Butterfly Cupcakes

4.46 from 37 votes

Classic butterfly cupcakes, filled with jam and cream with butterfly wings on top. These cupcakes are a traditional favourite.

Prep Time20

Cook Time20

Additional Time20

Total Time1

Course: Baking

Cuisine: British

Keyword: butterfly cakes, butterfly cupcakes, fairy cakes

Servings: Cupcakes

Calories: 253kcal

Author: Stacey

Ingredients

Cupcakes

125 g butter softened
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
½ cup caster sugar
2 eggs
1 cup plain flour
2 teaspoon baking powder
¼ cup milk 60ml

Butterfly Cupcakes

300 ml cream
2 tablespoon icing sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 180 degrees celsius (160°C fan-forced).
Line a 12 hole muffin tin with paper cases, spray the cupcake cases with oil
In a large bowl place the butter, vanilla, and sugar, cream until light and fluffy.
Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Sift flour and baking powder together. Fold half of the sifted flour into the creamed butter,
Fold in the milk
Fold in the remaining flour
Spoon mixture evenly into the prepared tin.
Bake for 20 minutes or until cakes springs back when lightly touched.
Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Once cool
In a medium-sized bowl beat cream, icing sugar and vanilla until soft peaks form.
Using a sharp knife carefully cut out the centre of each cupcake, hold your knife at approximately a 45-degree angle this will mean you won't just remove the top of the cupcake but you will also create a shallow well in the centre of the cupcake. Set the piece of cupcake you have removed aside as this will become the wings
Add a spoonful of jam to the well you have just made
Top with the whipped cream. You can either pipe this or just dollop with a spoon
Carefully cut the cupcake top you set aside in half to create two butterfly wings
Arrange on top of the whipped cream
Dust with icing sugar

Video

Notes

The recipe included makes a great basic vanilla cupcake if you require an allergy friendly alternative my gluten-free vegan cupcakes would work well
I find the butterfly cupcakes look their best when you remove a relatively small piece from the centre of the cupcake to create the wings
I like to spray my cupcake liners with olive oil as I find this means they come out of the cupcake liners nice and easily making them easier to eat.

Nutrition

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