Blue Winter Cupcakes
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Difficulty:
moderate
Difficulty
Preparation:
1 hr 15 min.
Preparation
Ingredients
for
12
- For the cakes
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tsps Baking powder
- ½ cup superfine caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- ⅜ cup sunflower oil
- 1 cup milk
- ⅔ cup Blueberries
- For the topping
- ¾ cup unsalted butter
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 pinch cream of tartar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- blue Food coloring (or powder)
- To decorate
- blue Decorative sugar crystals
- Chocolate star
Preparation steps
1.
For the cakes: heat the oven to 190°C (170° fan) 375°F gas 5. Place paper cases in a 12 hole bun tin.
2.
Sift the flour, cinnamon and baking powder into a mixing bowl. Stir in the sugar.
3.
Whisk together the eggs and oil until frothy, then slowly whisk in the milk. Stir into the dry ingredients until just blended. Gently stir in the blueberries.
4.
Spoon into the paper cases and bake for about 20 minutes until risen and springy to the touch. Cool in the tins for 5 minutes, then place on a wire rack to cool completely.
5.
For the topping: beat the butter in a bowl until very soft. Sift in the icing sugar and cream of tartar and beat well. Beat in the vanilla.
6.
Put half the mixture into another bowl and stir in a little food colouring until blended.
7.
Spoon both mixtures into 2 separate piping bags and pipe on top of the cakes.
8.
Sprinkle the vanilla topping with sparkle sugar and the blue topping with chocolate stars.
