5 May 2012
Day 3) a recipe for the last cake you baked.
Oreo Cupcakes (Makes 12)
Ingredients
150g butter 150g sugar Three medium size eggs 150g self raising flour pinch of salt 1.5 packs of Oreo biscuits
Buttercream icing
500g soft butter 1kg icing sugar
Method Preheat the oven to 180c, middle shelf ready. Line a 12 hole cupcake tray with cases. Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Then add the eggs one by one, beating together after each addition.
If at any time the mixture looks like it has curdled then add a little bit of flour and beat it like mad until it looks uniform again. To be honest, even if it looks a little curdled it does not really affect the texture of the cupcake - it will still taste delicious.
Add the flour and mix, together with the salt, and then fold in half a packet of the Oreos (crumble them up first).
In the oven Divide the mixture between the 12 cupcake cases and then bake for around 25 minutes (oven temperatures are often not very accurate and vary so much) or until they feel spongy and smell cooked.
Once the cakes are cooked remove them from the oven and leave them to cool completely in the tin.
Icing Once they are done, set them aside and start making the buttercream. Cream together 500g of the soft butter and 1kg of icing sugar until it is light and fluffy. Then fold in half a packet of crumbled up Oreos.
Once the cakes are cool, plop a big spoonful of the mixture on each cake then smooth it around with a knift until it is to your liking.
It is quite hard to pipe the mixture onto the cupcakes because of the Oreo bits but if you have a piping nozzle big enough for the Oreo bits to get through then it is worth a try. You can decorate the cakes with a half an Oreo if desired.
Serve with a piping hot cup of tea.
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