Baking ingredients
- 100 g self-raising flour
- 100 g caster sugar
- 100 g butter
- 2 medium eggs, beaten
Decorating ingredients
- 400 g Renshaw Vanilla Frosting
- Chocolate sprinkles
- Red food colouring
Renshaw products used
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Instructions
Baking Instructions:
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4.
Step 2
Line a cup cake tray with 12 paper cases.
Step 3
Sieve the self-raising flour into a mixing bowl, add the caster sugar and butter, then slowly mix in the beaten eggs.
Step 4
Whisk the mixture for approximately two minutes until smooth and creamy.
Step 5
Spoon the mixture into the cupcake cases until they are half full.
Step 6
Bake for 10 to 15 minutes and remove when light, fluffy and golden brown. Leave to cool on a wire rack.
Decorating Instructions:
Step 7
Put half of the frosting into a bowl and add one drop of red food colouring at a time (mixing after each) until you get the shade of pink you would like.
Step 8
Use a duo coloured icing bag and decant the vanilla frosting into one half and the pink coloured frosting into the other half, and pipe in a swirl onto each cupcake using a star nozzle.
Step 9
Decorate with chocolate sprinkles and a candy striped straw.
