Cupcakes

Issue 58 July 2009

Makes 12 cupcakes

Ingredients
2 large eggs, cracked open
1 tsp vanilla essence
125g caster sugar
125g soft margarine
125g self-raising flour
To decorate
tubes of writing icing
marshmallows (white/coloured)
food colouring, for icing
coloured sweets

Method
1. Heat the oven to 180°C. Put all the ingredients in a bowl and beat them together until the mixture is smooth and slightly lighter in colour.
2. Line a cupcake tin with paper cake cases and half-fill each case with the mixture.
3. Cook the cakes for 18–20 minutes until golden in colour and the cakes spring back into shape when lightly pressed.
4. The cupcakes can be decorated using a basic icing, writing icing, food colouring and sweets.