Pògan Beaga

Name: Pògan Beaga
Yield: Makes a dozen Cupcakes
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 500 g icing sugar; 3 eggs; 150 g self-raising flour; ½ teaspoon baking powder; 200 g granulated sugar; 90 g salted butter; 120 ml double cream; 1 teaspoon salt; 250 g butter; 150 g sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla essence; 150 g butter

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Hebridean Baker

By Coinneach MacLeod

Published 2021

About

Pògan Beaga is the Gaelic for wee kisses, and whoever you bake these for will definitely be giving you a hug and kiss to say thank you. Topping your salted caramel cupcake is a square of vanilla tablet. This recipe from Tina Campbell, a fantastic island baker, will give you a real sugar rush!

Ingredients

For the cupcakes

150 g butter
150 g sugar
1 tea

Europe
United Kingdom
Cake
Vegetarian
Scotland

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F. Line a muffin tin with paper cases.

To make the cupcakes, cream together the butter, sugar and vanilla for a few minutes until light and fluffy. Then whisk in one egg at a time until fully incorporated.

Sieve in the flour and baking powd