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Mother's Day Iced Cupcakes

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2 Reviews

Total Time
50m
Prep Time
25m
Bake Time
25m
Serves 12
Serves 12
easy
Easy

About the bake

These beautiful cupcakes are the perfect gift for mother's day. They are easy to make and the sugar paste floral designs are sure to make your mum feel special.

10 ingredients6 steps

    Method

    1. Step 1

      Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C, gas mark 4) and line a 12 hole cupcake tin with cupcake cases.

    2. Step 2

      Cream together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy, then add the eggs one by one mixing well between each, then add the vanilla bean paste.

    3. Step 3

      Carefully fold in the flour and spoon into the paper cases until they are about 2/3 full. Place in the oven and bake for about 25 minutes until the cakes are golden brown in colour and a skewer comes out clean. Then leave to cool completely.

    4. Step 4

      To decorate, roll out the white icing and using a round biscuit cutter cut discs of the icing, lightly brush the surface of the cupcake with warmed apricot glaze and place the disc of icing on top of the cake. Repeat this with the blue and pink icing for the rest of the cakes.

    5. Step 5

      Using smaller flower or butterfly cutters, or a cutter shape of your choice, cut shapes from the remaining rolled out icing and leave to one side.

    6. Step 6

      Make up the royal icing according to the instructions on the packet then spoon some into a small piping bag with a small round nozzle. You can use this to stick the icing decorations to the cupcakes by piping a small blob onto the icing then placing the decoration on top. You can also use the royal icing to pipe spots onto the coloured icing.

    Ingredients

    • For the cupcakes

      • 250gSilver Spoon Caster Sugar 
      • 250gButter (unsalted) (softened) 
      • 4Egg(s) (free range) (medium) 
      • 1 tbspNielsen-Massey Vanilla Bean Paste 
      • 250gAllinson's Self Raising Flour 
    • For the decoration

      • 250gSugar paste icing (white) 
      • 250gSugar paste icing (pale blue) 
      • 250gSugar paste icing (pale pink) 
      • Silver spoon royal icing sugar 
      • 2 tbspApricot glaze 

    Utensils

    • 12 hole cupcake tin
    • 12 cupcake cases
    • Skewer
    • Cooling rack
    • Rolling pin
    • Round biscuit cutter
    • Pastry brush
    • Assorted biscuit cutters
    • Piping bag
    • Small round nozzle

    2 Baker Ratings

    Cupcakes often disappoint me, but not these! Honestly, these are sooooo good. Even on day three, and so easy to bake with my child helping. Everyone said how good they were! Fluffy, sweet, the right king of moisture. I will always use this recipes from now on. Don’t scrimp the ingredients though. I used eggs from my own chickens and vanilla paste. I think this is where the magic happens. <3

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    So helpful, having never made cupcakes before this is so good, great tips and ideas.

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