Ballet Shoes Cupcakes

Name: Ballet Shoes Cupcakes
Yield: Makes 12 cupcakes
Ingredients: gel or paste food colouring, pink; 250 g/9 oz ready-to-roll fondant icing, white; 115 g/4 oz/1 cup self-raising (self-rising) flour, sifted; 15-30 ml/1-2 tbsp milk; 115 g/4 oz/generous ½ cup caster (superfine) sugar; 115 g/4 oz/½ cup butter; 2 eggs, lightly beaten; 2.5-5 ml/½-1 tsp rose water; 2-3 drops rose water; mini pink or white sugar flowers, or edible pearls; 150 g/5 oz/1¼ cups icing (confectioners’) sugar, sifted; 30-40 ml/2-2½ tbsp water; edible glitter

Preparation info

Makes
12
cupcakes

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cupcakes for Kids

By Rosie Anness and Cortina Butler

Published 2014

About

Delicate pale pink glacé icing and ballet shoes make perfect cupcakes for a little girl. Rose water, usually found on the shelf with other baking ingredients, gives a wonderful flavour to the cakes and icing, but vanilla or lemon can be used if you prefer. Little sugar flowers are a pretty finishing touch.

Ingredients

For the Cakes

115 g/4 oz/½ cup butter
115

Cake
Dessert
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 rose water to the ligh