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George’s Favourite Cup Cakes with Rose Icing recipe

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Ingredients

For the recipe:
  • 6 oz self-raising flour, sieved
  • 6oz organic granulated sugar
  • 6 oz soft margarine
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tspn Steenbergs baking powder
  • 1 tspn Steenbergs organic Fairtrade vanilla extract (optional)
  • cake cases
For the icing
  • 3 oz butter or margarine or plant based butter, softened
  • 6oz icing sugar (sieved)
  • 1tbs milk
  • 1tbsn Steenbergs organic rose water

Bring a summer, garden flavour to your cup cakes and enjoy decorating with rose petals or indulge in the chocolate and rainbow strands cake toppings!

Method

01
Preheat oven to 180oC. Line 12 muffin or Yorkshire Pudding tins with cake cases.
02
Mix butter, sugar, flour, baking powder and eggs in a food processor for 2 -3 minutes.
03
Add the vanilla extract and mix.
04
Divide the mixture between the cake cases. Bake for 20 minutes or until evely golden and springy to the touch of a finger.
05
Leave for 5 minutes then move to a wire rack to cool.
06
To make the icing, mix the butter and icing sugar together with the rose water and milk. Add icing sugar to obtain the desired consistency - for spreading or piping.
07
When the cup cakes are cook, add the icing and then whatever decoration takes your fancy!