Little Sheep Muffins
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Difficulty:
moderate
Difficulty
Preparation:
1 hr 45 min.
Preparation
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Ingredients
for
12
- For the cupcakes
- 1 ½ cups self-rising flour (sifted)
- ¾ cup superfine caster sugar
- 1 unwaxed lemon (finely grated zest)
- 3 eggs
- ½ cup plain Yogurt
- ¾ cup butter (melted)
- To decorate
- 1 ⅔ cups white chocolate (chopped)
- ⅜ cup cream (48% fat)
- 1 cup brown Sugar paste
- white Marshmallow
- ½ cup white Sugar paste
- powdered sugar
- 24 small purple jelly candy
- 12 Sugar flower
Preparation steps
1.
For the cupcakes: heat the oven to 180°C (160° fan) 350°F gas 4. Place 12 paper cases in a muffin tin.
2.
Mix the flour, sugar and lemon zest in a mixing bowl.
3.
Beat the eggs with the yoghurt, then pour into the dry ingredients with the melted butter. Mix together until just combined. The mixture will be slightly lumpy.
4.
Spoon into the paper cases and bake for 20-25 minutes until risen and firm to the touch. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then place on a wire rack to cool completely.
5.
To decorate: place the chocolate and cream in a heatproof bowl over pan of simmering (not boiling) water until the chocolate has melted. Stir until smooth and chill for about 1 hour until spreadable.
6.
Spread the chocolate cream on top of the cakes, reserving a little.
7.
Cover the chocolate cream with marshmallows.
8.
Roll 12 pieces of brown sugarpaste into small slightly elongated balls for the heads of the sheep. Roll 24 small pieces into short rods for the sheep's ears and flatten slightly. Press an ear into each side of the head.
9.
Roll out the white sugarpaste on a surface dusted with icing sugar. Cut out 24 small discs for the eyes and attach the eyes on the sheep with a little water.
10.
Attach the purple sweets with a little of the reserved chocolate cream
11.
Use a wooden cocktail stick to make markings at the bottom of each face to shape the nostrils and mouth.
12.
Thinly slice about 12 marshmallows through the centres. Attach, sticky side down to the top of the sheep heads.
13.
Place the sheep on the cakes attaching with a dab of chocolate cream. Attach a sugar flower to each sheep, as in the photo with a dab of chocolate cream.
