Cupcakes

Lovely Cupcakes

Ingredients:

125 gram unsalted butter

1 cup caster sugar

3 eggs

1 1/2 cups plain flour

1 tsp baking powder

3/4 cup milk

Icing

50 gram unsalted butter

2 cups icing sugar

2 tbs milk

1001 or marshmallows to decorate

Preheat oven to 180°C. Place cupcake papers in two 12-hole cupcake trays. Beat butter until pale in colour and creamy. Add sugar slowly and mix well. Add the eggs one at a time. Add the vanilla essence and beat until combined.

Sift flour and baking powder and add half to butter mixture with half the milk, mix well. Repeat with remaining flour and milk.

Fill cupcake papers ¾ full (an ice cream scoop is perfect for this). Bake larger cupcakes for 20-25 minutes and smaller cupcakes for about 15 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the middle of a cupcake comes out clean. Transfer to wire racks and allow to cool completely.

Icing
Cream butter until pale and smooth. Add the milk and half the sifted icing sugar. Beat until well combined. Add the remaining icing sugar and beat until mixture is light and fluffy. The mixture should be a spreadable paste; if it is too dry add some more milk, if too wet add more icing sugar.

You can also add some flavoring like chocolate, vanilla or lemon.

GOOD LUCK!

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