• 125g soft btter
• 125g sugar
• 125g plain flour
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp bicarb of soda
• 1tsp baking powder
• 1tsp vanilla extract
• 500ml double cream
• food colouring of your choice.

1. preheat oven 200/gas mark 6 and line a 12 bun cake tin with muffin papers
2. Step 2: cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy
3. Step 3: add the eggs one at a timewith a little flour, beating as you go.
4. Step 4: fold in the rest of the flour, baking powder, bicarb and vanilla.
5. Step 5: spoon the mixture into the muffin papers and bake for 20-30 mins
6. Step 6: once cool, cut off the mounded peaks and cut the in two to make the wings
7. Step 7: whip the cream until thick, colouring with the colours of your choice. dollop 2tsp of cream onto each cake then place your butterfly wings.

this is the recipe i use for most of my plain cupcakes, i addapt the decoration depending on mood...