Mini Cupcakes

Hey everyone,
these cupcakes are great for a high tea or a little girls party. I love them because their just a mouthful.. (no need to feel guilty) ;)
Have a go.
Elena xo

Makes: about 18

Ingredients:

• 100g butter, softened
• 1/3 cup caster sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup self-raising flour
• 1/3 cup desiccated coconut
• 1/4 cup milk

For the icing i just used a normal butter cream with the tiniest bit of pink food colouring.

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Using an electric mixer, beat butter, caster sugar and vanilla essence in a bowl until pale and creamy. Add egg and beat to combine. Combine flour and coconut into the bowl. Stir into butter mixture alternately with the milk. Mix until just combined. Divide mixture between muffin holes.
2. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown and a skewer inserted into one of the cupcakes comes out clean. Stand cakes in pan for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool.
3. After the cupcakes have cooled completely, pipe on the icing

My sure fire method for icing cupcakes is i pipe a ring around the outside of the cupcake and just keep going inwards piping circles until i get to the middle and then i quickly pull up leaving a little star shape.