Party treats - butterfly cupcakes

Children’s birthday parties, these little treasure treats are always a winner amongst the kids not only do they look cute and sweet but they are simple and the little kiddies can help you put them together.

Ingredients

• 115 g self rising flour

• ½ Tsp baking powder

• 8 Tbsp soft margarine

• 115 caster sugar

• 2 eggs lightly beaten

• Finely grated rind of ½ lemon

• 2 Tbsp milk

• Icing sugar for dusting

Lemon filling

• 6 Tbsp butter, soften

• 175g icing sugar

• 1Tbsp lemon juice

Method

1. Put 12 paper cases in a muffin pan, or grease a muffin tray

2. Sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl. Add margarine, sugar, eggs, lemon rind and milk and using an electric mixer hand whisk, beat together until smooth.

3. Spoon mixture into tray/cases

4. Bake cupcakes in preheated oven of 190c for 15-20 minutes until well golden.

5. To make filling, put butter in a bowl and beat until fluffy. Sift in the icing sugar

6. cut off tops of cakes then spoon mixture into holes and replace cut cakes on top of the cream in angles to make wings.
7. cover with icing sugar and it ready to serve

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