E A S T E R T R E A T S

Hiya!!

I've been a great, commited blogger lately and haven't posted in a week. (was it a week? 2 weeks? Sorry about that, hehe) Anyways, the other day my mum asked me to bake something Easter themed for her to take to work. Naturally, being the only person in my house who actally finds the joy in baking (c'mon, who can honestly say they didn't like cooking as a kid), I came up with these. Enjoy!

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WHAT YOU NEED

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+ vanilla cake mix* | including all eggs, milk, etc needed

+ assorted food colours | pink, blue, yellow

+ mini chocolate eggs

+ sprinkles, chocolate flakes - anything to decorate!

*you can use pretty much any vanilla cake recipe you want

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WHAT TO DO

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a.  create cake mix according to directions on the box.

b.  separate mix into 3 equal portions.

c.  add a few drops of food colouring until you get the desired colour.

d.  mix well and scoop into mini cupcake liners. Place 1 chocolate egg on top of each. I used m&m eggs which had a coloured shell. I wouldn't really recommend these if you don't want the colours bleeding into the cake (the pink cake in the picture demonstrates exactly that), but I'm fine with that!

e.  bake at 180 C for 20 minutes or until you can poke a skewer in and it comes out with no mix on it.

f.  take out onto a cooling rack to cool for 10-20 minutes.

g.  while the cakes are cooling, create any icing mix you want. (here is a good one)

h.  once the cakes are cool, load the icing (now it sounds like a weapon - violence is not the answer, even if it has come down to who gets the last cake) into a piping bag with a star tip and build up a huge mound of icing (who doesn't like an excessive amount of sugar?)

i.  decorate!! Use any sprinkles, chocolate, lollies or even popping candy you want. The possibilities are endless!

I hope you try out these delicious cupcakes in time for Easter.

They are definitely a favourite at my house! (half are gone! So much for my mum hosting an Easter brunch at work...)

See you next time,

Sophie xx.