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Happy Face Cupcakes

Recipe Submitted By: bakingmad

These Happy Face Cupcakes are perfect for a children's birthday party!

200 grams	Self Raising Flour (Allinson Nature Friendly)
2 tsp	Baking Powder
200 grams	Butter softened
4	Free Range Eggs (Happy Eggs)
200 grams	Golden Caster Sugar (Billington's)
3 tbsp	JUST MILK
50 grams	Almonds Ground
1 tsp	Vanilla Extract

For the decoration:

450 grams	Sugar Paste White
24	Sweets Green
	Icing Sugar (Silver Spoon Homegrown)
	Food Colouring Black powder
12	Sweets Blue
	liquorice red strips, cut into 12 pieces

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For the cupcakes: heat the oven to 180C,350F, gas 4. Place paper cases in a 12 hole muffin tin.
Put all the cake ingredients into a mixing bowl and whisk with an electric whisk until smooth. Alternatively beat well with a wooden spoon.
Spoon the mixture into the paper cases and bake for 20-25 minutes until golden and risen. Leave in the tins for 5 minutes and then place on a wire rack to cool.
For the decoration: roll out the sugarpaste on a surface dusted with icing sugar. Cut out 12 rounds, slighly smaller than the cakes. Dampen the sugarpaste rounds and attach to the cakes.
Attach the green sweets for the \'eyes\'. Brush on a little icing sugar and black food coluirng as in the photo.
Attach the blue sweets in the centre of the cakes. Add red liquorice strips to form a smiley \'mouth\' on each cake.