Recipe: Sticky toffee cupcakes
Sticky toffee pudding is everyone’s favourite, so what could possibly make it better? Sticky toffee cupcakes of course!
Ingredients:
180g Dates pitted, dried and chopped
150ml Water boiling
80g Butter (unsalted) softened
150g Unrefined light muscovado sugar
2 Eggs (lightly beaten)
180g Plain white flour
1tsp Bicarbonate of soda
½tsp Salt
1tsp Vanilla extract
For the icing:
160g Butter (unsalted) softened
200g Unrefined golden icing sugar
2tbsp Toffee sauce
25g Fudge pieces
Method:
Place the dates in a bowl and cover with boiling water. Leave to soak for about 30 minutes.
Preheat the over to 180℃ and line a tray with 12 cupcake cases.
Beat the butter and the sugar in a bowl till light and fluffy and paler in colour. Add the eggs one at a time.
Fold in the flower,, the bicarbonate of soda, salt and vanilla extract with a large metal spoon. The fold the dates into the mixture.
Fill the cupcake cases till about 3/4 full and bake for 20-25 minutes. If they appear darker than your usual cupcakes this is due to the muscovado sugar.
For the icing:
Beat the butter and 1/4 of the icing sugar in a bowl, until soft. Add the remaining icing sugar bit by bit, and mix until smooth.
Add the toffee sauce. Cover the cooled cakes with icing and top with fudge pieces.
Enjoy!
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Originally posted 2015-02-02 16:08:21.