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How to make and decorate ball game cupcakes...

Although biscuits are our first love, we thought we'd share how to make and decorate fondant topped cupcakes!
Remember being asked to get the balls from the sports cupboard or the menacing children having a kick-about on the green? We bring back those childhood memories of ball games with our new Sport Stars cupcakes. These plump cupcakes are bursting with fun and are a perfect post-games treat. Whether you've won or lost you'll have a delicious reward. Trust us, after all that gallivanting- its a welcome treat!

ingredients

  • - For the cupcakes:
  • - 50g unsalted butter (melted)
  • - 125g caster sugar
  • - 25ml vegetable oil
  • - 13g cornflour
  • - 9ml vanilla extract
  • - 50g double cream
  • - 150g plain flour
  • - 9g baking powder
  • - 2 eggs
  • - 40ml milk
  • - For the lemon buttercream and decoration:
  • - 125g butter
  • - 250g icing sugar
  • - lemon zest from one large lemon

serves:12

difficulty:easy

40 mins

Method:
  • To make the lemon buttercream, mix together the butter and the icing sugar until light and fluffy, then add the zest of one lemon.
  • Next make your basic line icing recipe (you will need to colour the line icing, red, black and beige before you start- paste colours can be found online here or on the Biscuiteers site)
  • Then colour 1kg of white roll out fondant icing (use paste colours christmas red and egg yellow)
  • Now watch how to decorate the cupcakes with the buttercream and fondant: Watch now!
  • Then how to create the designs to make your sports ball: Watch now!

    Happy baking!
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