Cupcakes

makes 16 – 1.3 syn per cupcake

Ingredients

• 6 eggs
• 56g self raising flour (or 28g cocoa powder & 28g s.r flour if you want chocolate cakes) -9
• 9 tablespoons granulated sweetener
• 2 teaspoons orange or vanilla essence (up to you)

Topping

• 1 tbsp icing sugar -3
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder-1
• Choc drops 48 (3 per cake) (mine weights roughly 12g) – 3
• 25g cold water to mix icing sugar & cocoa

Method

Whisk up egg whites until stiff

In a separate bowl whisk egg yolks with either the orange or vanilla essence & sweetener, add a 1/4 of the egg white & beat until pale yellow.

Add the flour gradually & fold into the mix carefully, when done add the rest of the egg whites & fold in.

Divide equally into 16 cupcake cases & bake in the oven on 180 for about 10 to 12 mins, or until golden & firm to the touch.

Wait until cool & then mix the cocoa & icing sugar in a bowl with some water so make a thickish paste. Spread a spoonful of choc icing onto each cupcake (divide into 16) and put 3 choc drops on each cake.