Cupcakes (a recipe by Sandra N.& Sara V.)

    INGREDIENTS

·         Self raising flour

·         Caster sugar (superfine)

·        50g Butter or margarine

·        5 Eggs

·        Butter Frosting:

·        250g unsalted butter

·        300g icing sugar

·        Milk – no more than 4 tablespoons

·        Blue food colouring

·        Decoration:

·        Dessicated coconut

·        Cookies

·        Chocolate chips

·        White ball chocolate

Cupcake Sponge Recipe:

Preheat the oven to 180°C (Electric oven 160ºC) and place paper cases into a muffin tin

Using an electric whisk, food processor or wooden spoon, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy

Add in the egg, beating it well oil and yoghurt

Fold in the flour

Bake in the oven for 10 – 20 minutes. After 10 minutes, check to see if the cupcakes are ready by inserting a cocktail stick into one of the cupcakes. If it comes out dry then the cupcakes are done. If not, pop the cakes back in the oven for a few more minutes. Lift the cupcakes out of the muffin tin and leave to cool on a wire rack.

Butter Frosting Recipe:

Mix the unsalted butter, icing sugar.

Add the tablespoons of milk

One tablespoon at a time and stir in well

Whisk for 10 minutes.

Take out 4-5 tablepoons of the mixture and keep in separate bowl

Add the blue food colouring ti the remaining mixture. Stir well

Decoration Recipe:

Once the cupcakes are cooled, cover them in the blue butter frosting. Next make the coloured coconut.  Add a few drops of food colouring to the coconut and coat thoroughly. Spread the coconut out on wax paper to air dry for a couple hours.  To make the coconut better resemble the Cookie Monster’s furry coat, you can pulse the coconut in a food processor. Sprinkle the tinted blue desiccated coconut over the cupcakes. To make the eyes, pipe out two balls of white butter icing Add a chocolate chip, with the flat surface facing upwards, to each ball of white butter frosting