Ingredients
1/3 cup of softened butter1 1/2 cups sugar
1 large egg
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla
Method
Preheat the oven to 180 °C (about 350 F)
1. In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Then, Beat in the egg and vanilla.
2. In a smaller bowl, stir together flour, baking powder and salt.
3. Add the dry ingredients to the egg mixture, alternating with the milk and mixing until just blended after each addition.
4. Pour the batter into patty cake tins lined with paper cup cake cases and bake for 20 minutes. Or, until the cakes are golden and springy to the touch. Cool completely before adding cream.
Makes about 1 dozen patty cakes
Make Butterfly Top
1. Use a knife to cut a 2cm circle from the top of each cupcake.
2. Cut the tops in half and set aside.
3. Spoon one teaspoon of whipped cream on top of each patty cake.
Recipe Stars
Butter is high in nutrients and beneficial compounds like butyrate and conjugated linoleic acid.
Thought of The Day
Don’t go through life, grow through life. Eric Butterworth