Cookbook:Coronet Cupcakes

Coronet cupcakes are a recipe adapted from one in page 36 of April 2023 edition of Tesco's magazine. This recipe is to celebrate the King's Coronation in the UK on May 8, 2023.

Cakes

 * ⅔ cup (160 g/5.6 oz) margarine
 * ⅔ cup (150 g) superfine sugar
 * 2 eggs
 * 1 cup (140 g) self-rising flour
 * 3 tablespoons milk
 * 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Frosting

 * 1¼ sticks (160 g) butter
 * 2½ cups (310 g) powdered sugar
 * 15 g tube violet extra-strong food coloring gel
 * 60 mini gem candies, 12 yellow reserved
 * Edible gold glitter spray

Cakes

 * 1) Preheat the oven to 180 C. Line an 12-hole cupcake pan with cupcake cases.
 * 2) Beat the butter and sugar in a bowl until creamy.
 * 3) Beat in the eggs, one by one.
 * 4) Fold in the flour. Stir in milk and vanilla.
 * 5) Spoon the mixture into the cupcake cases.
 * 6) Bake for 18–20 minutes until golden.
 * 7) Transfer the cupcakes to a wire rack and leave it to cool.

Frosting

 * 1) Beat the butter in another bowl until light.
 * 2) Beat in the powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time.
 * 3) Beat in the food coloring.

Assembly

 * 1) Using a teaspoon or a serrated knife and starting near the edges, remove the risen top on each cupcake. Be sure to keep the tops intact.
 * 2) Cut each top into 4 quarters and dust with a little edible gold spray.
 * 3) Put 2 tablespoons of the buttercream into a piping bag with a 5 mm hole, and put the rest into another piping bag with a 2 cm hole.
 * 4) Using the bag with the larger hole, pipe a mound of frosting on top of each cupcake, starting near the edge and moving towards the center.
 * 5) Top each cupcake with 4 gold trimmings, standing them upright. Space them evenly around the edges, and press them into the frosting to adhere them. It should look like 4 fans sticking out of the frosting to give the appearance of a crown.
 * 6) Arrange the non-yellow gems on the frosting between the fans, pressing gently to make sure they stick.
 * 7) Using the piping back with the smaller hole, pipe a small blob atop the center of each mound of frosting. Spray with a little gold spray.
 * 8) Dust the yellow gems with glitter, and place one on top of the center blob of each cupcake.
 * 9) Dust each cupcake with a little extra glitter and serve.