Berry Business

Autumn has arrived. 
The leaves are starting to turn brown and the weather is turning rather chilly. 
That also means the arrival of Autumn berries and the scrummy bakes that comes with them-from crumble and pies to roulades and cakes. Berries can pretty much go in anything and everything. Or you can just sprinkle them on top of your favourite dessert! Plus they're uber healthy and tasty, so it's a win win situation! 
One of my favourite cakes to make with berries has to be blueberry cupcakes with blueberry icing. They are absolutely delicious, and it looks pretty awesome when you bite into one and the juice comes oozing out! 

Ingredients:
8oz self-raising flour
8oz softened butter
8oz sugar
8 eggs
1 punnet of blueberries
For the icing:
100g sieved icing sugar
1tbsp water 

Method:
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius. 
Line a cupcake tray with cupcake cases. 

Beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition. Fold in the flour. Once mixed thoroughly, add in three-quarters of the blueberries, reserving some for decoration. 
Place in the oven for 20-25 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean. 

For the icing, sieve the icing sugar into a bowl and add the water. The consistency should be thick and runny, it should be a dropping consistency. If needed add a little more water or icing sugar. Here you can add a little blue food colouring to make them look more eye catching.



When the cakes are cool spread the icing on top. Then pop a blueberry on top of each cake and there you have it!! Fruity cupcakes; just to make you feel a little less guilty about watching cake! 

Let me know how you get on, and don't forget to check out my Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts for more updates on all things baking! 

Charley. 

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