Glazed Sweet Potato and Orange Cupcakes
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
1 hr
Preparation
Ingredients
for
12
- For the cupcakes
- ½ cup butter
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1 large Sweet potato (cooked and mashed)
- 2 large eggs (beaten)
- 2 cups self-rising flour
- ½ tsp Baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tsp Mixed spice
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 unwaxed Orange (finely grated zest)
- For the icing
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 unwaxed Orange (juice and zest cut into matchsticks)
- To decorate
- sliced almonds
Preparation steps
1.
For the cupcakes: heat the oven to 180°C (160° fan) 350°F gas 4. Place paper cases in a 12 hole muffin tin.
2.
Beat together the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in the mashed sweet potatoes, followed by the eggs.
3.
Sift in the flour, baking powder, salt and spice and gently fold into the mixture. Stir in the vanilla and orange zest.
4.
Spoon into the paper cases and bake for 20-25 minutes until golden and firm to the touch. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then place on a wire rack to cool completely.
5.
For the icing: sift the icing sugar into a bowl and add just enough orange juice to make a smooth thick icing.
6.
Spoon onto the cakes and sprinkle with orange matchsticks. Decoarte with flaked almonds and leave to set.
