Friday 13 April 2012

Easter Cupcakes

Ok, so it may be a little late, but what's Easter without a good recipe. If you're bored of chocolate, this could be your lucky day.


I found this recipe on the Good Food Channel website, and thought they look so nice I'll post it to my blog. Enjoy!


Ingredients


For the cakes:
  • 250 g unsalted butter, softened
  • 250 g caster sugar
  • eggs                                                          
  • 1 tsp natural vanilla extract
  • 185 g self-raising flour
  • 60 g plain flour
  • 185 ml milk
For the icing:
  • 250 g white chocolate chips
  • 300 ml soured cream
  • raspberries or sweets, to decorate
Method
1. For the cakes: preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4. Grease a 12-hole 125ml non-stick muffin tray.

2. Put the butter and sugar in a bowl and beat until pale and creamy. Add the eggs, one at a time, then add the vanilla and beat until well combined. Sift the flours together and fold in while adding the milk. Stir until almost smooth.

3. Divide the mixture between the muffin holes then bake for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and leave to sit for 10 minutes in the tin. Turn the cakes out onto a wire rack to cool.

4. For the icing: while the cakes are cooling put the white chocolate in a bowl over gently simmering water.

5. Once the chocolate has melted stir until smooth and remove from the heat to cool slightly. Gently beat in the sour cream until you have a thick creamy icing.

6. Spread the cooled cakes with the icing and top with raspberries or sweets.

2 comments:

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Yum - they look so delicious.

lovebeautyandgold said... Reply To This Comment

@Clare Actman
I know I may have to make them :)

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