So I Googled "Cupcakes for 1" and kept finding answers on the Yahoo boards telling people to just bake a dozen, eat one and freeze the rest.....
As my daughter isn't a big fan of chocolate, I had to find an alternative solution for the the bday party that she was going to today.....she asked her friend, what kind of cake they were going to serve at her party, of course it was a chocolate cake. So armed with her very own strawberry flavoured cupcake, my little girl set off for the party this afternoon.
I found one very simple recipe that I altered slightly and discovered that it yielded 4 decent sized cupcakes or 6 smaller/shallower ones. I winged it with the frosting.....melting a tablespoon of butter and just randomly mixing in icing sugar until it reached the right consistency....then, I flavoured it with strawberry juice, which turned the frosting to pink.
Quick and easy cupcakes:
• 65g butter, either soft of melted and cooled
• 1/4C castor sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2t vanilla
• 1C self rising flour
1. Mix butter, sugar and egg.
2. Mix in the vanilla.
3. Stir in the flour.
4. Spoon into a cupcake pan, lined with cupcake liners.
5. Bake for 12-15 mins at 180C.
6. Cool and frost
Tip: This is also an easy base for morning muffins, decrease the sugar depending on the mix-ins (ie: Fruit, chocolate).
