Delicious Ube Cupcakes with Ube Frosting

Ingredients: (makes 12 cupcakes)

• Cupcake Mixture

  • 120g butter

  • softened

  • 120g caster sugar

  • 2 egg

  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

  • 120g self-raising flour

  • 2 tbsp ube powder

• Buttercream icing

  • 140g butter

  • softened

  • 275g icing sugar

  • 2-4 tbsp milk

  • 2 tbsp ube powder

Instructions:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases.

• Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl. Beat the eggs in a separate bowl and mix into the butter mixture along with the vanilla extract.

• Fold in the flour and ube powder, adding a little milk until the mixture is of a dropping consistency. Spoon the mixture into the paper cases until they are three quarters full.

• Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes, or until golden-brown on top and a skewer inserted into one of the cakes comes out clean. Set aside to cool for 5-10 minutes. Then place on a wire rack.

• For the buttercream icing, beat the butter until soft. Add half the icing sugar and beat until smooth

• Add the remaining icing sugar with 1 tbsp milk and ube powder, adding more milk if necessary, until the mixture is smooth and creamy.

• Spoon the buttercream into a piping bag and add a nozzle of your choice. Pipe in a swirl motion and then enjoy!