BBC Children in Need cupcakes: batch 1

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.

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.

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.

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.