Green Sea Creature Cakes
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
1 hr
Preparation
ready in 1 hr 20 min.
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Ingredients
for
12
- For the cupcakes
- ¾ cup butter
- ¾ cup superfine caster sugar
- 3 eggs (beaten)
- 1 ½ cups self-rising flour (sifted)
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 unwaxed Lime (finely grated zest)
- For the buttercream
- 7 ozs white chocolate
- ¾ cup unsalted butter
- 2 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 1 Tbsp Lime juice
- green Food coloring
- To decorate
- green jelly candy
- Licorice
Preparation steps
1.
For the cupcakes: heat the oven to 180°C (160° fan) 350°F gas 4. Place paper cases in a 12 hole bun tin.
2.
Beat the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl until pale and fluffy.
3.
Gradually beat in the eggs, beating until fully incorporated into the mixture. Fold in the flour, salt and lime zest until blended.
4.
Spoon into the paper cases. Bake for 15-20 minutes, until golden brown and springy to the touch. Cool in the tins for 5 minutes, then place on a wire rack to cool completely.
5.
For the buttercream: melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering (not boiling) water. Remove from the heat.
6.
Beat the butter until soft and creamy. Sift in the icing sugar and beat well. Beat in the lime juice until thick and creamy. Stir in the chocolate and a few drops of green food colouring until blended Chill until firm.
7.
Spread the buttercream on top of the cakes, making it thicker at 1 end, to form the turtles' heads.
8.
Decorate with the green jelly sweets and liquorice pieces as in the photo.
