Pink tea party cakes

These beautiful pink cupcakes would be perfect served at a little (or big) girl's tea party or even a Pink Ribbon party. The cake is moist and fruity, and there's not a drop of food colouring in the delicious raspberry icing.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup plain flour

    (200g)

  • 1 tsp baking powder

  • ⅔ cup caster sugar

    (160g)

  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

  • 1 cup natural yoghurt

  • 2 eggs

  • 160g butter

    melted

  • ½ cup frozen raspberries

  • ⅔ cup frozen raspberries

    plus extra to serve

  • 100g butter

    softened

  • 2 cups icing sugar

    sifted (300g)

Equipment

  • 1 large bowl
  • 1 whisk
  • 1 12-hole muffin tin
  • 1 cupcake liners
  • 1 sieve

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 190°C (170°C fan-forced). Line a 12-hole muffin tin with cupcake liners.
  2. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder and sugar. Add vanilla, yoghurt, eggs and melted butter and whisk until smooth. Stir through raspberries.
  3. Fill each liner 2/3 full with batter. Bake for 25 minutes.
  4. For icing, press raspberries through a sieve to remove seeds. Beat together with butter and icing sugar until smooth.
  5. Once cakes are cool, spread a thick layer of icing on the top and decorate with whole raspberries.

Notes

Tip
Frozen raspberries are best for this recipe.
Tip
You could use blueberries in the cakes if you prefer but you will need raspberries in the icing to create the rich pink colour.
Tip
Make tiny cakes by using a mini-muffin tin.

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