Cupcakes make people happy

Bake your own happiness

Ingredients

• 110g butter, softened
• 110g caster sugar
• 110g plain flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp salt
• 2 medium eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extrac

 

 Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180C. Line a muffin tin with paper cases.
2. Put the butter and sugar in a bowl and beat until pale and fluffy.
3. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into the bowl.
4. Beat the eggs and vanilla and add to the bowl. Beat until just combined.
5. Spoon the mixture into the paper cases.
6. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes until risen, golden and firm to the touch.
7. Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

 Flavours

Raspberry and Chocolate Cupcakes
Fill each cake with 1 tsp seedless raspberry jam and ice with chocolate buttercream.




Caramel Cupcakes


Fill each with 1 tsp dulche de leche, ice with a single quantity of vanilla buttercream and top with sliced banana




Chocolate Cream Cupcakes

Mix 75g mascarpone with 2 tbsp double cream and quarter tsp vanilla. Put 1 tsp of this in the centre of each cupcake. Ice with chocolate buttercream.