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Ingredients
Makes 12
- 160g butter, softened
- 160g caster sugar
- 160g self-raising flour
3 whole eggs
Buttercream:
- 140g butter, softened
- 280g icing sugar
- 5 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 vanilla pods
Method
- Preheat your oven to 180c
- In a bowl, whisk together the butter and sugar until light and creamy in colour, follow this with the eggs and flour and mix until a cake batter is formed.
- Lay out a cupcake tray with 12 paper moulds. Spoon the mix into the moulds, 3/4 full.
- Bake for 15 mins until light, golden brown and risen evenly. Cool on a wire rack.
- To make the buttercream, carefully whisk the butter and icing sugar together. Season with a pinch of salt, the scraped vanilla pods and the lemon juice.
- Transfer to a piping bag with a nozzle and decorate your cupcakes before serving.
