Jewels and Gems Cupcakes

Name: Jewels and Gems Cupcakes
Yield: Makes 12 cakes
Ingredients: 10 ml/2 tsp lemon juice (optional); 1 egg white; 10 ml/2 tsp glycerine; gel or paste food colouring, pink, green, turquoise, yellow; 10-15 ml/2-3 tsp water; edible gems or boiled sweets (candies), edible pearls, dragées; edible gold paint; 90 g/3½ oz/¼ cup golden (light corn) syrup; 100 ml/3½ fl oz/scant ½ cup milk; 1 egg, lightly beaten; 225 g/8 oz/2 cups icing (confectioners’) sugar; 90 g/3½ oz/7 tbsp butter; 90 g/3½ oz/7 tbsp soft light brown sugar; 2.5 ml/½ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 175 g/6 oz/1½ cups self-raising (self-rising) flour; 5 ml/1 tsp ground ginger

Preparation info

Makes
12
cakes

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cupcakes for Kids

By Rosie Anness and Cortina Butler

Published 2014

About

Delicious cakes lightly spiced with ginger are the base for these pretty cupcakes with Indian-inspired designs. We love ginger, but it is a love-or-hate flavour for children, and of course you can substitute a different-flavoured cake if your child is in the hate camp. Edible gold paint is available online or from specialist cake suppliers.

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