Primrose Bakery Maple Pecan Cupcakes – 2 Days Left!

You’ll have to be quick if you want to get your hands on this delicious limited edition cupcake from London’s fab Primrose Bakery. Designed by Annice Curtis from Kent as part of a competition to raise money for the bakery’s Wellbeing of Women charity, the cupcake is on sale until 6th August for £1.95, with £1 of every sale being donated to a brilliant cause. Which means you can do some guilt free munching. Hoorah!

If you think it’s a damn shame that such tasty cupcakes are only limited edition, then fear not – luckily Annice had shared her recipe so that we can all try our hand at being domestic (gods and) goddesses.

Makes 10 regular cupcakes

Ingredients: Sponge

115g butter

50g soft brown sugar

160ml maple syrup

2 eggs

115g self raising flour

60g pecan nuts roughly chopped

Ingredients: Caramelised nuts

60g caster sugar

12 pecan nut halves

Ingredients: Frosting

50g butter

3 tablespoons maple syrup

435g icing sugar

Method:

Preheat oven to 180 C Gas 4, line the muffin tin with paper cases

Beat the butter and the sugar together in a bowl until creamy. Add the maple syrup, then beat in the eggs one at a time until well mixed. Sift the flour into the mix and fold in. Fold in the nuts, then spoon into the paper cases and bake for 20-25 minutes until risen and golden. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

For the caramelised pecans, put the caster sugar into a saucepan and heat gently until the sugar has melted and is a pale golden colour. Spread the nuts onto a sheet of greaseproof paper and pour over the sugar to cover all the nuts. Leave to cool. Once cooled, break the pecans into 12 ‘shards’ to top the cupcakes.

For the frosting, beat the butter, maple syrup and icing sugar together in a bowl until pale and fluffy. Pipe the mixture onto the cakes and top with a caramelised pecan.

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Angharad

Angharad studied English Language and Communication at Uni and now works as an online writer. In her spare time she loves cross-stitching, making chutney and eating far too much Indian food. Ang lives with her lovely husband Paul and two furry bundles of cat joy, Manon and Dalida.