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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 25 Minutes |
Ready In: 25 Minutes Servings: 18 |
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These little cakes are easy, fun to make and you will have a big variety in decoration Ingredients:
150 ml carton plain yogurt (rinse the pot and use as a measure) |
1 pot of caster sugar |
1 pot of sunflower oil |
2 eggs |
2 pots of self – raising flour |
250 g strawberries plus extra for decorating, diced. |
finely grated rind of 1 orange. |
for the icing and decoration |
1 pot of icing sugar, plus extra for dusting |
1 tbsp orange juice |
orange food coloring (optional) |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 F .Line two muffins tray with 18 muffins paper cups.
2. Beat the eggs and sugar until color changes and batter is slightly thickened, add the oil in a steady stream while beating, add the yogurt and mix well. Fold in the flour gently, add three quarters of the strawberries and half of the orange rind and fold again till combined. Don’t overwork!! (I made it twice because of over beating)
3. Fill each case three quarters full with the mixture and bake for 20-25 minutes until the cakes are risen and golden. Turn out and cool on a wire rack.
4. Sift the icing sugar into a bowl; add the remaining orange rind and the orange juice to make a smooth icing. Stir in a few drops of orange food colouring, if you like.
5. Using a teaspoon, spoon a little icing on top of each cooled cake .Decorate with extra strawberries or drizzled melted chocolate.
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