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Make these birthday cupcakes for a special occasion, then check out our chocolate cupcakes, vanilla cupcakes, butterfly cakes, strawberry cupcakes and more cupcake recipes.

  • 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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