✦ Makes 12 muffin size cupcakes or 24 patty cakes
Ingredients
◇ 125g butter
◇ ½ cup castor sugar
◇ 2 eggs
◇ ½ cup milk
◇ ½ teaspoon vanilla
◇ 2 cups self-raising flour
Method
1. Preheat oven to 180°c fan forced.
2. Cream butter and sugar in electric mixer until light and fluffy.
3. Add vanilla and eggs.
4. Fold in the flour alternately with the milk and mix well.
5. Spoon mixture into cupcake tray and bake for 10 to 15 minutes.
Vanilla Icing
◇ 2 tablespoons soft butter or margarine
◇ 1 ½ cups icing sugar mixture
◇ 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1. Mix together butter and vanilla essence
2. Add icing sugar mixture and mix well.
2. Ice cupcakes.
(The ladybug and bee cupcake in the photo above are made with packet fondant, unfortunately it didn’t taste very nice so I never ate them and iced the rest with the Vanilla Icing and put little flowers on top)
