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Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 300 g sugar
- 250 g unsalted butter, cut into pieces and softened
- 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
- 250 g buttermilk
- 4 eggs
- 430 g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 pinch salt
Buttercream icing
- 500 g icing sugar (see Tips)
- 240 g unsalted butter, cut into pieces and softened
- 1 tbsp boiling water
- 1 tsp natural vanilla extract
- natural food colouring of choice (approx. 6 colours)
Assembly
- lollies of choice, for decorating
- Nutrition
- per 1 portion
- Calories
- 1652 kJ / 393.3 kcal
- Protein
- 4.2 g
- Carbohydrates
- 55.3 g
- Fat
- 18.3 g
- Saturated Fat
- 11.4 g
- Fibre
- 0.7 g
- Sodium
- 185.1 mg
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