Now then...day 4 passed in a blur, all I know is I ate a breakfast cupcake, a Welsh cake, a slice of nutty chocolate cake, a slice of nutty apple cake, a slice of apple and carrot cake, a blueberry cupcake, more nutty chocolate cake and chocolate beetroot cake (a girl at work gave it to me, so tasty!)
This morning was a real struggle, no proper dinner and a glass or two of red wine left me feeling more than a little delicate. A slice of chocolate cake and custard for my breakfast didn't help matters, all I wanted was wholemeal toast with lashings of butter, but alas the cake challenge continued...
Blueberry Cupcakes
This recipe is a really good one, I often find blueberry cupcakes to be too sweet, but I think this one gets it just right. The zest of the orange gives them that added edge.
Preheat the oven to 200°C/gas 6, and line a muffin tine with brightly-coloured cake cases.
Put 150g blueberries (fresh or frozen) into a large bowl, sieve 25g icing sugar over and toss the blueberries in it to coat. Add 300g plain flour, 2 tsp baking powder, pinch salt and 150g soft brown sugar, then stir together.
In a separate bowl mix 1 egg, 225ml buttermilk, 2 tbsp milk, 50g melted butter and the zest of ½ orange, add the buttermilk mixture to the dry ingredients and mix briefly until just combined
Divide the batter between the 12 cases. Bake in the oven for 18-20 minutes or until risen and golden, cool in the tin for 5 mins then turn onto a wire rack.
Adapted from "Blueberry Buttermilk Muffins" in Muffins Galore
These sound yummy, we will have to try this recipe! Your doing very well keep going! (the chocolate beetroot cake sounds interesting!) Zoe x
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