
Mini Tea Cupcakes
Makes 12 Mini Cupcakes
Easy
Prep:
Cook:
Icing the cupcakes takes approximately 5 minutes.
If you are a tea lover, this will be your piece of cake. It is perfect for an afternoon tea, and it is easy to make and even easier to clean up!
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The Cake
- 60g self-raising flour
- 40g butter
- 50g caster sugar
- 1 egg
- 4 tea bags
- 50ml boiling water
The Icing
- 60g self-raising flour
- 40g butter
- 50g caster sugar
- 1 egg
- 4 tea bags
- 50ml boiling water
- 100g icing sugar
- 50g butter softened
- 2 tea bags
- 25ml boiling water
Method
step 1
Preheat the oven to 180(there is no degrees symbol) Cstep 2
Fill a mini cupcake tray with 12 mini cupcake cases.step 3
Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.step 4
Crack the egg into the bowl and add the flour, mix until combined.step 5
Pour the water into a bowl over the tea bags.step 6
Squeeze the teabags to extract the flavour. (Some may prefer to do it with their hands)step 7
Pour this into the mixture and stir. If your mixture is too runny, add more flour.step 8
Spoon into the cases until ¾ full.step 9
Bake for 12 mins.step 10
Leave to cool.step 11
For the icing, put the butter in the bowl, start mixing, and gradually add the icing sugar.step 12
Cream them together until combined.step 13
Squeeze thee teabags to extract the flavour.step 14
Mix in the tea extract.step 15
Ice the cakes, and then eat.