Shopping list
250g self raising flour
250g castor sugar
250g butter (room temperature)
4 tablespoons milk (room temperature)
3 free range eggs (room temperature)
2 sachets vanilla sugar
150g butter (room temperature)
250g icing sugar
10ml milk or water (hot)
yellow, orange & black marzipan
We bake cupcakes with our Basic cupcake recipe and with vanilla butter cream and marzipan we make them into Easter chick cupcakes.
Ho to make vanilla butter cream
Heat the milk and sieve in the icing sugar. Keep stirring with a whisk, the paste should be this thick.
Mix the vanilla and sugar paste into the butter, Start slowly, than highest speed until the sugar is resolved.
Beat the vanilla buttercreme until it is smooth and creamy again. Then cover with cling film and place in the fridge to firm up.
How to make the chicks
Cut out marzipan circles using a glass.
Stick on marzipan eyes and a beak.
Pipe butter cream onto the cupcakes and place the chicks on top. Tweet, tweet, that was easy, Happy Easter!