Vary the colour of the icing by using different food colourings.
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Cook: 1 Hour 30 Mins
Serves: 12
Price: 24p per serving
Nutritional Information
Each 96g serving contains
Energy
1834kj
438kcal
1834kj
438kcal
22%
Fat
24g
24g
High
35%
35%
Saturates
15g
15g
Med
73%
73%
Sugars
40g
40g
High
45%
45%
Salt
0.76g
0.76g
Med
13%
13%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
1910kj/457kcal
Typical energy values per 100g:
1910kj/457kcal
Ingredients
175g Asda Self-Raising Flour
1½ level tsp baking powder
175g butter, softened
175g caster sugar
3 large free-range eggs
2 tbsp milk
150g butter
300g icing sugar
1 tbsp milk
¼ tsp Asda Vanilla Extract
Asda Food Colouring
Asda Posh Pearls (or sprinkles)
Method
1
Pre-heat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas. Line a muffin tray wih 12 paper muffin cases.
2
Sift the self-raising flour and baking powder into a large bowl, then add the butter, caster sugar, eggs and milk. Beat together until well mixed.
3
Spoon into cases and bake for about 20 minutes or until the top springs back when lightly pressed. Cool on a rack.
4
To make the icing, beat the butter until soft. Add the icing sugar and stir until it’s just mixed in, then add the milk and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy. Divide into as many bowls as you want different colours and add food colouring (do this slowly – you only need a few drops).
5
Put the icing into a piping bag and pipe it on to each cake in a large swirl, or if you don’t have a piping bag, spread the icing on thickly with a palette knife. Decorate each cup cake with silver balls or sprinkles.