BBC Children in Need cupcakes

BBC Children in Need cupcakes

Try cupcakes by Sophie Grigson, Raymond Blanc and Lesley Waters and sell them to raise money for a good cause

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

Maman's cooking pot - Raymond Blanc

Colour some white ready-to-roll icing brown, black, green and orange with paste food colourings. Shape spoons from brown icing, handles from black icing and peas from green, then leave overnight to firm up. Cut circles from rolled-out orange icing to fit cake tops. Brush cakes with honey, then lay the circles on top. Tuck side handles under lids, and attach lid handle with honey. Lay spoon with peas on top.

Raspberry pyramid - Lesley Waters

Mix 150g mascarpone, 100g soft cheese, 2 tbsp lemon juice and 4 tbsp lemon curd. Swirl over the cakes, pile on raspberries and dust with icing sugar.

Spiky chocolate - Sophie Grigson

Melt 175-200g both dark and white chocolate and spread thinly and separately on a large cool surface. When almost - but not completely - hard, scrape into chocolate curls with a sharp knife. Whip 250ml double cream and 1 tbsp caster sugar, spread onto the cakes, then decorate with chocolate curls.

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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  • 14 November 2008

    english muffin rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Very tasty, with the lemon topping nice and creamy.

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  • 30 August 2009

    Sarah_clk rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    Found this muffin recipe really dry and heavy...didn't keep well. Tried the recipe again adding more cream but still not great. Wouldn't use again however the topping was lovely and highly recomended - have used over and over again on various other cakes.

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  • 01 September 2010

    emmalooroo rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    just made these, there not too bad but i will probably look for a better recipe next time.

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  • 13 September 2010

    Jane Coleman commented on this recipe

    tried out the raspberry pyramid ones with kids cooking at a party this weekend. Sponge was lovely and light. Think there might be a typo in the topping quantities - should it be 2tsp of lemon juice, rather than tbs. We ended up with a sloppy mess. No way could it be piled ontop of the cupcakes. You may want to check before the nation starts baking!!!

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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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