Butterfly Cupcakes

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 250 g unsalted butter
• 1 cup caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 1/2 cups self-raising flour
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 300 ml freshly whipped cream
• 12 fresh strawberries, sliced in half
• icing sugar, for dusting

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar together in a bowl until light and fluffy.
• 2 add eggs one at a time, beating each in until combined. add sifted flour, milk and vanilla essence.
• 3 spoon mixture into patty tins lined with paper patty cups. bake in moderate oven (190c.) towards the top of the oven for about 20 minutes or until golden brown.
• 4 slice tops off cooled cakes, and fill cakes with freshly whipped cream. carefully cut tops in half lengthways and arrange these 'butterfly wings' on the cream.
• 5 place a strawberry half in the centre of the wings. dust with icing sugar before serving.
• 6 and eat! :d.