Flake 99 Cupcakes
Summer's here! Get your flake 99! How about these fuss free cupcakes as a twist on the classic ice cream?
Ingredients
- 200 g caster sugar
- 200 g margarine/unsalted butter
- 4 eggs
- 200 g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Frosting
- 220 g margarine/unsalted butter
- 640 g icing sugar
- 2 tbsp milk If you need to loosen the icing
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 chocolate flakes Each one cut into 3
- 2-3 tbsp hundreds and thousands sprinkles
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 190°C / fan 170°C / gas 5. Butter a 12 hole muffin tin.
- Cream together the butter and sugar with electric whisk (I use a Kitchen Aid).
- Add the eggs and mix.
- Add the flour, baking powder, vanilla extract and continue to whisk together until everything is combined.
- Divide the mixture evenly into the muffin tins and bake for 15-20 minutes.
- Take out of the oven and transfer to a metal rack. While your cakes are cooling make your frosting.
- Cream the butter on its own for about 5 minutes on a medium speed.
- Sift the icing sugar into the creamed butter and then mix together on a slow speed. Gradually increase the speed until it forms a thick paste.
- Add the vanilla extract and milk if needed and whisk together for one minute.
- Put your frosting into the piping bag with the nozzle of your choice. Pipe each cake and sprinkle with hundreds and thousands.
- Using a sharp knife dip into hot boiling water and carefully wipe the end with some kitchen towel, cut each flake into 3 pieces. Gently place each one into the side of the icing so it looks like an ice cream.
- Serve and enjoy! The cupcakes should last for 2-3 days.