Cupcake Recipe

Hot Milk Cupcakes With Strawberry & White Chocolate Icing

These cupcakes are so yummy and moist. I made them for a recent tea party I was having for a friends birthday, they went down so well and looked lovely.

Ingredients
makes 10 cupcakes approx.
 

cake   (adapted from a sweet revelations recipe)

• 2 eggs
• 5 tablespoons of butter, room temperature, diced.
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup plain flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• pinch of salt
• 1/2 cup whole milk

Icing

•  175g Icing sugar
• 75g Butter
• 200g White chocolate
• 100g Strawberries chopped

Method 

1.  Preheat the oven to gas mark 4
2. In a large bowl beat the eggs and sugar on a high speed for 5 mins with an electric whisk, until thick and lemon coloured. Gradually add sugar. Beat in the vanilla extract. Combine flour, salt and baking powder.
3. In a small saucepan heat milk and butter until the butter is just melted. gradually add to mixture until combined.
4. Pour into cupcake cases 
5. Bake for 15-20 mins or until golden brown and cooked through.

allow to completely cool before icing

1. Using an electric whisk, beat together the icing sugar and butter until smooth and creamy.
2. Melt the chocolate using a bain maire or in the microwave (a few seconds at a time, making sure it doesn't burn)
3. Combine the chocolate to the icing and beat well until completely combined.
4. Add the chopped strawberries and mix well so that the strawberries are mixed properly into the icing.
5. Leaving the cupcakes in the cases, scoop out a hole down to middle of the cupcakes, not going completely through.
6. Pipe icing into the hole and swirl on top of the cupcakes.
7. Decorate with sliced strawberries, or whatever you want.
8. Refrigerate for a few hours so that the icing can set and harden.

Enjoy.