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Courgette cupcakes with pineapple frosting

  • Hands-on time: 20 mins
  • Time to make: 50 mins
  • Serving: 14 people (makes 14)
Ratings: 5.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups flour
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
    • ½ teaspoon baking soda
    • ½ cup castor sugar
    • ½ cup brown sugar
    • 150g reduced-fat spread
    • 2 eggs
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
    • ¼ cup reduced-fat sour cream or low-fat yoghurt
    • 1 ¼ cups grated courgettes
    • Frosting
    • 250g light cream cheese (we used Philadelphia)
    • 2 tablespoons maple syrup
    • ½ cup crushed pineapple, drained
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Preheat oven to 180ºC. Line muffin tin holes with paper cases or lightly grease mini-loaf tins.

    2 Sift flour, salt, cinnamon and baking soda into a bowl and mix together lightly. Set aside.

    3 Beat sugar and spread together. Add eggs one at a time. Stir in vanilla, sour cream and courgettes.

    4 Fold in flour. Spoon into cases or mini-loaf tins and bake for 25-30 minutes or until firm and golden.

    5 Cool completely. To make frosting, beat cream cheese with syrup. Use to ice cakes then top with a dollop of pineapple.

    HFG tip

    These cupcakes freeze well, un-iced.

     

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