Recipes Cupcakes & Muffin Recipes Cupcakes Gin & Tonic Cupcakes Back to Cupcakes Gin & Tonic Cupcakes Total Time 45m Prep Time 20m Bake Time 25m Serves 5 Skill Level Easy 2 Reviews 4 star rating Share Turn your favourite summer tipple in to a delicious cupcake! Method Preheat your oven to 180ºc/160ºc fan and line a 12-hole muffin tin with lining cases. Cream together the butter and caster sugar until light and fluffy. Grate in the lime zest. Top Tip: How to Cream Butter & Sugar How to Cream Butter & Sugar Find out more 1 Lime 175g Unsalted Butter 175g Billington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar Add the eggs on at a time with a tablespoon of flour each time to prevent curdling. Beat well until combined. Fold in the remaining flour and then gently mix in the tonic water to make a mixture with a smooth dropping consistency. 2 Free Range Large Egg(s) 175g Self Raising Flour 2 tbsp Tonic Water Fill each cake case about 2/3 full. Top Tip: precision measurements precision measurements If you want to be really precise, each case will have about 50g in it. Bake in your preheated oven for about 25 minutes until well risen and springy. As soon as the cakes are out of the oven, remove the cakes from the tin and leave them to cool on a rack in their cases. Make the icing by whisking the butter, icing sugar, gin and milk until they are smooth and combined. If you can, use a stand mixer for this and whisk for 5 whole minutes. The longer you whisk the softer and lighter the icing will become. 375g Silver Spoon Icing sugar 150g Unsalted Butter (Softened) 2 tbsp Gin 2 tbsp Milk Once the cakes are cool, you can pipe or spread your icing onto your cakes and decorate with a slice of Lime. sliced Lime (Zest) Let's Bake The easiest way to follow a recipe Boozy Bakes Father's Day Mother's Day Reviews 23 March 2020 5 star rating Yum! Loved these. I made them Friday night and they were all gone by Monday. 27 June 2017 3 star rating I haven't made these yet. The method doesn't mention the gin glaze which is mentioned in the ingredients. Is this just painted on the cupcakes before adding the icing?-----Hi Nathalie,We are sorry the recipe wasn't clear, we have now updated it so that it is clearer to follow. We hope this helps.Happy BakingThe Baking Mad Team Leave Your Thoughts Your Rating 5 stars4 stars3 stars2 stars1 star Email Your Review Ingredients Metric For the Cakes 175g Unsalted Butter 175g Billington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar This is the highest quality caster sugar available and is a great natural alternative to refined caster sugar. It has a warm golden colour from its unrefined nature and is fine grained with a subtle buttery taste, making it perfect for deliciously light sponges, shortbread and macaroons. 175g Self Raising Flour 2 Free Range Large Egg(s) 1 Lime (Zest) 2 tbsp Tonic Water For the Icing 375g Silver Spoon Icing sugar 150g Unsalted Butter (Softened) 2 tbsp Milk 10ml Gin To Decorate 1 Lime Utensils Whisk Cupcake Cases Recipe Alternatives Baileys and Chocolate Mini Cupcakes Baileys and Chocolate Mini Cupcakes Total 40m Serves 24 Skill Easy Diet Rating 5 star rating Chocolate & Vanilla Cupcake Chocolate & Vanilla Cupcake Total 45m Serves 0 Skill Easy Diet Rating 4 star rating Valentine's red velvet cupcakes Valentine's red velvet cupcakes Total 45m Serves 12 Skill Easy Diet Rating 5 star rating
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