These easy and delicious vanilla cupcakes are made with a fresh raspberry buttercream and topped with patriotic red, white and blue sweets and sprinkles! Perfect for a Platinum Jubilee Street Party.
Course Snack, teatime
Cuisine British
Prep Time 35 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 55 minutesminutes
Servings 12
Author Camilla Hawkins
Equipment
1 Digital scales
12 patriotic paper cupcake cases
1 12 hole bun tray or shallow muffin tray
1 stand mixer, food processor or electric whisk
mixing bowl if using electric whisk
1 medium sized glass bowl
1 rubber spatula
1 teaspoon
1 wire rack
1 Set measuring spoons
Ingredients
125grams/ 4½oz unsalted buttersoftened
125grams/ 4½oz castor sugar
2large eggs
125grams/ 4½ oz self-raising flour
1teaspoonbaking powder
1teaspoonvanilla extract
2-3tablespoonsmilk
1Pinchsalt
For the Raspberry Buttercream:
55grams/ 2 oz unsalted buttersoftened
190grams/ 6,5 oz Icing sugar
67gramsraspberries, fresh or frozensieved (giving 40 ml puree)
Decoratons:
Jelly bean sweetspick out the red and white jelly beans
Smarties (sugar coated chocolate buttons)pick out the blue and red Smarties
red, white & blue cake sprinkles
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Line a 12 bun tray or shallow muffin tray with paper cupcake cases.
Put all the cake ingredients except the milk in a food processor or stand mixer, adding a pinch of salt, and blitz/mix on a high speed until thoroughly mixed. (Don't over mix).
Then pour in 2 tablespoons milk and process again till you have a smooth, flowing cake batter.
Using a spoon and a rubber spatula, divide the batter equally between the paper cases.
Bake for 18 – 20 minutes until they spring back to the touch.
Cool cupcakes on a wire rack.
To make the raspberry buttercream put the butter, icing sugar and raspberry puree into a bowl and mix well with a fork until smooth.
Once the cakes are cooled spoon on a generous amount of buttercream and swirl with the back of a spoon to distribute evenly.
Now for the fun bit, let you imagination go wild and decorate the cakes any way you wish with the sweets and sprinkles.
Notes
If using frozen raspberries thaw first or defrost in microwave for a minute.