Superhero Cupcakes

Name: Superhero Cupcakes
Yield: Makes 12 cupcakes
Ingredients: 175 g/6 oz ready-to-roll fondant icing, white; gel or paste food colouring, yellow, light blue, green, dark blue, red; 2.5 ml/½ tsp glycerine; 2.5 ml/½ tsp lemon juice (optional); 5-7.5 ml/1-½ tsp water; 115 g/4 oz/½ cup butter; 115 g/4 oz/generous ½ cup caster (superfine) sugar; 5 ml/1 tsp vanilla extract; 2 eggs, lightly beaten; 115 g/4 oz/1 cup self-raising (self-rising) flour, sifted; 15-30 ml/1-2 tbsp milk; 115 g/4 oz/1 cup icing (confectioners’) sugar; ½ egg white (about 17 g/½ oz/generous 1 tbsp)

Preparation info

Makes
12
cupcakes

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cupcakes for Kids

By Rosie Anness and Cortina Butler

Published 2014

About

Everyone has their favourite superhero. We have made simple blue, red and yellow masks, but you can always use the same technique to make your favourite character’s mask.

Ingredients

For the Cakes

115 g/4 oz/½ cup butter
115

Cake
Birthday

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Line a muffin tin (pan) with cupcake cases.
Cream the butter for a few minutes until soft and pale. Add the sugar and continue to beat until the mixture is pale and fluffy.
Add the vanilla extract to the