Queen Cakes

Hi guys, Long time no see. I am so sorry for disappearing for so long. My family jst came to Adelaide visiting me and attending my graduation ceremony. Ya, finally after 4 years, i had finished my Master degree. Okie stop long winded, in order to sincerely apologise my MIA, i am going to post 2 recipes today. Here come the 1st one: Queen cakes. Erm....I have no idea why they are called Queen cakes, maybe they are something for Queen to eat during high tea. Tell u a secret, they are also the cakes i baked for my Queen previously for her birthday, she love them and of cos i got a big hug and kiss for return *shame* :p

Oh ya, forget to say, they are also the first cakes since i started my baking journey. As they are easy and delicious, they lead me to bake more cake cos i feel so satistified after baking it. Alright let start the recipe:

Queen Cakes (make 12)
Ingredient:
1½ cups self-raising flour
2/3 cup caster sugar
125g butter, at room temperature
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla essence
¼ cup milk
2 tbs currants

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180oC. Line 12-hole muffin tray with paper cases.
2. Sift flour into a mixing bowl. Add in sugar, butter, eggs, essence and milk and beat until smooth and pale. Stir through currants.
3. Fill each muffin case ¾ full with the batter. Bake for 15-20 minutes until golden and firm to touch. Cool on a wire rack.

You can enjoy the cakes as they are now or you can dust them with icing sugar; or you can decorate it as I did to bring for party.

For icing:
150g block cooking chocolate, chopped into pieces
Enough mini M&M
Rainbow sprinkles

Method:
1. Melt the chocolate in microwave according to the instruction on the packaging.
2. Cool melted chocolate slightly. Transfer melted chocolate into a zip-lock bag and cut a small hole on one edge then squeeze it from the hole and design the cake as you like.
3. Before the melted chocolate has cooled completely and solidified, decorate cakes with M&M and sprinkles. Some examples are shown below:

They are a very versatile cake, you can add in anything u like, nuts, dice apricot, apple, etc. They are great for breakfast, snacks or dessert. Hope you will enjoy this simple but super nice cake.