Lucky Charm Cupcake Surprise

Bake some Lucky Charm Cupcake Surprise for St Patrick's Day

Posted by Emily B.

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With St Patrick’s Day just around the corner, I wanted to create a fun and playful cupcake recipe that was simple to follow and a perfect addition to the celebrations. The recipe creates a fluffy vanilla cupcake with a vanilla buttercream topping, sprinkles and a hidden golden surprise!

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You Will Need (14 things)

  • Cake

  • 200 g Butter
  • 200 g Caster Sugar
  • 4 Egg(s)
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 250 g Self-Raising Flour
  • 2 tsp Baking Powder
  • Green Gel Food Colouring

  • Buttercream and Decoration

  • 150 g Butter
  • 400 g Icing Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 2 tbsp Milk
  • Colourful Sprinkles

Steps (14 steps, 60 minutes)

  1. 1

    Pre-heat the oven to 190 degrees (fan).

    Cream the butter and sugar.

  2. 2

    Whisk in the egg and vanilla extract.

  3. 3

    Sift the flour and baking powder and fold into the mixture.

  4. 4

    Using a small amount of green gel food colouring, mix thoroughly into the cake mixture.

  5. 5

    Fill 12 cupcake cases to 3/4 full of the green cake mixture.

    Bake for 14 to 17 minutes then allow to cool.

  6. 6

    Cut a small shallow hole from the top of each cupcake. You can also cut of any excess on the top if they are slightly uneven.

  7. 7

    Fill each hole with golden crunch sprinkles.

  8. 8

    To make the buttercream, whisk all the butter for at least 5 minutes. Add the vanilla extract and whisk for a further minute.

  9. 9

    Slowly add the icing sugar through a sift and whisk after each addition.

  10. 10

    Add the milk and whisk thoroughly.

  11. 11

    Put an open star piping nozzle into a piping bag (I used Wilton 1M) and fill with buttercream

  12. 12

    Pipe a classic swirl onto each cupcake.

  13. 13

    Add colourful sprinkles to the top of each cupcake.

  14. 14

    Finished!

    Your cupcakes are now ready to enjoy!