Ingredients
125 g | Butter, softened |
½ cup | Caster sugar |
1 tsp | Vanilla extract |
¼ cup | Honey, plus extra to serve (Main) |
2 | Eggs |
1 ¼ cups | Flour |
1 tsp | Baking powder |
½ tsp | Ground nutmeg (Main) |
½ cup | Milk |
Honey icing
125 g | Butter, softened |
¾ cup | Icing sugar |
1 Tbsp | Milk |
¼ cup | Honey (Main) |
Directions
- Preheat oven to 160C. Beat butter, sugar, vanilla and honey with an electric mixer for 10-12 minutes or until pale and creamy.
- Gradually add eggs and beat well.
- Sift over flour, baking powder and nutmeg and beat well. Fold in milk.
- Spoon into 12 x 1/2 cup-capacity muffin tins lined with cupcake papers.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer. Cool on racks.
- To make the icing, beat butter with an electric mixer for 8 minutes or until pale and creamy.
- Add icing sugar, milk and honey and beat for 6-8 minutes or until light and fluffy.
- Ice cupcakes and top with extra honey to serve.