Birthday Cupcakes

This easy cupcake recipe is great for celebrations and can make 18 cakes

Ingredients:

225g of Gluten Free self raising flour

225 g of caster sugar

4 eggs

225g of melted butter

1tbsp of vanilla essence

Ingredients for butter icing

250g of soft butter

700g of icing sugar

1tbsp of vanilla essence

2tbsp of milk

1/4tsp of 0range and yellow concentrated food colouring

Method:

Preheat the oven to 160c and put 18 muffin cases into a muffin tin.

Mix the flour, sugar, butter, eggs and vanilla essence in a large bowl and mix in a mixer for 2 minutes on high

Once the mix is lump free divide between 18 cupcake cases evenly and place in the oven for 22 minutes.

Once cooked take the cakes out of the oven and place on a cooling rack.

Whilst the cupcakes are cooling add the icing sugar, butter, vanilla essence, milk and mix in a food mixer until light and fluffy.

Once the icing is done separate in two bowls add your food colouring and then mix well

Once the cupcakes are cool place the butter icing into a piping bag and decorate the cupcakes.