I'm certain that I get my love of baking from my nan. She's always made cakes and they're definitely at a bakery's standards (and I'm not being biased). I always say that one day I'll open a bakery for her and call it "Anne's Flans" even though the look and taste of a flan repulses me...
After I was born my mum and dad returned to work and so in the days I would go to my Nan and Grandad's house and I have the best memories of growing up there.It's given me such a close relationship to them both and I feel very lucky.
I took Food Studies as a GCSE and actually achieved an A, which is a very rare occurrence for me.
My nan helped me all the time and we had so much fun thinking about all the things I could bake next (but I got my A on my own, don't worry).
So.. here's the ingredients for my Nan's beautiful butterfly cupcakes that she made just last Thursday:
4oz Butter
40z Self Raising Flour
4oz Sugar
2 Eggs
Betty crocker Butter cream Icing
Method:
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| The amount of ingredients above will make 15 Cupcakes. |
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| Weigh out your ingredients then whisk the butter and sugar together. Add the Flour and 2 beaten eggs gradually. |
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| Bake in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius and keep an eye on them. Bake until golden brown, this should take 10-15mins. Make sure you turn them around half way through the bake. |
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| Leave them to cool down. |
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| My nan used ready made icing on this occasion, however you can use butter and icing sugar mixed together to make your own. |
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| Use a butter knife to cut a small hole out of the top of the cupcakes. |
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| Use a Piping bag to pipe the icing into the small hole in the top of the cupcakes. |
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And here is the end result!
I would love to say that I helped and it was a lovely grandmother/granddaughter bonding experience but on this occasion I chatted away to her whilst she baked and ate the raw batter at the end.. Yum.
What's your favourite type of cupcake to make?
Jesly
