175g Self-raising flour
1½ tsp Baking powder
175g Butter
175g Sugar
3 large Eggs
2 tbsp Milk
1 tsp Vanilla extract
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 180°C. Sift the self-raising flour and baking powder into a large bowl, and then add the butter, caster sugar, eggs, milk and vanilla extract. Beat together until well mixes, do not over mix the mixture. Spoon the mixture equally into the prepared paper cases and bake in the preheated oven for about 20 minutes. Leave to cool in the tin for 5 minutes and lets completely cool on a wire rack.
For Icing:
Butter cream Icing
1cup Butter (softened)
1cup Icing sugar
1tsbp Milk
1/4tsp Vanilla extract
2tbsp Chocolate powder
1/4tsp Strawberry essence
few drops Rose food colour
Tutty fruity pieces
Preparation:
Beat the butter until soft. Add the icing sugar and stir until it’s just mixed in, then add the milk and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy. Divide in two bowls and add chocolate powder in one bowl and add rose food colour and strawberry essence in another bowl...mix well..
Spread the icing thickly with a knife on top of each cupcake and place the tutty fruity pieces over the strawberry icing and springle icing sugar over the chocolate icing..