Ages ago I bought some custard flavouring from Lakeland but everytime I went to use it one of the children moaned because she doesn’t like custard. Anyway I ignored her this time and just went for it, except I didn’t tell her as she devoured the remains of the custard flavoured mix and the custard flavoured buttercream. In fact I still haven’t told her. It doesn’t really taste very ‘custardy’ but it did add a lovely flavour to the cakes and buttercream. If you don’t have custard flavouring just add a teaspoon of vanilla extract to both instead. These cakes are very moist, slightly lower in sugar then my normal cupcake recipe and lower in fat.
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Serves: 12-14
This recipe makes lovely moist cakes made from yoghurt and filled with strawberries.
Ingredients
- 225g self raising flour
- 100g caster sugar
- 200g strawberries
- 250g natural yoghurt
- 2 eggs
- 10 drops Lakeland custard flavouring (or 1 tsp vanilla extract)
- 75ml oil (I like sunflower)
- 1 tsp baking powder
- Optional:
- Strawberries to decorate
- 120g very soft butter
- 200g icing sugar
- 5 drops Lakeland custard flavouring (or 1tsp vanilla extract)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180ºC
- Remove the stalks and chop the strawberries into bite size pieces
- In a mixing bowl sift the flour and baking powder and add the sugar
- In another bowl beat the eggs, yoghurt, oil and flavouring until smooth
- Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture and beat until smooth either by hand or with an electric whisk
- Gently fold in the strawberries
- Fill muffin cases ¾ full with the mixture and bake for approximately 30mins until the cakes are cooked and golden
- Leave the cakes to cool completely on a wire rack
- The cakes are lovely as they are and would look great dusted with icing sugar but for special occasions ice by beating the butter in a bowl until smooth, gradually sift the icing into the butter mixing it well along the way and then mix in the flavouring.
- Ice the cakes and top with a strawberry
They look so lovely!!
Thank you so much! X
These look gorgeous! Love baking with yoghurt especially with gluten-free x love the sound of custard flavour and your gorgeous cupcake cases!
Thanks Ali, it’s really great for gluten free baking isn’t it. The cases are a bit different aren’t they. 🙂