Chocolate, lemon and pistachio cupcakes on a multi-tiered cake stand

Birthday cupcakes

Name: Birthday cupcakes
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Makes 24
Ingredients: 175g butter; 175g golden caster sugar; 175g self-raising flour; 3 eggs; 1/2 tsp vanilla extract; 1 tbsp cocoa; 3 tbsp milk; 75g shelled pistachios ground; 1 lemon zested; 400g icing sugar; 3 tbsp lemon juice (use the zested one); yellow food colouring; 150g white chocolate; 2 tbsp milk; 2 tsp shelled pistachios chopped; 150g butter softened; 2 tbsp cocoa

Published: May 18, 2023 at 2:02 PM

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Makes 24

Easy

Total time: 1 hr

plus cooling

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Make one cupcake mixture and flavour it three ways - chocolate, pistachio and lemon. These simple yet stunning bakes are ideal for a birthday party pud

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Ingredients

Nutrition

175g butter
175g golden caster sugar
175g self-raising flour
3 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp cocoa
3 tbsp milk
75g shelled pistachios

ground
1 lemon

zested

ICING

400g icing sugar
3 tbsp lemon juice

(use the zested one)
yellow food colouring
150g white chocolate
2 tbsp milk
2 tsp shelled pistachios

chopped
150g butter

softened
2 tbsp cocoa

Nutrition: per serving

kcal291
fat16.3g
saturates9g
carbs32.6g
fibre0.7g
protein3.3g
salt0.4g

Method

step 1

Put 24 cupcake cases into 2x12 hole tins. heat the oven to 180c/fan 160c/gas 4. Beat the butter and sugar until fluffy and then beat in the flour, eggs and vanilla.
step 2

Working quickly, divide the mix into three. Beat the cocoa and 1 tbsp milk into 1 batch, the pistachios and remaining milk into the next and the lemon zest into the last.
step 3

Divide each batch between 8 cases and bake for 12-15 minutes, or until risen. swap the trays around half way if you need to. Cool.

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