Donna Hay's cupcakes - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Food Donna Hay’ s cupcakes By You Magazine - June 17, 2018 Donna Hay’ s cupcakes are a classic, teaming rich, buttery sponge with two options of icing. William Meppem and Chris Court MAKES 12 125g unsalted butter 260g self-raising flour 165g caster sugar ½ tsp baking powder 2 medium eggs, lightly beaten 2 tsp vanilla extract 125ml milk 1. Preheat oven to 160C/gas 2½. Line a 12-hole (125ml capacity) muffin tin with paper cupcake cases. 2. Place the butter in a small saucepan over low heat and stir with a spatula until melted. 3. Place the flour, sugar and baking powder in a big bowl and, using a whisk, mix to combine. Add the melted butter, eggs, vanilla and milk, and whisk until well combined and smooth. 4. Spoon the mixture into the cupcake cases. Bake for 20 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer. Wearing oven gloves, carefully remove the cupcakes from the oven and allow to cool in the tin for 5 minutes. Remove cupcakes and move on to wire racks to cool completely, before spreading with your favourite icing. Vanilla cupcake icing ICES 12 CUPCAKES Place 80g chopped and softened cream cheese and 120g fresh firm ricotta in a medium bowl. Using a whisk, mix until smooth (you can use a food processor for this step if you don’t have time to soften the cream cheese). Add 2 tbsp maple syrup and 1 tsp vanilla extract and whisk to combine. Keep in the fridge and spread over the cooled cakes when ready to serve. Chocolate cupcake icing Add 1½ tbsp sifted raw cacao or cocoa powder and an extra 2 tsp maple syrup to the vanilla icing recipe, above, and whisk to combine. Three easy flavour swaps Strawberry cupcakes Whisk 15g chopped freeze-dried strawberries into the mixture at the end of step 3 in the cupcake recipe, above. When cooled, spread the cakes with the vanilla icing, see recipe, left, and sprinkle with extra chopped freeze-dried strawberries. Lemon coconut cupcakes Replace 35g of the self-raising flour in the cupcake recipe, above, with 40g desiccated coconut. At the end of step 3, whisk 1 tbsp lemon juice and 1 tbsp finely grated lemon rind into the mixture. When cooled, spread the cakes with the vanilla icing, see recipe left, and top with some toasted shredded coconut. Chocolate cupcakes Add 45g chopped dark chocolate to the butter in step 2 of thecupcake recipe, left, and stir until melted and smooth. In step 3, replace 35g of the self-raising flour with 2 tbsp sifted raw cacao or cocoa powder. When cooled, spread the cakes with the chocolate icing. SAVE 25 PER CENT ON DONNA’S NEW BOOK Basics to Brilliance Kids by Donna Hay is published by Fourth Estate, price £20. To order a copy for £15 until 1 July, visit mailshop.co.uk/books or call 0844 571 0640; p&p is free on orders over £15. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Kids can eat for free at these restaurants during October half-term How to make the viral negroni sbagliato with prosecco at home 7 Halloween recipes with serious hex factor Popular in Food Gabriela Peacock 14-day plan Anytime baked eggs May 23, 2021 Joe Wicks’ maple-glazed chicken thighs with Asian slaw June 6, 2021 Mary Berry is returning to TV screens for a brand new June 15, 2021 Eleanor Maidment My summer taste notes July 4, 2021 Uyen Luu’ s sticky mustard marmalade ribs July 25, 2021 Annie Bell’ s white peach bellinis recipe August 8, 2021 M& S has launched a new crunchy Caramilk-inspired golden chocolate spread August 24, 2021 Deliciously preserved pickle and jam recipes September 19, 2021 Gordon Ramsay’ s bang bang cauliflower October 3, 2021 Wow right now Clodagh McKenna’ s speedy family dinners October 24, 2021 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved