BBC Children in Need cupcakes

BBC Children in Need cupcakes

Bake these cute cakes, designed by Gary Rhodes, Angela Hartnett, Ainsley Harriott and Anjum Anand, to sell in aid of Children in Need

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 12

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 25 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian

Can be frozen undecorated

Method

  1. Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/ gas 6. Line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases. Mix the flour, sugars, baking powder and zest. In another bowl, beat the eggs, then stir in the cream, vanilla and butter and pour into the dry ingredients. Stir to mix but don't overbeat. Spoon into cases.
  2. Bake for 25 mins. Leave to cool in the tin for 5 mins, then turn out and leave to cool completely on a wire rack.
Try

Toffee apples - Gary Rhodes

Melt a knob of butter, add 3 eating apples, peeled and cut into 1cm dice, and cook until soft, then drain any juices. Briefly bubble 3 heaped tbsp golden syrup and 1 scant tbsp black treacle together to thicken slightly. Mix half with apples. Cool and stir in 50-75g soft fudge, chopped into small dice. Spoon onto cakes and drizzle with the rest of the syrup.

Share your good fortune - Anjum Anand

Colour some white ready-to-roll icing brown with paste food colour, then use to shape boxes. Damp edges and brush with edible gold glitter and leave to dry. Cut circles from rolled-out white icing to fit cake tops. Brush cake tops with honey, lay a circle and box on top of each, then fill and spill with small colourful sweets, jumbo edible confetti, sugar 'diamonds', gold dragees and edible gold sparkles.

Flowery Italian flag - Angela Hartnett

Colour white ready-to-roll icing red, green and yellow with paste food colours (leave some white). Use a cutter to make flowers from rolled-out white, red and green icing. Roll small balls from yellow icing and press into flower centres. Mix 3-4 tbsp water into 300g fondant icing sugar, spread over cakes, then leave to set slightly. Lay flowers in lines on top.

Pudsey's honey bees - Ainsley Harriott

Colour white ready-to-roll icing blue, black, yellow, green and orange with paste food colourings (leave some white). Half-knead white icing into blue to look like sky. Roll out and cut circles to fit cakes. Brush cakes with honey; lay circles on top. Make a template and cut bees from rolledout black icing. Cut stripes and use a cutter to make flowers from rolled yellow icing, and wings from white. Shape antennae, flower stalks and centres from coloured icing. Attach with honey.

PER CUPCAKE (UNDECORATED)

283 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 39g, fat 13 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 0g, sugar 16g, salt 0.57 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2008.

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  • Binder photo Abi

    11 November 2008

    Abi rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Tried this at home and it turned out very stodgy but the decoration ideas are good. Would probably make a basic sponge cake recipe next time before using these decorating ideas.

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  • 16 November 2011

    xminixmex commented on this recipe

    Oh My Days!!!!! The toffee apple cup cakes are a winner! I have just made some following the above recipe and I have literally died and gone to heaven! Thanks Gary Rhodes! xx

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  • 04 April 2012

    Foodfan1 commented on this recipe

    SAME! The toffee apple cup cakes burst with flavour!! i gave some to my brother and he says i should give him the recipe! A WINNER!

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  • 04 April 2012

    Foodfan1 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    TOFFEE APPLE CUP CAKES.... :D

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 12

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 25 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian

Can be frozen undecorated

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PER CUPCAKE (UNDECORATED)

283 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 39g, fat 13 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 0g, sugar 16g, salt 0.57 g

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