Cupcakes!

As I love to bake I thought I would share my simple delicious cupcake recipe with you! Or if you wanted a slightly larger cake you can use the same recipe but increase the amount of ingredients.

8 Cupcakes
100g butter/ margarine
100g caster sugar
2 eggs (1 egg per 50g of butter and sugar)
100g self raising flour

Place the sugar and butter into a food processor or a bowl and mix together with a wooden spoon until you reach a creamy consistency.

Next crack one egg at a time into the butter and sugar mixing in between. (don't worry if the mixture curdles)

Then sieve the self raising flour into the mixture and fold in with a metal spoon. Make sure you do not mix vigorously as the air bubbles which make the cupcakes light will be knocked out.

Finally spoon the mixture into cupcake cases which are in a cupcake tin, till they are about 3/4 full. Place in the oven for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.

TIP: I always place a skewer through the middle of one or two of the cupcakes to make sure they are cooked all the way though. The skewer should come out clean if cooked properly.

When baked leave to cool before you add any decoration. Now I generally pipe buttercream icing in a swirl with a 5 point star nozzle or I cut the middle out of the cake and make butterfly cakes. However, you could use a drizzle or another type of icing over the top, or even just leave them plain it's up to you!