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St Clements Cupcakes

Course Snacks
Keyword Cakes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 12 cupcakes

Ingredients

Cupcakes

  • 100 g butter
  • 150 g caster sugar
  • 150 g self-raising flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 tsp milk
  • ½ tsp Sicilian lemon extract

Buttercream

  • 100 g butter
  • 225 g icing sugar
  • ½ tsp orange extract
  • orange food gel

Instructions

Cupcakes

  • Heat the oven on gas mark 4, line a cupcake tin with cases. Beat the butter and caster sugar together until combined.
  • Add the eggs one at a time until fully incorporated. Then add your flour to the mixture and mix again until combined. Once all the ingredients are combined, add in the lemon extract and mix again.
  • Using a ice cream scoop, scoop the mixture into the cases and bake for 20 minutes. Once the cakes are cooked, leave them to cool on a wire rack.

Buttercream

  • Beat the butter until light and fluffy then gradually add the icing sugar until fully combined.
  • Then add the orange extract and the orange food colouring gel then mix until fully incorporated. Spoon into a mixing bag that has a star nozzle and pipe on the cupcakes.