Basic Cupcakes

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  • Number of Servings: 16
Ingredients
100g butter2 meduim eggs, beaten100g self-raising white flour (or 100g plain flour and 1 tspn baking powder)100g castor sugar (this is a smaller grain size suger than granulated used just for baking in the UK - no idea if you can get it in the US!)
Directions
Makes 16 cupcakes - I cake = 1 serving

1) Heat oven to 190C/375F/gas mark 5
and put 16 paper cases into a bun-tray (basically a shallow muffin tray)
2) Cream the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy.
3) Gratually beat in the eggs, beating well after each addition.* Fold in the flour in gentley.
4) Half fill each case with mixture, then bake for 15-20 min.
5) Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

* you can flavour these in a number of ways:
1) replace 1 tbsp flour with 1 tbsp cocoa powder and a tspn ground cinnamon
2) add a tspn vannilla extract
3) add the finely grated rind of one orange or one lemon
4) you could mix in 50g dried fruit (eg sultanas/blueberries) or 50g of chocolate chips - both these options add calories though!!

Number of Servings: 16

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user ANNAJW.

Servings Per Recipe: 16
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 100.9
  • Total Fat: 5.8 g
  • Cholesterol: 37.1 mg
  • Sodium: 20.3 mg
  • Total Carbs: 11.5 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.5 g
  • Protein: 1.5 g

Member Reviews
  • KATE0404
    This is exactly what I was looking for - I wanted a base cupcake mix that I could add my own flavours to. Very good. - 7/28/08