Celebrate the St George`s day with some delicious cupakes.

Its very easy to make and decorate the St. George`s cupcakes, You can simply use icing topping with red cross or alternatively you can use red berries or some strawberries or even edible English Flag topper.

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Here is an easy St. George`s day cupcake recipe for you:

Ingredients

• 110g/4oz butter or margarine,, softened at room temperature

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 1-2 tbs milk

• 280g/10oz icing sugar

• 1 tablespoon (15ml ) warm water)

• a few drops food coloring

Preparation method

1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4 and line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases.

2. Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl until pale. Beat in the eggs a little at a time and stir in the vanilla extract. 

3. Fold in the flour using a large metal spoon, adding a little milk until the mixture is of a dropping consistency. Spoon the mixture into the paper cases until they are half full.

4. Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes, or until golden-brown on top and a skewer inserted into one of the cakes comes out clean. Set aside to cool for 10 minutes, then remove from the tin and cool on a wire rack.

5. Sieve the icing sugar into a bowl. Add the water and mix with a spoon until it is a smooth paste, thick enough to coat the back of the spoon. If it’s too runny add a little more icing sugar, if it’s too thick add a little more water!
   Using a spoon spread the glace icing over the top of each cupcake. Let it set for around 30 minutes before adding a red St George’s Cross.

6. How to add red cross:

7. Use red writing icing (available from supermarkets). Writing icing comes in a tube and you literally just squeeze it onto your cake to make a cross shape!
8. Make some extra glace icing as above and add a few drops of red food coloring. Use a piping bag with a thin piping nozzle to make a cross shape on top of your cakes.
9. For a really easy topping that kids will love, make a cross using small red sweets e.g. Smarties, Skittles or Jelly Tots!
10. For a healthier option use small red berries such as raspberries or redcurrants (wash them first and make sure they’re completely dry before adding them to your cakes so that they don’t make the icing soggy!)