Mother's Day Cupcakes

 

Mother's Day is nearly upon us! Sometimes I find it difficult to choose a gift on Mother's Day, it's fairly close to Christmas and my mum's birthday, and usually my ideas have dried up. So when in doubt I bake something pretty, like these cupcakes. Use the prettiest cases you can find, swirl some icing on top and you're good to go. This recipe makes 24 cupcakes.

Ingredients

Cupcakes
250g Self-raising Flour
2tsp Baking Powder
225g Unsalted Butter
250g Caster Sugar
4 Eggs
1tsp Vanilla extract

Lemon Buttercream
500g Icing Sugar
120g Unsalted Butter
30ml Lemon Juice
A splash of milk if necessary

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C

2. Combine the caster sugar and the butter

3. Add the eggs one at a time, then the vanilla extract, then the dry ingredients. 

4. Put even amounts of the mixture into each cupcake case, and bake for around 15 minutes, or until the sponge springs back and a knife comes out clean.

5. Top with Mum's favourite icing, for a nice Mother's Day treat.