Iced Cupcakes

I made some cupcakes this weekend. The icing is a cool lipstick pink colour. Here's the recipe.

Ingredients:
175g unsalted butter
175g caster sugar
3 eggs
175g self raising flour, sieved
finely grated zest and juice of a lemon

Icing:
225g icing sugar, sieved
2-3 teaspoons lemon juice
2 drops Cochineal food dye



Instructions:
Preheat oven to 190 degrees Celsius.
Cream butter and sugar in a bowl until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time while beating the mixture. Fold in the flour and the lemon juice and zest.

Spoon into a bun tin lined with bun cases. Bake for 15-20 minutes until pale golden, the mixture should have risen. Turn out and cool on a wire rack.



For the icing mix all the ingredients in a bowl and whisk. Mix in lemon juice until it's smooth and not too runny. Spoon the icing onto the cakes or use an icing bag.

I recommend having them while having a nice cup of tea and a sit down.