Match Me If You Can
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1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs (medium or large are fine)
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup oil (vegetable or canola/rapeseed)
1/2 cup buttermilk*
cupcake tin and paper cases
electric mixer (hand mixer)
Add flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt to a bowl.
In another bowl, use electric mixer to beat eggs for 15-20 seconds (they’ll become a bit frothy), then add the sugar and beat on medium for around 30 seconds. The mix will become light, but don’t over-beat or it’ll start to look like meringue and the cupcakes will rise too much.
Add the oil and vanilla.
Add the flour mixture and buttermilk and mix till it’s just blended together. The batter will be thin.
Fill the cupcake cases in the tin to 2/3 full and bake. Check them at 12-14 minutes (stick a cocktail stick in the middle of the cake – if it comes out dry, the cakes are ready). It could take up to 20 minutes for them to bake, depending on your oven.
Turn the cakes out on to a cooling rack, and don’t ice them until they’re completely cool.
Ingredients for the icing
16oz/450g icing sugar (confectioners’ sugar)
1/4lb/110g butter (at room temperature)
3-4 tablespoons milk
food colouring if you want
Cream the butter with an electric mixer (electric whisk).
Add sugar slowly and keep the mixer on a low setting or the icing sugar cloud will overwhelm you :-)
Add a bit of the milk till you get the right icing consistency.
* If you haven’t got buttermilk, pour 1/2 cup regular milk into a cup and add 1/2 teaspoon of lemon juice or white vinegar to it 5 minutes before you add it to the mix.
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About the Author
Michele Gorman is the Number One Bestselling author of The Expat Diaries series and Bella Summer Takes a Chance. She has also written upmarket commercial fiction under the pen name Jamie Scott.
Born and raised in the US, Michele has lived in London for seventeen years. You can find out more about Michele by following her on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Goodreads, or by reading her blog or website. Do chat with her on Twitter or Facebook – she’s always looking for an excuse to procrastinate!
Also by Michele Gorman:
The Curvy Girls Club
The Curvy Girls Baby Club
Perfect Girl
Bella Summer Takes a Chance
The Reluctant Elf
Christmas Carol
The Expat Diaries: Single in the City
The Expat Diaries: Misfortune Cookie
The Expat Diaries: Twelve Days to Christmas
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