Lucky Charm Cupcake Surprise
With St Patrick’s Day just around the corner, I wanted to create a fun and playful cupcake recipe that was simple to follow and a perfect addition to the celebrations. The recipe creates a fluffy vanilla cupcake with a vanilla buttercream topping, sprinkles and a hidden golden surprise!
Ingredients – Cake
- 200g butter
- 200g caster sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 250g self-raising flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- Green gel food colouring
Ingredients – Buttercream and Decoration
- 150g butter
- 400g icing sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp. milk
- Colourful sprinkles
- Golden crunch sprinkles
Step 1
Pre-heat the oven to 190 degrees (fan).
Cream the butter and sugar.
Step 2
Whisk in the egg and vanilla extract.
Step 3
Sift the flour and baking powder and fold into the mixture.
Step 4
Using a small amount of green gel food colouring, mix thoroughly into the cake mixture.
Step 5
Fill 12 cupcake cases to 3/4 full of the green cake mixture.
Bake for 14 to 17 minutes then allow to cool.
Step 6
Cut a small shallow hole from the top of each cupcake. You can also cut of any excess on the top if they are slightly uneven.
Step 7
Fill each hole with golden crunch sprinkles.
Step 8
To make the buttercream, whisk all the butter for at least 5 minutes. Add the vanilla extract and whisk for a further minute.
Step 9
Slowly add the icing sugar through a sift and whisk after each addition.
Step 10
Add the milk and whisk thoroughly.
Step 11
Put an open star piping nozzle into a piping bag (I used Wilton 1M) and fill with buttercream
Step 12
Pipe a classic swirl onto each cupcake.
Step 13
Add colourful sprinkles to the top of each cupcake.
Finished!
Your cupcakes are now ready to enjoy!