Raspberry and Chocolate Cream Cupcakes Recipe
These English Summer Garden Cupcakes are so much fun to bake and decorate and we guarantee your kids will absolutely love and devour them! They'll be even more fun to eat if you're able to take the kids and pick all your own raspberries.
Here's what you'll need to make these scrummy cupcakes (makes 12 cupcakes) -
Ingredients { for the cupcakes }
150g (5½oz) baking margerine (such as stork)
150g (5½oz) caster sugar
3 medium range eggs (beaten)
1 TSP vanilla extract
150g (4½oz) self raising flour
6-8 drops lavendar oil
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 180°C/Gas Mark 4 and line a 12 hole muffin tin with cupcake cases
2. Cream together the margerine and caster sugar until soft, light and fluffy
3. Beat eggs and add gradually (so not to curdle) to the creamed mixture – stir in the lavender oil followed by the flour and mix until well incorporated (don't over beat) also check the flavour of your lavendar and perhaps add a bit more if you prefer
4. Spoon the mixture into each paper case and place your tray into the centre of the oven. bake for 18-20 minutes
6. After taking your cupcakes out of the oven transfer to a wire rack to cool
Ingredients { for the frosting }
200g (9oz) unsalted butter
300G (11oz) icing sugar
2 tbsp rose water
Red food colouring
Instructions
1. cream the butter and trex together and gradually fold in the icing sugar adding a little rose water
2. Separate your butter cream when ready and add red food colouring to one half of the mixture
3. Insert a star nozzle into a dual piping bag and spoon plain frosting into one side of your piping bag and pink into the other half
3. Pipe the frosting on top of each cake and place a fresh raspberry on top
Tips:
YOU CAN EASILY USE AN ORDINARY PIPING BAG JUST BY USING A PALLET KNIFE TO ADD BUTTERCREAM TO EACH SIDE OF THE BAG AND SQUEEZE THE BAG A LITTLE TO PRODUCE A TWO-TONE EFFECT.
YOU CAN EASILY USE AN ORDINARY PIPING BAG JUST BY USING A PALLET KNIFE TO ADD BUTTERCREAM TO EACH SIDE OF THE BAG AND SQUEEZE THE BAG A LITTLE TO PRODUCE A TWO-TONE EFFECT.