Name: Vanilla footy cakes
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 55 min
Ingredients: Icing; 150 gram butter, chopped, at room temperature; 1 cup icing sugar, sifted; 2 tablespoon milk; food colouring of your choice coloured writing gel, liquorice strips, mandm's minis; 125 gram butter, chopped, at room temperature; 3/4 cup caster sugar; 2 eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 1/2 cup self-raising flour; 1/2 cup milk

Ingredients

Icing

150 gram butter, chopped, at room temperature

1 cup icing sugar, sifted

2 tablespoon milk

food colouring of your choice coloured writing gel, liquorice strips, mandm's minis

125 gram butter, chopped, at room temperature

3/4 cup caster sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 1/2 cup self-raising flour

1/2 cup milk

Method

1.Preheat oven to moderate, 180°C. Place paper patty cases in a 12-hole muffin pan.

2.In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar together until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in vanilla. Lightly fold in flour alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour.

3.Spoon mixture evenly among patty cases. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until cooked when tested. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

4.ICING: In a bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter until creamy. Gradually beat in icing sugar and milk (see Notes). Divide mixture into two or three batches and colour each to match your team’s colours.

5.Spread icing over cooled cakes to create two long slanted edges resembling a football. Use writing gel or arrange the lollies to resemble football laces. Store in an airtight container.

MAKES 12 If you just want lovely iced cupcakes, use chocolate buttercream – simply sift 1/3 cup cocoa powder with icing sugar when making icing (Step 4).
Note

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