Raspberry & Almond Cupcakes // Baking

Hello everybody!

It was my boyfriend's birthday on Tuesday, so I took the opportunity to make some cupcakes. I've never tried using raspberries and almonds before with cupcakes but thought I would give it a go and they turned out quite well! 

Ingredients for the cupcakes-

170g caster sugar

170g soft butter 

3 eggs

170g self raising flour

80g ground almonds

150g raspberries 

for the butter icing/decorating-

350g icing sugar

150g soft butter

A dash of semi-skimmed milk
50g almond flakes
100g raspberries

1)    While your oven pre-heats to 170 degrees, you can start by adding caster sugar and butter to a bowl and mixing until it is light and fluffy. I prefer using soft butter for this as I find it makes the cakes fluffier than hard butter.
2)    Next, crack one egg into the mixture and whisk. Complete this two more times with the other eggs as it is better to mix the eggs in separately. 
3)    When the eggs are all mixed in, add the ground almond a bit at a time and mix well. 

  

4)    Take a sieve and add the flour whilst stirring it into the mixture. Do this slowly to ensure it is mixed in thoroughly.

5)    After washing the raspberries, take a small handful at a time and stir into the mixture until they break apart.
6)    Next, line your cake tray with cake cases and fill them about a half to three quarters full. Place in the oven and bake for 15 to 20 minutes. 
7)    Leave on a cooling rack until the cakes are at room temperature.

8)    While the cakes are cooling, take your icing sugar, butter and small amount of milk and mix until your icing is creamy. It's important to make sure the icing isn't too runny, so add extra icing sugar if needed. 

9)    Take a tablespoon amount of icing for each cake and smooth over the top evenly 

10)   Sprinkle the almond flakes over the icing, use as many or as little as you wish!

11)   Place a raspberry in the top for a little extra decoration and flavour

And there are the finished cupcakes! I enjoyed making these so much, and I even got some good reviews from people who tried them so I'll definitely be using this recipe again. 

Hope this has given you a little baking inspiration! 

Melanie xo