Valentine's Day Decorated Cakes
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
55 min.
Preparation
Ingredients
for
12
- For the cupcakes
- 2 ½ cups self-rising flour
- 0.333 cup cocoa powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¾ cup caster sugar
- 1 ½ cups Buttermilk
- 2 eggs
- ⅔ cup butter (melted)
- To decorate
- 1.333 cups cream (48% fat)
- 1 Tbsp powdered sugar
- 1 ½ cups Raspberries
- heart shaped Cookie
Preparation steps
1.
For the cupcakes: heat the oven to 200°C (180° fan) 400°F gas 6. Place paper cases in a 12 hole muffin tin.
2.
Sift the flour, cocoa and bicarbonate of soda into a mixing bowl. Stir in the sugar.
3.
Whisk the buttermilk with the eggs and pour into the dry ingredients. Add the melted butter and fold in gently until just combined. The mixture will be lumpy.
4.
Spoon into the paper cases and bake for 20-25 minutes until risen and springy to the touch. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then place on a wire rack to cool completely.
5.
To decorate: whisk the cream and icing sugar until thick.
6.
Spoon on top of the cakes and arrange raspberries on top. Decorate with the cookies.
