Cupcakes for the giver of life

One of my mums favourite sayings is ''you wouldn't be here if it wasn't for me'' and since I sent her some cupcakes for mothers day, she has been hounding me for some more!

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So today i decided to try out a new recipe. It's from Hummingbird Bakery.

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Cupcake Recipe:

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120 g Plain Flour
1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder

40g Unsalted Butter

Pinch of Salt

120 ml whole milk

1 Medium Egg

1/4 tsp Vanilla Extract

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In a mixer blend the sugar, baking powder, salt and butter until it resembles sand.

(I don't have a mixer sob sob, so I did this in my food processor. If you have an overwhelming urge to buy me one, see my wish list ha ha!)

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Add in half the milk and mix.

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Whisk together the egg, vanilla and the rest of the milk and add this in until just combined. Do not over mix.
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Spoon the mixture into cake cases and fill until two thirds full.

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Bake for approx 20 - 25 minutes until light golden and when the sponge bounces back when touched. (Or put in a cocktail stick and if it comes out clean then they are ready)

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Decorate with buttercream icing (recipe below) and sprinkles and / or icing decorations.

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Buttercream Recipe:.

250 g Icing Sugar, sifted

80 g unsalted butter at room temp

25ml whole milk

A few drops of vanilla extract

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Beat the sugar and butter until it's well mixed.

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Add in the vanilla and milk and beat until fluffy.

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The cupcake recipe made enough for 8 standard cupcakes.

The icing recipe gave me enough to add a good sized swirl to each cake.
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Tips:

• 1 tsp is 5ml
  
• It's really hard to cream the butter and sugar by hand so I had to add in the vanilla and some of the milk to help it along. I also only needed to add in 20ml of milk.
  
• Use an ice cream scoop to fill the cases to ensure that all cupcakes are the same size.
  
• Don't worry about using every last drop of the mixture. Only fill 2/3 as they do not dome, they are flat so it will just spill over the edges of the cupcake liner. (I've learnt my lesson)
  
• I used a 1M tip by Wilton
  
• I used sugar flowers that I bought off Ebay.
  

These are filled a bit too much

Use gel food colouring

Disposable icing bagsll the way!

Sugar decorations, kept between layers of kitchen roll

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This is how I wrapped them:

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I hope she likes them!