Lemon Cupcakes

These little cakes are perfect for a child's party or just a nice little snack for tea time!

You will need: 

• 1 Large bowel
• Sieve
• Cooling rack
• 2 bun tins, fill them with paper cake cases
• 1 Teaspoon
• 1 Tablespoon
• 1 Electric whisk

Ingredients:

• 125 g (4 oz) Self-raising flour
• 125 g (4 oz) butter (room temperature)
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• The zest of one lemon

Method:

Set the oven to 190 degrees/ 375 fharanite/ Gas mark 5

1.  Sieve the flour and baking powder and add the zest of the lemon
2. Add all the other ingredients, beat the eggs and put them in with the butter sugar and vanilla essence and butter
3. Whisk until it's creamy, you will know when it is ready when the mixture will fall off the spoon in a soft dollop
4. Fill up the cases, put a teaspoon of mixture into each case (or more), bake for 20 minutes
5. Take out the cakes leave them to cool for about 1 hour to 3/4 of an hour.

For the icing:

1. Add water sparingly to the food colouring and icing sugar. 

2. Drop a dollop of icing sugar into the centre of your cake and spread about. 

3. To decorate use anything sweet.... cherries, raisins, sweets, etc.

            Enjoy!!