So I’m sure many of you appreciate just how hard paper piecing is, and really, you’re going to need sustenance to get through a whole afternoon of it, right? To reward my class at The Stitch Gathering last weekend, I made some cupcakes and cookies to help them through, and I thought I would share the recipes. Unfortunately I didn’t get a nicely staged photo before I packed them up, but I’m sure you get the idea ;o)
Maltesers Cupcakes:
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| No comments from the peanut gallery on what this looks like, but Jack does like them too ;o) |
Inspired by a recipe from Maltesers
Ingredients:
For the cupcakes:
200g butter, softened
150g golden caster sugar
50g soft light brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 medium eggs, beaten
200g plain flour
10g baking powder
32g sachet Horlicks
pinch salt
80 g Maltesers, crushed
For the icing:
200g butter, softened
400g icing sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
55g Maltesers, whole
Method:
For the cupcakes:
1. Preheat the oven to 180 C/160 C (fan)/gas mark 4 and line a muffin tin with 12 muffin cases.
2. Cream the butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
3. Whisk in the vanilla extract and eggs.
4. Using a metal spoon, fold in the flour, baking powder, Horlicks and salt
5. Gently stir in the Maltesers.
6. Divide between the muffin cases and bake for about 25 mins, or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
7. Set aside to cool.
For the icing:
1. Cream the butter and sugar together.
2. Mix in the vanilla extract.
3. Spread/pipe on top of the cooled cupcakes and top with a Malteser
Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Cookies:
Inspired by a recipe from Something Swanky
Ingredients:
1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup golden granulated sugar
3/4 cup soft light brown sugar
10 1/2 oz / 300g pack low fat cream cheese
1 egg, beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 1/4 cups plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
7 oz / 200g milk chocolate chips
Method:
1. Preheat the oven to 180 C and grease a couple of cookie sheets
2. Cream the butter and sugars together
3. Beat in the cream cheese
4. Beat in the vanilla extract and egg
5. Gradually add the flour, baking powder and salt, mixing well
6. Mix in the chocolate chips
7. Drop heaped tbsp measures of dough at well spaced intervals on the cookie sheets, then bake for 9-10 mins until the edges are browned.
8. Cool on the cookie sheets for a few mins before transferring to wire racks.
Enjoy!
I can vouch for the excellence of the cupcake recipe. I wasn't in your class as I was learning jelly roll quilting at the time which means I accidentally stole one thinking they were for general consumption – but it was *very* delicious:-)
Oink, oink! :-))
Dad
Those looks amazing! Definitely trying the cookies!
Bloody hell, Katy, I've put in about 6 pounds just reading those recipes. Yummo!!!
I am not very good at baking and it's just as well or I would be making these and eating them all up! I would need to buy an extra packet of Maltesers to eat whilst waiting for the cakes to cool or there would be no decorations on my cupcakes.
I', sure there won't be any left is Jack gets near them!!!!!
They look yummy.
I am going to sound so very American but what are Maltesers?
They sound delicious.
BOOBIES!!!!!!!!!
Malteser cupcakes?! Omgolly they sound so yummy!!
Jack, where are the cookies and cupcakes? Hm, your tummy looks a tad rounder. Don't worry, I won't tell LT what I "think" happened. (o:
Heaps of Hugs
Prudence ♥
Thanks for posting the recipes. I wanted to make some of the cranberry and macadaemia ones but despite being there when we did both kinds of cookies I couldn't remember even roughly the quantities that went in lol
could you come down and cook my wee man's bday cake?
Now I've got the cookie munchies! Juliex
what's the point of me near killing myself going to the gym to then put on 5lbs just looking at your yummy cakes?????
Mmm thanks for these!
thanks for sharing the recipes