Shopping list for 15 cupcakes
250g self raising flour
250g fine sugar
250g butter or vegetable margerine (roomtemp.)
3 free range eggs (room temperature)
4 tablespoons of milk (room temperature)
1/2 l double cream
4 tablespoons of sugar
1 sachet klopfix
pink icing fondant
pink and red sprinkles
As always, we bake cupcakes with the kids for the Chinese New Year. Vanilla cupcakes it will be again, but with piglets this time because it is the year of the pig. The kids like vanilla cupcakes the best and to us that's what matters most.
How to make the piglet cupcakes
Beat the butter with the sugar and vanilla sugar creamy.
Beat the eggs into the butter mixture, one by one.
Beat in the flour in parts then finally the milk.
Place paper cupcake cases in a baking tin.
Preheat the oven to 170°C
Make balls of batter using a small ice cream scoop.
Bake the cupcakes in 15 minutes golden brown.
Allow the cakes to cool in the tin on a rack.
Beat the cream until stiff with sugar and klopfix.
Roll fondant thinly then cut out piglets.
Pipe the cream on top of the cupcakes.
Place the piglets on top of the whipped cream.
Scatter on some sprinkles and ... Happy New Year!