Name: Rainbow cupcakes
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 250 gram butter, chopped; 1 cup caster sugar; 3 eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 1/4 cup self-raising flour, sifted; 3/4 cup milk; 2 tablespoon cocoa powder; 1 tablespoon milk, extra; pink or blue food colouring; coloured sprinkles; Buttercream icing; 150 gram butter, chopped; 2 cup icing sugar mixture; 2 tablespoon milk; pink food colouring

Ingredients

250 gram butter, chopped

1 cup caster sugar

3 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 1/4 cup self-raising flour, sifted

3/4 cup milk

2 tablespoon cocoa powder

1 tablespoon milk, extra

pink or blue food colouring

coloured sprinkles

Buttercream icing

150 gram butter, chopped

2 cup icing sugar mixture

2 tablespoon milk

pink food colouring

Method

1.Preheat oven to 180°C. Line 16 holes of 2 x 12-hole muffin pans with paper patty cases.

2.In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar together using an electric mixer until pale and creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla.

3.Lightly fold flour into creamed mixture, alternately with milk. Divide mixture into three portions.

4.Leave one portion plain, add combined cocoa and extra milk to another, and a few drops of food colouring to the remaining portion.

5.Drop alternate colours into each recess of prepared pans until 2/3 full. Swirl gently with a skewer.

6.Bake for 20-25 minutes until cooked when tested. Cool in pan for 5 minutes, before turning onto a wire rack to cool completely.

7.BUTTERCREAM ICING: In a small bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer until pale. Add icing sugar mixture and milk, beating until combined.

8.Stir in a few drops of colouring. Spread over cooled cakes. Decorate with sprinkles.

makes 16
Note

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