Let's make delicious cupcakes !!

Here, you can find a simple recipe that you can do with kids. For younger kids bake the cakes yourself and then get them to decorate them.

Ready in 30 mins

Ingredients (Serves: 24):

+ 170g (6 oz) butter or margarine

+ 170g (6 oz) sugar

+ 3 eggs

+ 170g (6 oz) self-raising flour

For decorating:

+ 200g plain chocolate

+ sweets to decorate (eg M&M's, jelly sweets, smarties)

Preparation method (Prep: 10 mins | Cook: 20 mins ):

1. Preheat the oven to 180º C. Line a muffin tin with paper cases.

2. Cream together margarine and sugar till light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating continuously. Sift in flour and mix gently.

3. Spoon mixture into prepared muffin tin. Bake for 20 minutes until golden brown and skewer comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

4. To decorate: Melt chocolate either in a bowl suspended over a pan of simmering water, or in the microwave at 30 second intervals.

5. Drizzle melted chocolate on top of cupcakes and decorate with sweets. Leave to set. Enjoy it!