Smarty Party Cupcakes

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups self-raising flour
• 1/2 cup butter (softened)
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon orange zest
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 5 (40 g) packets smarties candies (can also use m&ms)

Recipe

• 1 blend butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 2 beat in eggs and milk and orange zest.
• 3 mix 4 packets of smarties in quickly with a few strokes otherwise they will start to dye the batter.
• 4 gently fold in the flour.
• 5 divide mixture into a 12 hole muffin tray and add a few extra smarties from remaining packet on top.
• 6 bake for 20 minutes at 180 celsius.
• 7 note that the smarties remain soft in the cupcake.
• 8 edited to add: these are wonderful when covered with kitten's buttercream icing and decorated with an assortment of lollies. the photo is of some of these cupcakes that my niece ( a chef in the making if i ever saw one) and i did for my son's birthday party a few years ago.