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Thursday 17 January 2013

Vanilla Cupcakes

A very simple recipe - that makes oh so cute cupcakes!!

4 med eggs
250g butter at room temperature
250g caster sugar
250g self raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
seeds from  half a vanilla pod, or 1tsp vanilla extract


Mix all the above together until smooth and creamy. Fill muffin cases 2/3rds full with mixture, smooth tops and bake at 180 for 12-14 mins until golden and a skewer inserted in middle comes out clean. Leave to cool.

For Icing, mix 500g of sifted icing sugar with 160g butter and 2 tbsp of milk and seeds from other half of vanilla pod or vanilla extract. Beat until smooth, then add colouring if required, and pipe or smooth onto cakes and decorate!


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