Strawberry Muffins

These muffins are my favorite for summer as they look pretty , taste great and are easy to make ! I came up with this recipe when i wanted strawberry muffins but didn't have any actual strawberries and so got inventive with what i had in the house .

Makes 12 Muffins
175 g Self-raising Flour
150g Caster Sugar
150g Softened Unsalted Butter
3 Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
50-60g Strawberry Jam

Strawberry butter-cream frosting
150g Softened Unsalted Butter
300g Icing Sugar
2-3 drops Pink Food Coloring

Method
Line a Muffin tin with 12 paper cases and then preheat your oven to 180 or gas mark four.

Then sift the self-raising flour into a small mixing bowl and set aside . In a larger mixing bowl beat the butter and sugar for a few minutes until the mixture becomes pale and fluffy. Add the beaten eggs to the mixture a little at a time. Then add the rest of the flour and the Vanilla extract and mix it well .

Add a little of the mixture to each of the Muffin cases and then add about 1 tsp of strawberry jam to each , then divide the remainder of the mixture between the muffin cases and bake for between 18-20 minutes , or until a skewer comes out clean .Leave to cool completely before covering with frosting.


To make the Strawberry Butter-cream Frosting beat together the butter and icing sugar , When it becomes smooth and pale add the food coloring 1 drop at a time mixing thoroughly after each addition, if its a little thick slowly add some milk until you get the consistency you like.Then spoon or pipe the frosting onto the cooled Muffins.