Cupcakes

• 120g flour
• 140g caster sugar
• 1 1/2 t baking powder
• pinch salt
• 40g butter
• 120 ml milk
• 1 egg
• 1/2 t vanilla

Beat first five ingredients until sandy. Whisk together milk, egg and vanilla, then gradually mix in.

Bake at 325C for 20-25 min.

Variations

• Chocolate: replace 20g of flour with cocoa.
• Coconut: replace all milk with coconut milk
• Espresso: replace equal volume with shot
• Rose: 1T rose water
• Apple tea: 2T boiling water + apple iced tea powder
• Earl grey tea bags

Soak in milk overnight:

• Ginger: 200g stem ginger in syrup
• Green tea: 3 tea bags
• Lavender: 3T dried lavender

Place in base (400g):

• Pineapple
• Peaches

Cut out segment of cook cupcake and fill with 200g:

• melted marshmallows
• nutella
• berries
• kirsch cherries
• dulche de leche
• ganache

Source: Hummingbird bakery (NZ version)