Hello Cupcake
Big news. Joanna Zhou cupcake cases have arrived and are now available at a shop near you (or online just click here)
By way of celebration we’re devoting today to all things bakey and cakey.
So if you fancy yourself as a bit of a Delia or Nigella then grab your bowl, wave your whisk and get ready to whip up some tasty treats.
You will need…
For the cakes – 2 large eggs, 1 tsp vanilla essence, 125g/4oz caster sugar, 125g/4oz soft margarine, 125g/4oz self-raising flour
To make them look lovely – 25g/1oz softened butter, 45g/1¾oz icing sugar, food colouring, sprinkles or sweets
All you have to do is…
1. Heat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Put all the ingredients in a bowl and beat them together (with a whisk) until there are no lumps.
2. Line a cupcake tin with momiji cupcake cases (hyperlink this) and half-fill each case with the cake mixture
3. Cook the cakes for 18-20 minutes until they are golden brown and nice and springy!
4. Leave them cupcakes to cool
5. In the meantime you can make the lovely buttercream. Sift the icing sugar into a bowl and add the butter, then beat it with a wooden spoon until the two are mixed together. Just a few drops of food colouring, whatever you fancy. Go easy though, you won’t need much.
6. All you need to do now is cover each cupcake with the buttercream and decorate with sprinkles or sweets (or both…)
7. Then lastly but not leastly put a Joanna Zhou cupcake flag into the middle of each cake and tad-ah! Perfection.
Take a picture of you and your cupcakes on cupcake Tuesday and send it to us. The person with the best picture will receive a surprise prize.
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