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Simple cupcakes

  • Time to make: 35 mins
  • Serving: 10 people (makes 10-12)
Ratings: 5.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 125g butter (or use lite olive spread)
  • 125g castor sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 125g self-raising flour
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2-3 tablespoons milk
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Preheat the oven to 200°C.

    2 Put all the ingredients except the milk into a food processor and blitz till smooth. Pulse while adding the milk slowly to make a soft, dropping consistency. (If you don’t have a processor, soften the butter then cream the butter and sugar, add the dry ingredients and then the milk and mix well.)

    3 Divide the mixture between 12 paper cases in a muffin tray. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until the cakes are golden on top.

    4 Cool on a wire rack and when completely cold, ice however takes your or the kids’ fancy.

    HFG tip

    (Recipe adapted from How to be a Domestic Goddess, Nigella Lawson, Chatto', 'Windus 2000)

    These cupcakes make a lovely lunch box treat.

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