It is possible

Today I discovered it is actually possible to bake too many cupcakes. For this I blame Cathie at M.E.
Last week an exquisitely wrapped parcel arrived containing a plethora of delightful cupcake wrappers. I had won them in a giveaway.
 On eyeing the contents, Mr Small announced that he and mum were baking cupcakes.
The burden of motherguilt I've been carrying about being away for the rest of the week, meant I gave in very easily when he raised the topic again this morning.
So the laundry pile teeters high, the floors need vacuuming, and the bins are full AGAIN after a busy weekend.
But we tossed caution to the wind and threw flour round instead.
We measured milk and slopped it in.
The KitchenAid got quite the workout.
And what seemed to be several hundred cupcakes later, we still didn't same to have made any dent in all the gorgeous wrappers she had sent us.

(I had already put at least 50 cupcakes in the freezer minus icing at this stage)

Thank you so much Cathie for your generosity. I had such a happy time with my little one this morning. And I look forward to doing it again soon.
For those of you needing a foolproof fab recipe for cupcakes:


Ingredients:

1.     225g butter
2.     1 ¼ cup caster sugar
3.     3 eggs
4.     1 tablespoon vanilla essence
5.     350ml milk
6.     3 cups self raising flour
7.     cupcake liners

Instructions:

1.     Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees.
2.     Line cupcake pans with paper liners
3.     Cream butter and sugar together in electric mixer until light and fluffy.
4.     Add eggs, one at a time
5.     Beat in the vanilla
6.     Add milk and flour alternately, approx half a cup at a time.
7.     Pour into cupcake pans
8.     Bake in oven for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown
9.     Makes approx 24 cupcakes (depending on size)



       Happy Baking!



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