Cupcakes

The little Miss and I decided to do some cooking yesterday, we decided to make some cupcakes, they're always a bit of a hit in our house.  I did a web search and found a simple recipe for us to make together,  we decided to give this one a try.

2 cups self raising flour
¾ cup caster sugar
¾ cup milk
125g butter, melted and cooled
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Icing (my own creation)
1½ cups icing sugar
2 teaspoons butter
milk ( enough to make a smooth paste)

1. Preheat oven to 200℃.  Grease a 12 x ⅓ cup capacity muffin pan.  Alternatively, line holes with paper cases.  Combine flour and caster sugar in a bowl.  Make a well in the centre.
2. Add milk, butter, eggs and vanilla to flour mixture.  Using a large metal spoon, stir gently to combine.
3. Spoon mixture into prepared muffin pan.  Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.  Stand in pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.
4. Make icing.  Sift icing sugar into a bowl.  Add butter and mix till combined then add enough milk to make a spreadable paste.  Add colouring and decorate cupcakes.

On the web I've seen lots of rainbow cakes and wanted to try it out using some new natural Hopper food colouring I bought recently. The colour is quite faint in the cake mix but it came out nice and bright when I added it to the icing.  The little Miss enjoyed topping the cupcakes off with some Hopper sprinkles. I feel passionately about giving the girls fun but natural food to eat so I thought I would share some natural food colouring I discovered.

Today marks the last day of blogtober, I can't believe I managed to achieve a post a day but sad to see another month gone so now I'll need concentrate on Christmas.  Thank you for everyone who has stopped by and to new friends who have decided to stay and follow and thanks to our host Tinniegirl.

I might have a little break for a few days around here and catch up on some needed visits.  Have a terrific Tuesday my friends♥