Tiny Butter Ice Cakes

from Apples for Jam by Tessa Kiros

Preheat your oven at 180 degrees celcius.

Beat together:

1. 250g softened butter
2. 250g caster sugar
3. 3 eggs, one at a time
4. 1 & 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
5. 290g plain flour
6. 1 & 1/2 tsp baking powder

and add 185ml or 3/4 cup of milk in slowly, to the mixture as you beat together the flour and baking powder.

Prepare around 120 tiny cupcake cases on a large baking tray and spoon the mixture into each case, allowing it to settle as it bakes in the oven. Leave some space for the cakes to rise up to just slightly above the surface of the casing.

As it bakes, prepare the icing, and get the sprinkles ready. The icing will set pretty quickly, so sprinkle the candy/coloured bits over the icing-covered top of the cupcake with haste.

Mix together:

1. 125g icing sugar
2. few drops of colouring
3. 2 & 1/2 tbsp cold water

Add your Sprinkles!