From the loving request of my Nan, I have been busy baking away for the Hayling Island Summer Fete. I managed to rustle up four delicious batches of cupcakes. For these I used a mixture of online recipes + a few variations that I will describe below.
Chocolate Cupcakes
An essential dessert for any fete!
(6 cakes) The sponge recipe was taken from
this link.
For the frosting I whisked together 100g butter, around 1 tbspn of coco powder and 100g of icing sugar. But
this link as a pretty awesome chocolate frosting recipe.
The garnish was made from sifted icing sugar and a malteser.
Banana Muffins
They came out beautifully, I would strongly recommend making these!
(8 cakes) The sponge was made using
this recipe, and I am definitely keeping that somewhere safe!
The frosting was a simple butter cream. If you haven't made it before,
this is a pretty good guide (though I would use Vanilla Extract instead of food colouring).
To garnish, I used British style cake toppings and more maltesers.
Strawberry & Cream Cupcakes
Very British, perfect for a Summer Fete.
(8 cakes) For these delicious summer treats,
I used this recipe. Whilst the sponge was lovely, the icing was terribly runny. I would suggest using a fraction of the suggested strawberry puree (more like 50g).
For the garnish I simply used some delicious British strawberries.
Lemon Curd Cupcakes
Because I freakin love Lemon Curd!
(12 cakes) To make the sponge I used
this recipe, although they tasted great, I was disappointed at the density of the sponge and highly recommend looking for an alternative recipe.
I also used a Delia Smith Lemon Curd recipe instead of the one specified in this recipe. It was from her book
Winter Collection. Great book.
The frosting was a simple icing (icing sugar + water) which I mixed with the Lemon Curd.
Apparently they were all bought. I'm relieved.
xxx
