Heart cakes..

Aka Valentine's Day cakes ;-)


These were made using a basic vanilla sponge recipe, for cupcakes I do tend to alternate between the Hummingbird bakery mix and my own, although another good alternative I've also used is Nigella's: http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/cupcakes-146.


My vanilla cupcake recipe is:


8oz/225g SR Flour

8oz/225g Caster Sugar

8oz/225g Butter (or baking margarine)

4 Eggs

1 tspn Baking Powder

1 tbspn vanilla extract

1 tbspn milk

Preheat oven to GM6/200C

Place 24 cupcake cases into 2 bun trays

Combine the dry ingredients and the butter in the mixer, add the eggs one at a time along with the vanilla extract and once combined, add the milk

Fill the cases evenly and place in the oven for about 20 mins (I often check halfway through and quickly swap the trays around to ensure even baking)