Snack

Basic Cupcakes is for Dessert, Snack.

Basic Cupcakes takes 20 minutes to prepare.

Basic Cupcakes takes 15 minutes to cook.

Basic Cupcakes makes 16 servings.

The ingredients for Basic Cupcakes are:

100g butter
2 meduim eggs, beaten
100g self-raising white flour (or 100g plain flour and 1 tspn baking powder)
100g castor sugar (this is a smaller grain size suger than granulated used just for baking in the UK - no idea if you can get it in the US!)

Here is how you make Basic Cupcakes:

Makes 16 cupcakes - I cake = 1 serving1) Heat oven to 190C/375F/gas mark 5and put 16 paper cases into a bun-tray (basically a shallow muffin tray)2) Cream the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy.3) Gratually beat in the eggs, beating well after each addition.* Fold in the flour in gentley.4) Half fill each case with mixture, then bake for 15-20 min. 5) Transfer to a wire rack to cool. * you can flavour these in a number of ways:1) replace 1 tbsp flour with 1 tbsp cocoa powder and a tspn ground cinnamon2) add a tspn vannilla extract3) add the finely grated rind of one orange or one lemon4) you could mix in 50g dried fruit (eg sultanas/blueberries) or 50g of chocolate chips - both these options add calories though!!Number of Servings: 16Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user ANNAJW.

The nutritional information for Basic Cupcakes is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 16
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 100.9

• Total Fat: 5.8 g
• Cholesterol: 37.1 mg
• Sodium: 20.3 mg
• Total Carbs: 11.5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.5 g
• Protein: 1.5 g