate stars and edible glitter.
Tip
Don't put too much food colouring in the icing mix!
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Reviews & ratings
Average global rating:
(3)
Reviews in English (3)
These were so fluffy and moist, lovely. Next time though, I'd use half the amount of sugar in the cupcakes because they were very sweet! - 13 Oct 2011
the cupcakes were good but the icing came out horrible so i had no icing which didnt taste good - 02 Jan 2013
hope you enjoy !!!!! - 30 Oct 2010