One-Step Cup Cakes

Source & History

This is another of the recipes from the Kewarra School Recipe Book. I can’t remember who contributed it – all I know is that it wasn’t me or Rhoda. I thought this one might be useful because of the current popularity of cupcakes - especially because it offers variations so you can make different types of cakes with the same recipe (and it's so incredibly easy!).

Notes

• remember that self-raising flour is simply flour with the baking powder already added. One cup of self-raising flour can be created by adding 2 tsp of baking powder to 1 cup of plain flour.

Variations:

• Chocolate – substitute 3 tbsp cocoa for 2 tbsp of the flour
• Coconut – add ½ c coconut to dry ingredients
• Citrus – add 3 tsp grated lemon or orange zest

Kitchen Wisdom

To be certain that cake tins have an equal amount of mixture, weigh tins when filled, making sure both tins weigh the same.