Friday, September 25, 2009

Vanilla cupcakes

Ingredients
4 oz--110 gm--1/2 cup sugar
4 oz--110 gm--1/2 cup unsalted butter or margarine
4 oz--110 gm--1 cup plain flour
1 teaspoon of baking powder
2 eggs
The seeds from 1 vanilla pod or 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
1 tablespoon of milk

Method
Cream the butter and sugar
Add the eggs one at a time and mix in well.
Add the vanilla essence and milk
Sieve in the flour and baking powder
Mix gently together
Put into cupcake cases
Bake at gas 5, 375F, 190C for 20 minutes with large cases or 12 to 14 minutes for small ones
Cool
These are now ready for a topping of your choice.
I like a filling of raspberry jam and a swirl of fresh whipped cream topped with a fresh raspberry. Yummy
Enjoy and thanks for reading.

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