Today I should have been making jewellery, and I promise that in the next two days there will be more added to the site! Instead I made these cup cakes! It’s been a while since I have had a chance to bake and I was really in the mood today. I made chocolate brownies and these yummy Lemon cup cakes! Here’s the recipe if you fancy a go at them yourself!

Ingredients to make 12.

For the Cakes

4 oz (110g) Self Raising Flower

4 oz (110g) Caster Sugar

4 oz (110g) Unsalted butter

1 tsp Baking Powder

2 Large Free Range Eggs

1 tsp Vanilla Extract

Lemon Curd

For the Frosting

5 oz unsalted butter

10 oz icing sugar

Yellow Food Colouring

1 Lemon

Nice things to decorate with!

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 160°C / 325°F / Gas mark 3. Remember that all oven vary so you may need to adjust accordingly!

2. Line a cake or muffin tray with your paper cake cases.

3. Mix the butter with an electric whisk until it is light in colour.

4. Add the sugar and whisk again until soft and fluffy.

5. Add the eggs and the vanilla and mix again.

6. Sieve the flour and baking powder into your bowl and mix one more time.

7. Divide the mixture between the cake cases and bake in the oven for about twenty minutes. The cakes are cooked when they are golden brown and they spring back when touched. Place the cakes on a wire rack to cool.

8. With a tea spoon cut out a circular well in the middle of the cake, fill with lemon curd and then cover back over with the sponge you have just cut out

9. To make the frosting whisk the soft butter and gradually add the icing sugar a bit at a time. Add some yellow food colouring and squeeze in the lemon juice and mix well. Fill a piping bag fitted with a large star nozzle with the Frosting and pipe a swirl of it on top of each cake. Decorate as you wish!

Many Thanks to the Cake Goddess Laura Sparling who provided her Basic Vanilla Cup Cake recipe on her blog some time ago. I always use this recipe and adapt it to whatever flavour cup cakes I want to make!

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When I first spotted these wonderful cup cake beads made by lamp work bead artist Laura Sparling I was very excited! I am a massive cup cake enthusiast as well as a massive fan of Laura Sparlings’ work. The sad thing about these special beads is that after the end of February Laura wont be making any more. I thought I would make this exclusive sterling silver single charm cup cake bracelet to really show off this beautiful blue cup cake bead. I have used high quality sterling silver chain and adorned it with a blue satin bow to finish. This is a really simple and pretty piece of jewellery that can be cherished for years to come!

For more details about this special bracelet please click here!

Cupcake Sterling silver charm bracelet- £34

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Yes the cupcake phenomenon is still very much alive and kicking and I can’t say I’m surprised as there are some lovely cup cake inspired gifts out there. Here are my ‘I love Cake’ necklace and earrings, complete with a pink cup cake image and pink bows. Gorgeous! and what’s even better is they are minus the calories! Pick them up while you can by clicking here

I love Cake Necklace £16

I love cake earrings £12

Lastly here is a peak at one of the lovely Christmas presents my parents got me (yes I know I’m a bit late but making the jewellery reminded me). How cute is this oven glove? I’ll definitely be using it next time I make a batch of delightful cakes!

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We are having a team meeting at work today and as part of the Jade Team I thought it would be appropriate to bake some Jade Cakes! Complete with Vanilla sponge, Jade frosting, white flowers and a little bit of sparkle!

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