Jelly Bean Cupcakes

As it is National Cupcake Week this week, it would be rude of me not to join in !! 

Here is a recipe I put together 

You will need:

(makes approx 9 cupcakes)

Cakes:

150g unsalted butter

150g caster sugar

3 eggs

150g self raising flour, sifted

1 tsp vanilla essence

large packet of jelly beans

Topping:

150g unsalted butter

300g icing sugar, sifted

1 tsp vanilla essence

2 tbsp milk

jelly beans for decoration

Method:

Pre-heat the oven to 160oC (fan) / 180oC

Place the sugar and butter in a bowl and beat together until pale and creamy  

Add the eggs, vanilla essence and flour and continue to mix together until everything is combined
Add 3/4 of the bag of jelly beans and stir through
(I also added some hundreds and thousands to add some more colour but this is optional)

Divide between the paper cake cases

and place two more jelly beans on the top of each filled cake case

Then put in the oven for 20-25 minutes until cooked right through

Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.

Meanwhile make your butter cream for the topping

Buttercream

place your butter (room temperature) into a bowl and beat well until light and fluffy

gradually add the icing sugar until the mixture becomes light and creamy 

add the vanilla and milk to make the buttercream to make a nice creamy consistency (not too runny or thick) 

Then 

Decorate   

using a piping bag decorate each cup cake with the buttercream
top with a few jelly beans

Now when I ate on of the cupcakes, I found that the jelly beans had sunk to the bottom leaving a fruity chewy surprise which tasted really nice.

Jelly Bean Cupcakes - nice!!