Fathers day cupcakes - recipe
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Prepare
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Serves
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Cook
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Skill
Easy
Ingredients
For the cakes
- 150 g Butter (unsalted) At room temperature
- 150 g Unrefined golden caster sugar
- 3 Egg(s) (free range) beaten
- 125 g Self-raising white flour
- 25 g Cocoa powder
For the icing and decoration
- 50 g Butter (unsalted)
- 175 g Icing sugar
- 1 tbsp Cocoa powder
- Green food colouring
- 4 tbsp Unrefined golden granulated sugar
- 150 g White sugar paste icing
- Chocolate letters and numbers
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Heat the oven to 180°C, (fan 160°C, gas mark 4). Line a cup cake tray with 12 paper cupcake cases.
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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)
- 150g Unrefined golden caster sugar
- 3 Egg(s) (free range) beaten
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Stir in the flour and cocoa powder until smooth. Place heaped dessert spoons in each cupcake case and bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown and just firm to the touch. Allow the cupcakes to cool completely.
For this step you'll need:
- 125g Self-raising white flour
- 1 tbsp Cocoa powder
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To make the butter cream; mix the butter and icing sugar together until light and fluffy adding a drop of boiling water if necessary. Divide in half and beat cocoa powder to one bowl to make the chocolate icing.
For this step you'll need:
- 50g Butter (unsalted)
- 175g Icing sugar
- 1 tbsp Cocoa powder
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To make the golfing cupcakes: Spread the cakes with white butter cream. Mix a little green food colouring into two tablespoons of sugar and mix until the colour is even. Sprinkle over the icing. Roll small balls of white sugar paste icing then using the end of a paintbrush make the dimples over the balls and place on the cake.
For this step you'll need:
- 150g White sugar paste icing
- Green food colouring
- 2 tbsp Unrefined golden granulated sugar
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To make No.1 Dad cupcakes: Spread the cupcakes with chocolate butter icing and decorate with chocolate letters and numbers.
For this step you'll need:
- Chocolate letters and numbers
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To make the football cupcakes: Spread the cupcakes with chocolate butter icing. Roll balls of white sugar paste icing and cut in half and place on the cakes. Decorate with a little left over green coloured granulated sugar. The cakes will keep for 3-4 days in a cake tin.
For this step you'll need:
- 2 tbsp Unrefined golden granulated sugar
- Green food colouring
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