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mini-vanilla cupcakes
140g soft butter
280g icing sugar
1-2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
a few drops food colouring
To decorate
green sprinkles
golden sprinkles
You can immediately move on to making a beautiful green buttercream that tastes deliciously of vanilla. This buttercream is quick and easy to make while the cupcakes are still cooling.
Here is how to make the vanilla buttercream
Mix the butter until creamy.
Sift in the sugar in 2 batches.
Mix the milk into the butter mixture.
Mix in the vanilla extract too.
Mix until the cream is creamy and pipeable.
Stir the colour into the buttercream.
Fill your piping bag and pipe on buttercream.
Our little mini-monsters decorate the cupcakes with sprinkles.
The St. Patrick's Day cupcakes look so pretty, good job monsters!
Happy St Patrick's Day!