Royal Baby Cupcakes // The Easiest Cupcake Recipe, Ever!

To celebrate the birth of the Royal Baby(!) we had a family BBQ whilst all frantically refreshing our phones/ipads/laptops to see if there had been any developments.

During the afternoon I decided to bake a batch of cupcakes, following a Mary Berry recipe and then topped them with buttercream - decorating half pink and half blue - pink for a girl, blue for a boy! 

Here's the (super easy) recipe...

• - 50g/2oz cocoa powder
• - 6 tbsp boiling water
• - 3 free-range eggs
• - 4 tbsp milk
• - 175g/6oz self-raising flour
• - 1 rounded tsp baking powder
• - 100g/4oz baking spread or soft butter
• - 300g/10oz natural caster sugar
  
  
  1. Preheat the oven to 180C
  
  
  2. Put the cocoa powder and boiling water into a large bowl and mix well to make a paste.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  3. Add the remaining ingredients and beat again until combined. (I added a few chopped walnuts too.)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  4. Divide the mixture into the cups.
  
  
  
  
  
  5. Bake for 25-30 minutes.
  
  
  6. Whip up some icing/buttercream and enjoy!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Congratulations to Will&Kate!
  
  
  
  
  
  Kisses,
  
  
  
  

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Chocolate and Peanut Butter Bites

I'm sure I've mentioned it before, but the oven really isn't my friend. 

One of the only things I can bake without it turning into a black charcoal mess are my brownies.

So this weekend when I fancied making something sweet and naughty I decided to play it safe and make something that would not require my nemesis (the oven).

This recipe shouldn't really even be called a recipe. It's so easy, which is perfect for people who aren't total a whizz in the kitchen - like me!

Ingredients

12 Digestive Biscuits

2 Tablespoons Golden Syrup

200g Milk Chocolate

6 Tablespoons Peanut Butter

See, even the ingredients list is simple!

Method

1. Melt the chocolate, golden syrup and peanut butter over a gentle heat.

2. Crush the digestive biscuits.

3. Add the crushed biscuits to the melted mix.

4. Pour over a baking tray and spread out.

5. Put in the fridge for about 3 hours.

6. Cut up into manageable bites and enjoy!

Didn't I tell you this wasn't even really a recipe?!

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