BIRTHDAY CUPCAKES!

So it's been a month since i last posted, Wow. I've spent the last month pretty much doing nothing, but i'm going to schedule this post to when it should have been posted, but shhhh!  Moving on... it was my Mums Birthday on the 26th and being unorganised i forgot to buy a cake. So me and my sister made these yummy Birthday Cupcakes! The recipe makes 14, to spell out H-A-P-P-Y  B-I-R-T-H-D-A-Y-!

Ingredients

170g of Butter

170g Caster Sugar

170g Self-Raising Flour

3 Eggs

A little Vanilla Essence
Strawberry Jam

Method

001. Preheat oven to 180°C /350°F/Gas Mark 4. Fill your Cupcake Baking Tray with your Cupcake Cases.

002. Cream your Butter, Vanilla Essence and Caster Sugar together in a mixing bowl and add the Egg. 

003. Gradually sieve in the Flour whilst mixing all the ingredients. The mixture should be smooth, if not add a little milk. 

004. Equally divide the mixture into your Cupcake cases and place your Tray into the Oven.

005. Bake for 10-15 minutes, until nice and golden brown! Stick a fork through one of the Cupcakes to check it's cooked through, the fork should come out clean when inserted into the centre. 

006. Leave to cool on a rack for a while, to prepare for icing. 

007. Carefully cut out the top off the Cupcakes and fill with a teaspoon of Strawberry Jam. Then replace the Cake. 

008. For the icing i cheated and bought some Betty Crocker Rich & Creamy Vanilla frosting. It's amazing. Ice the top of the cupcake carefully.

009. And decorate! 

Ps. I was in a bit of a rush, so hopefully yours will look a lot better than mine!