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<\/p>\nWith Coronation day fast approaching, many of us will be planning what to cook or bake for street parties or celebrations we might be hosting.<\/p>\n
From afternoon tea to a classic English trifle, there are plenty of easy recipes to try but why not give themed cupcakes a go?<\/p>\n
The Queen of Cakes, Mary Berry has an easy vanilla cupcake recipe and hobbycraft has shared its British-theme cupcake designs so that all the family can get involved and enjoy eating them together afterwards. <\/p>\n
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Ingredients: <\/strong> Method: <\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Preheat the oven to 180°C\/fan 160°C\/350°F\/gas mark four. Line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cupcakes or muffin cases.<\/p>\n 2. Put all the cake ingredients into a large bowl and beat with an electric hand whisk or a wooden spoon until smooth and evenly mixed. Divide the mixture evenly between the paper cases.<\/p>\n 3. Bake for 20–25 minutes, or until the cakes are well-risen and firm on top. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.<\/p>\n 4. Make the icing: put the butter, vanilla extract, two tablespoons of the milk, and half the icing sugar in a large bowl and beat until smooth. Beat in the remaining icing sugar, and pour in the rest of the milk if needed to make the icing the right consistency.<\/p>\n 5. Smooth the icing over the cooled cupcakes and then decorate. To decorate, there are three designs to choose from: union flag, bunting, or sprinkles. <\/p>\n Don’t miss… <\/strong> Union flag cupcakes <\/strong><\/p>\n You will need: Ready to roll icing in red, white and blue<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Roll out white fondant icing to approximately 3mm thick and cut out one circle for each cupcake using an 8cm round cutter.<\/p>\n 2. Place the icing circle on top of the buttercream and smooth. Repeat until all cupcakes are covered. <\/p>\n 3. To make the flag, roll out red icing and using a pizza wheel, cut strips 1cm wide. Use these strips to form a cross on each cupcake, attaching it in position with a little water. <\/p>\n 4. Take blue ready-to-roll icing and cut a large rectangle, then divide it into triangles. Make sure to leave a gap for the thin red stripes.<\/p>\n 5. To complete the design, add red stripes measuring 4-5mm wide.<\/p>\n You will need: Ready to roll icing in red, white and blue, and an edible food pen in red and blue. <\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Roll out the blue and red icing and cut into bunting triangles. <\/p>\n 2. Roll out the white icing and cut it into triangles and draw on union flags with the edible food pen. <\/p>\n 3. Stick the flags onto the white dome icing. <\/p>\n
175g butter (room temperature), cut into large pieces
175g self-raising flour
175g caster sugar
Half a tsp baking powder
Three large eggs
Half a tsp vanilla extract
Paper cupcake cases – gold or silver are regal for the Coronation-theme
For the buttercream: <\/strong>
175 g butter (room temperature), cut into large pieces
Half a tsp vanilla extract
Two to three tbsp milk
350g icing sugar, sifted<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n<\/strong>Bunting cupcakes<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nSprinkles cupcakes <\/h3>\n
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