Cook Time: 15 - 20 Minutes
What you need
- 125g/4oz Odlums Self Raising Flour
- 125g/4oz Butter or Margarine (room temperature)
- 125g/4oz Shamrock Golden Caster Sugar
- 2 Eggs (room temperature)
- 2 tablespoons Milk
- Few Drops Goodall’s Vanilla Essence
To Decorate
- 125g/4oz Butter (room temperature)
- 225g/8oz Icing Sugar, sieved
- Few Drops Goodall’s Vanilla Essence
- Goodall’s Green Food Colouring
- Green or White Ready to Roll Icing (optional)
Recipe Steps
- Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Line cupcake tin with baking cases.
- Beat the butter/margarine and sugar together until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs, milk and vanilla essence. If mixture starts to curdle, add a little of the flour.
- Gently stir in remaining flour with a spoon. Place spoonfuls of the mixture into the baking cases and bake for 15-20 minutes until firm to the touch.
- Remove from the oven and leave on a wire tray to cool.
- Make buttercream by beating the butter, icing sugar and vanilla essence together until smooth and creamy.
- Gradually add drops of colouring, mixing well until required shade is achieved. Then pipe or swirl icing onto each cupcake.
- If liked, decorate with shamrock shapes. Happy St Patrick’s Day!
Note
For shamrock decorations, roll out green ready to roll icing (or knead a few drops of green food colouring into white ready to roll icing until you reach a vibrant colour). Stamp out shapes using a shamrock cutter, then place on top of each cupcake.
