Cupcake
Ingredients
100g butter or
margarine
100g caster sugar
100g self-raising
flour, sifted
2 eggs
1/4 teaspoon baking
powder (optional)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
essence (optional)
Method
1. Preheat the oven
to 180°C (Electric oven | Electric fan oven 160°C | Gas Mark 4) and
place 12 paper cases into a muffin tin.
2. Using an electric
whisk, food processor or wooden spoon, beat the butter and sugar until very
light and fluffy.
3. Add the eggs one at a
time, beating each one in well before adding the next. Add the vanilla essence.
4. Carefully fold in the
flour (and baking powder if using).
5. Alternatively, you
can mix the ingredients together using a food processor. Use the pulse button
to mix together in between adding the ingredients in the order above.
6. Bake in the oven for
10 - 20 minutes. After 10 minutes, check to see if the vanilla cupcakes are
ready by inserting a cocktail stick into one of the cupcakes. If it comes out
dry then the cupcakes are done. If not, then back in the oven for a few minutes
more. Don't overcook the cupcakes otherwise they will dry out.
7. Lift the
cupcakes out of the muffin tin and leave to cool on a wire rack.
