Spectacular Cupcakes 2008: "Egg In Nest" Cupcakes

This is my contribution for Spectacular Cupcakes 2008. Who wants to participate? Still possible til 15 March 2008. Link here: http://homemades.blogspot.com/2008/02/announcing-cupcakes-spectacular-2008.html

A simply delicious butter cake recipes with buttercream as frosting. And as design, I make a random swirls from the buttercream on top of the cupcakes, an effort to shape the swirls as a nest and add some sprinkles coloured-candies around the nest. Finally, white chocolate (praline) eggs on top of the cupcakes as last touch.

Ingredients:
125 gr soft-butter
125 gr refined sugar
2 egs
125 gr self-raising flour, sifted
2 sps milk

Buttercream:
125 gr soft-butter
2 sps milk
250 gr icing sugar
2 sps cacao powder

Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 190°C. Line cupcake pans with paper liners.
2. Beat butter and sugar until creamy and light.
3. Add eggs to the mixture and beat for 1 minute.
4. Add flour in to the mixture and spatula everything carefully by each other with a spoon. Stir the milk in.
5. Spoon cupcake batter into paper lines. Bake for 20 minutes.
6. Cool 5 minutes in pans then remove and place on wire racks to cool completely. Once cupcakes are completely cooled, frost with butter cream.

Buttercream:
1. Beat butter until creamy and white.
2. Add 1/2 portion sugar in to the butter. Beat well again.
3. Carefully add the milk. Keep beating.
4. Add the rest of the sugar, beat well.
5. Last one, add the cacao powder, mix well. Ready to frost...

Here is the round-up:
http://homemades.blogspot.com/2008/03/cupcakes-spectacular-2008-round-up.html