May the force be with you! These Stormtrooper cupcakes are a fantastic way of celebrating May 4th (or any event quite frankly!). Treat your friends and family. They are so easy to make!
12 ingredients8 steps
Vegetarian
Method
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 180ºc/350ºf/Gas 4 and line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases.
Step 2
Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl until pale. Beat in the eggs a little at a time and stir in the vanilla extract.
Ingredients for this step
Butter (unsalted)(110g)
Caster sugar(110g)
Eggs(2)
Nielsen-Massey Vanilla Extract(1 tsp)
Step 3
Fold in the flour at the same time adding a little milk until the mixture is of a dropping consistency. Spoon the mixture into the paper cases until they are half full.
Ingredients for this step
Self Raising Flour(110g)
Step 4
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.
Step 5
For the buttercream icing, beat the butter in a large bowl until soft. Add half the icing sugar and beat until smooth.
Ingredients for this step
Butter (unsalted)(140g)
Silver Spoon Icing sugar(280g)
Step 6
Then add the remaining icing sugar with one tablespoon of the milk, until the mixture is smooth and creamy.
Step 7
Spoon the icing into a piping bag with a star nozzle and pipe the icing using a spiralling motion onto the cup cakes in a large swirl.
Step 8
Add a marshmallow to the top and paint on a Stormtrooper face using an edible icing pen.
Ingredients
MetricImperial
For the Cupcakes
110gButter (unsalted)
110gCaster sugar
2Eggs
110gSelf Raising Flour
1 tspNielsen-Massey Vanilla Extract
1 tbspMilk
For the Buttercream
140gButter (unsalted)
280gSilver Spoon Icing sugar
1 tbspMilk
1 tspNielsen-Massey Vanilla Extract
For the Storm Trooper
12White marshmallows
1Black icing pen
Utensils
Cupcake case
Piping bag
Star nozzle
Edible black icing pen
3 Baker Ratings
Although it's only vegetarian if you buy vegetarian marshmallows
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great recipe it was fun to make though perhaps a slight over dose on the buttercream
