Kids cupcakes - recipe
-
Prepare
-
Serves
12 -
Cook
-
Skill
Medium
Ingredients
For the cupcakes
- 150 g Plain white flour
- 150 g Unrefined golden caster sugar
- ½ tsp Baking powder
- 3 Egg(s) (free range) beaten
- 150 g Butter (unsalted) room temperature
- 1 Orange zest
For the decorations
- 250 g Fondant icing sugar
- Food colouring various colours
- 225 g White sugar paste icing
- Jelly sweets
- Liquorice 1 thin strip
Find similar in:
-
1
Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan, gas mark 4). Line a cup cake tin with 12 paper cupcake cases.
-
2
Place the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat with a wooden spoon or electric mixer until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs a little at a time until smooth, adding a little flour if the mixture curdles.
For this step you'll need:
- 150g Butter (unsalted) room temperature
- 150g Unrefined golden caster sugar
- 3 Egg(s) (free range) beaten
-
3
Stir in the flour, baking powder and orange zest until smooth.
For this step you'll need:
- 150g Plain white flour
- ½tsp Baking powder
- 1 Orange zest
-
4
Place heaped dessertspoon full in each cupcake case and bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown and just firm to the touch.
-
5
For the icing, sift the royal icing sugar into a bowl and beat in just enough water until smooth and thick.
For this step you'll need:
- 250g Fondant icing sugar
-
6
Divide the mixture into smaller bowls and stir a few drops of your chosen food colouring into each bowl, leaving one bowl of icing white.
For this step you'll need:
- Food colouring various colours
-
7
Spoon the icing onto the cool cakes and spread to give a smooth coating.
-
8
Roll out the brown sugarpaste and cut out figure shapes with a small gingerbread man cutter. Use the scraps to make bun shapes. Attach to the cakes before the icing sets.
-
9
Roll out the white sugarpaste and cut out stars, snowflakes, candy canes and icing for the sugarpaste buns. Attach to the cakes before the icing sets.
For this step you'll need:
- 225g White sugar paste icing
-
10
Cut small pieces of liquorice for the gingerbread men eyes and mouths. Brush the candy canes with stripes of red food colouring. Attach the sweets to the remaining cupcakes
For this step you'll need:
- Liquorice 1 thin strip
- Jelly sweets