The Recipe Post #7: Buttercake Cupcakes
I can’t
believe these photos have been sitting waiting to be blogged for so long… Andy
and I made them on Valentine’s weekend, oops!
Anyway, they
were so yummy, and the most simple cupcakes. If you want simple, tasty cakes,
keep on reading. The recipe is based on one from a Women’s Weekly baking book I
found on my mum’s bookshelf a while ago.
To make 8,
you will need:
150g
self-raising flour
90g butter,
softened
1tsp vanilla
extract
110g caster
sugar
2 eggs
2tbsp milk
For the
buttercream
- This made FAR more than we used, so feel
free to cut it back a little -
125g butter,
softened
240g icing
sugar
2tbsp milk
Preheat oven
to 160C for a fan oven. Line 8 holes of a muffin pan with paper cases and set
aside.
Sift flour
into a small bowl, add the remaining ingredients and beat with an electric
mixer on a low speed until combined. Increase the speed to medium and beat
until the mixture is smooth and pale.
Divide the
mixture between the paper cases. Bake for about 20 minutes, leave to stand for
5 minutes, and then move onto a wire rack to cool. Ours rose far more than
expected, and had fairly crispy tops. We all enjoyed that, but you may want to
bake them for a slightly shorter time.
To make the
buttercream, beat the butter in a small bowl with an electric mixer until as
white as possible. Beat in sifted icing sugar, and the milk, in two batches.
Ice cakes
once fully cool. We added on some Haribo hearts (and an egg as we ran out),
because why the devil not?
What’s your
favourite simple cake recipe?
These look so yummy! Lovely post xo
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These look so wonderfully light and fluffy! Beautiful cakes. Love that you put Haribo on them.
ReplyDeleteKatie <3