Tropical Fruit Cupcake
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
50 min.
Preparation
Ingredients
for
12
- For the muffins
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsps Baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 egg
- ⅔ cup sugar
- ⅜ cup sunflower oil
- 1 cup plain Yogurt
- 1 cup crushed Pineapple
- For the icing
- 2 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1 Tbsp water
- To decorate
- colored sugar sprinkles
- 2 Tbsps chopped candied pineapple
Preparation steps
1.
For the muffins: heat the oven to 180°C (160° fan) 350°F gas 4. Place paper cases in a 12 hole muffin tin.
2.
Sift the flour, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda into a mixing bowl.
3.
Lightly whisk together the egg, sugar, oil and yoghurt.
4.
Gently stir into the flour mixture with the pineapple and stir until just combined.
5.
Spoon into the tins and bake for 25 minutes until golden and risen. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then place on a wire rack to cool completely.
6.
For the icing: sift the icing sugar into a bowl and stir in the lemon juice. Beat in just enough water to give a thick coating consistency.
7.
Spread the icing on top of the muffins and sprinkle with the sugar sprinkles. Place a little chopped candied pineapple on each muffin and leave to set.
