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Cup Cake Competition

The cup cake competition was quite unique and when I mean unique, I mean competitive. There were many 

different types of styles of the cup cakes, competition from burger cup cakes to Panda cupcakes which all looked delicious.

-Callum Mann.

In 7D, our Cup Cake Competition winner has Holly Bromage, who made these delicious pig cup cakes.

Cup Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

24 paper patty cases

125g softened butter

1 teaspoon of vanilla essence

1 1/2 of  cups of SR flour

1/2 cup of milk

3/4 castor sugar

2eggs

Method:

1, Pre heat the oven to 100c

2, line the patty pan trays with paper cases

3, Cream the butter & sugar until light and fluffy

4, Beat one egg at a time and add the vanilla essence

5, Continue beating while mixing flour and milk alternating- add approx 1/3 at a time

6, Drop slightly rounded tablespoon of mixtures into patty cases

7, Cook in oven for 15-20 mins or until golden brown

8, Cool on a rack before taking out of the metal trays.

Makes 24

Cook for about 15-20 minutes until golden

Butter Icing:

Ingredients:

125g butter, softened

1 1/2 cups of icing sugar, sifted

30ml milk

Method:

Using beaters, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy,

Then add a little of the milk until required consistently.