Name: Colin the Caterpillar garden party cupcakes
Total time: 4500 s
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1 large egg; 100 millilitre buttermilk; 100 gram vegetable oil; 30 gram cocoa powder; 150 gram white sugar; 100 gram plain flour; 3/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 90 millilitre water; 3 large egg; 65 gram white sugar; 220 gram butter; 70 gram condensed milk; as needed green colouring gel; 1 pack Colin the Caterpillar sweets; to taste chocolate biscuit

Step 1

Preheat oven to 180°C / 160°C fan/gas mark 4 and prepare a cupcake tray with cases/liners.

Step 2

Sieve the cocoa powder (30 g) , sugar (150 g) , flour (100 g) , bicarbonate of soda (3 g) and salt (2 g) into a mixing bowl and whisk together.

Step 3

Combine the egg (1) , buttermilk (100 mL) and vegetable oil (100 g) in another bowl.

Step 4

Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until fully incorporated.

Step 5

Gradually add the hot water (90 mL) and mix until well combined.

Step 6

Fill the cupcake liners about halfway with batter and bake for 16-20 mins or until a toothpick comes out with moist crumbs.

Step 7

Remove and cool the cupcakes on a cooling rack.

Step 8

While the cupcakes are baking, gently heat the egg whites (3) and sugar (65 g) over a bain-marie / double boiler until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture reaches about 55-60°C.

Step 9

Remove the mixture from the heat and whisk at high speed until the meringue reaches stiff peaks.

Step 10

Gradually add in the softened butter (220 g) in small chunks and beat until smooth.

Step 11

Add the condensed milk (70 g) and green food colouring (as needed) , mix until fully combined.

Step 12

Decorate cooled cupcakes using grass piping tip.

Step 13

Adorn the finished cupcakes with Colin the Caterpillar sweets (1 pack) and chocolate biscuit crumbs (to taste) .

Colin the Caterpillar garden party cupcakes

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