AWW Patty Cakes
I make these little cakes so often that I know they are on page number 132 of my Country Cook Book and to be honest probably don't need to follow the recipe!
The trendy thing is to call them cupcakes but to me a cupcake is the much larger American style. These make dainty little cakes with icing instead of frosting. Ingredients
125gm Softened Butter
1 Tsp Vanilla Essence
3/4 Cup Caster Sugar
2 Eggs - Room Temp
1 1/2 Cups Self Raising Flour
1/2 Cup Milk
Method
These are super easy to make. Turn your oven onto 160c fan forced, place your rack to the centre of the oven. Use a patty pan tray (smaller than a muffin tray) line with patty cases.
Get your mix master and add your butter, sugar and vanilla, beat on a medium speed until your mix is light and creamy. Take a tiny bit of mix out and rub it between your fingers, if you can feel the sugar granules keep beating until they have dissolved.
Add your eggs one at a time, I like free range eggs as it is a better life for the chooks and they taste better, almost like farm fresh. Almost.
Once your eggs are combined add your flour and milk. Beat on medium until combined.
Use a teaspoon to scoop out your mix and place it evenly in your patty cases. This recipe should make 24 patty cakes. Bake for 12 minutes. You will know they are cooked when they are slightly golden brown and you can lightly press the top of a patty cake and the cake will bounce back. Place onto a cooling rack.
Notes
You can decorate these cakes however you like, this time I mixed about 2 Tbs Nutella with 2 cups Icing Sugar and a dash of milk.
