Vanilla Bean Cupcakes

Vanilla Bean Cupcakes

Ingredients
100g butter, softened
185g caster sugar
2 tsp Queen Vanilla Bean Paste
2 eggs
200g self-raising flour
125ml milk

Vanilla Frosting:
100g butter, softened
450g icing sugar mixture
1 tsp Queen Vanilla Bean Paste
60ml milk

Method
Using an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar. Add the Queen Vanilla Bean Paste and mix well. Add eggs one at a time and beat lightly. Add sifted flour and milk in two batches, stir with a wooden or metal spoon, until just combined. Spoon into 12 muffin cases and bake for 15-20 minutes at 180C.
Frosting: Using an electric mixer, beat butter until very light in colour. Add the Queen Vanilla Bean Paste. Add sifted icing mixture gradually, beat after each addition. Add the milk and beat to combine. Spread over cooled cupcakes and enjoy.


Treat Mum Like A Queen This Mother's Day

Always an innovator in baking and decorating products, Queen Fine Foods has launched Soft Sugar Pearls. The new Soft Sugar Pearls are crunchy on the outside, yet soft in the middle and are perfect for decorating cakes, biscuits, whoopie pies, cupcakes and cake pops. The Soft Sugar Pearls are available in White, Silver and Rainbow.

There are endless ways to use the new Soft Sugar Pearls and well as the wide range of Queen decorating products to make beautiful and delicious Mother's Day gifts and add that special touch to everyday baking.

Soft Sugar Pearls Mother's Day tips:

Give Mum a beautiful set of 'Pearls" by arranging White Soft Sugar Pearls in the shape of a necklace and embellish with Silver Soft Sugar Pearls for extra bling, perfect for the Mum that loves jewels.
Whip up a batch of Mum's favourite cupcake recipe, colour the icing with her favourite colour then write special messages over the cupcakes using White or Silver Soft Sugar Pearls and Queen's Decoration Icing Kit.
Mum will love breakfast in bed, especially with pancakes adorned with Rainbow Soft Sugar Pearls. Make Mum's favourite pancake mix and top pancakes with Queen Maple Syrup, whipped cream and Soft Sugar Pearls.
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Make your favourite whoopie pie recipe and apply Rainbow Soft Sugar Pearls around the side, dust with icing sugar and customise with Queen Writing Icings.
For a fun no back activity kids can create beautiful Mother's Day cards using Soft Sugar Pearls to spell out Mum's name or make whimsical flowers.

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