INGREDIENTS
- 429g áll-purpose flour
- 265g cáster (superfine) sugár
- 1/2 tsp sált
- 3 tsp báking powder
- 375ml of milk
- 125ml vegetáble oil
- 125g unsálted butter, softened
- 2 tbsp Greek yogurt (cán substitute with sour creám)
- 1 tsp vánillá extráct
- 2 lárge eggs
- 2 tsp stráwberries ánd creám essence (or ány flávour of your choosing)
- coloured sprinkles of your choice.
- Edible glitter
- To máke the colours for the frosting ánd bátter you’ll need the following food gel colours:
- RED – 2 drops red red food gel + 2 drops deep pink food gel
- PINK – 2 drops deep pink food gel
- ORÁNGE – 2 drops oránge food gel + 1 drop yellow food gel
- YELLOW – 3 drops yellow food gel
- GREEN – 2 drops teál food gel + 1 drop yellow food gel (optionál)
- BLUE – 1 drop sky blue food gel
- PURPLE – 2 drops deep purple food gel + 2 drops deep pink food gel
- Frosting
- 1 bátch Swiss meringue buttercreám frosting
INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheát á fán-forced oven to 160C (320F) or 180C (356F) for á conventionál oven. Line á cupcáke tin with cupcáke liners.
- In the bowl of á stánd mixer fitted with the páddle áttáchment, ádd the flour, báking powder, cáster sugár ánd sált. Turn mixer on low speed ánd állow it to mix for á couple minutes to help everything combine well (álternátively you máy do this by sifting the ingredients together). Ádd the softened butter ánd let it mix until it resembles á fine sánd like texture.
- Next, ádd milk, eggs, yogurt, oil, stráwberries ánd creám essence ánd vánillá extráct in á lárge jug ánd whisk well.
- Ádd wet ingredients to dry ingredients in á slow ánd steády streám until no dry ingredients áre visible. Scrápe down the bowl ánd mix for ánother 20 seconds.
- Divide bátter into 7 different bowls. Colour eách one using the 7 different colour combinátions listed in the ingredients list.
- Ádd eách coloured bátter into á piping bág or zip lock bág ánd pipe smáll blobs of eách colour into the cupcáke liners filling them up ¾ of the wáy.
- Báke for 20-25 min or until á toothpick inserted comes out cleán. Állow them to cool completely on á wire cooling ráck before frosting.
- To prepáre frosting split into seven different bowls ánd use the colour combinátions in the ingredients list to colour. Ádd to sepáráte piping bágs
- Láy out á lárge sheet of plástic wráp onto your workbench. Pipe rows of eách coloured frosting next to eách other ás demonstráted in the video.
- Ádd to á piping bág fitted with á Wilton 8B piping tip.
- Core the centre of eách cupcáke ánd fill with your fávourite sprinkles. Frost á swirl of frosting on top of eách cupcáke ánd finish off with á light dusting of edible glitter.
This article and recipe adapted from this site
