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Lucky Charm Cupcake Surprise

Bake some Lucky Charm Cupcake Surprise for St Patrick's Day

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/lucky-charm-cupcake-surprise • Posted by Emily B.

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!

You will need

Project Budget
Cheap

Time

1 h 00

Difficulty

Nice & Simple
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Description

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!

Instructions

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    Pre-heat the oven to 190 degrees (fan). Cream the butter and sugar.

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    Whisk in the egg and vanilla extract.

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    Sift the flour and baking powder and fold into the mixture.

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    Using a small amount of green gel food colouring, mix thoroughly into the cake mixture.

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    Fill 12 cupcake cases to 3/4 full of the green cake mixture. Bake for 14 to 17 minutes then allow to cool.

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    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.

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    Fill each hole with golden crunch sprinkles.

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    To make the buttercream, whisk all the butter for at least 5 minutes. Add the vanilla extract and whisk for a further minute.

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    Slowly add the icing sugar through a sift and whisk after each addition.

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    Add the milk and whisk thoroughly.

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    Put an open star piping nozzle into a piping bag (I used Wilton 1M) and fill with buttercream

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    Pipe a classic swirl onto each cupcake.

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    Add colourful sprinkles to the top of each cupcake.

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    Finished! Your cupcakes are now ready to enjoy!