How to Make Cupcakes or Fairy Cakes - Simple Cupcake Recipes

Some simple cupcake recipes also known as fairy cake recipes although there are no cups or fairies involved in any of them. But they are very popular, easy to make and taste nice ! Also with the addition of a bit of chocolate you can make chocolate chip cupcakes !

Traditional Cupcake Recipe

Ingredients for 12 cupcakes

125g sugar
2 eggs
125g softened unsalted butter
125g plain flour
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1 tablespoon of vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon of bicarb
Approximately 3 tablespoons of milk

Instructions
Preheat oven to 200 C
Cream together the butter and sugar until smooth
Add eggs gradually one by one
Pour in the ingredients except the milk.
Mix well
Slowly add milk until you get a soft consistency
Pour batter into your muffin tray (already lined with muffin cases)
Bake for 15-20 minutes

Icing
Ingredients:

2 large egg whites
3 cups icing sugar / confectioners’ sugar
1 teaspoon lemon juice

How to make icing:

Combine icing sugar and egg whites in a bowl
Whip until mixture is opaque and shiny
Add lemon juice and continue to whip until absolutely white

Optional: Add rainbow sprinkles.

Serve when icing hardens.

Chocolate Chip Cupcake Recipe

Ingredients
5 oz (150g) softened Butter
5 oz (150g) caster (superfine) sugar
6 oz (175g) self-raising flour
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 eggs
2oz (50g) chocolate chips

Instructions
Pre-heat oven to 350F (180C).
Line a 12 cake tray, with cup cake papers.
Beat the eggs in a cup lightly with a fork.
Place the ingredients in a large bowl.
Beat with an electric mixer for 2 minutes, until light and creamy.
Pour the mixture into the cake cases.
Add Chocolate Chips and mix thoroughly.
Cook for 18-20 minutes until they rise and are firm to the touch.
Leave to cool for a few minutes, then place on a wire rack.
Leave to cool completely before icing.

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