Olympic Buns / Cupcakes

Olympic Buns / Cupcakes, 8.6 out of 10 based on 12 ratings

Olympic Cupcakes / Buns / Fairy Cakes Recipe

Olympic Cupcakes/ Bun Recipe

Get ready for your Olympic party celebrations with this quick and easy cupcake / bun recipe. Simply decorated here with icing sugar, red, white and blue olympic sprinkles and glace cherries these cupcakes are really devine. Your guests won’t be disappointed!

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Method

• Pre-heat your oven to 180° C (Gas Mark 4/ 375° F). Place 12 bun cases in bun/ muffin tray

By Hand

• Cream together margarine and sugar in a mixing bowl until soft.
• Add approx quarter of the flour & approx quarter of the eggs to the margarine/ sugar mixture, mix until blended. Repeat until all the flour & eggs have been used
• Spoon the mixture into your bun cases

Using Food Processor/ Mixer

• Place the sugar, margarine, flour & eggs into your mixer and blend until smooth
• Spoon the mixture into the bun cases

Bake for 15 – 20 minutes

How to test if your buns/ cupcakes are ready

• Remove cakes from the oven. Push a skewer into the centre of one, if the skewer comes out clean your buns are ready, if cake mixture is stuck to the skewer, bake for a another few minutes or until the skewer comes out clean.
• Leave cakes to cool slightly and then place on a wire tray to cool completely.

Olympic Cake Decorations

• Make your icing sugar (as directed on the packet) – we used approx 3 tablespoons of icing sugar
• Spread icing evenly over your buns and top with your glace cherry (halved) and Olympic sprinkles or an Olympic Cupcake Topper – now available in our Ebay Store

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