Skip to content
Tennis ball peach cupcakes recipe

Tennis ball peach cupcakes recipe

12 ratings

Serve up an ace with these cute Wimbledon tennis ball cupcakes. These delightfully fluffy peach-flavoured cupcakes are sure to be a game, set and match with the little ones. See method

  • Serves 12 (makes 12 cupcakes)
  • 30 mins to prepare and 20 mins to cook
  • 350 calories / serving
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 100g butter
  • 100g caster sugar
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 100g (3 1/2oz) self-raising flour
  • 75g (3oz) tinned peaches, finely chopped

For the icing

  • 150g (5oz) butter
  • 275g (9oz) icing sugar, plus 5 tbsp extra for piping
  • few drops of yellow food colouring
No self-raising flour? Add 2 tsp baking powder for every 150g plain flour

Each serving contains

  • Energy

    1465kj
    350kcal
    18%
  • Fat

    18g 26%
  • Saturates

    11g 53%
  • Sugars

    40g 44%
  • Salt

    0.1g 2%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 47.1g Protein 2.1g Fibre 0.4g

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to gas 4, 180°C, fan 160°C.
  2. Line a 12-hole muffin tray with muffin cases. Put the butter and sugar into a mixing bowl and beat with an electric whisk until fluffy and creamy. Gradually add the eggs, then mix in the flour and peaches. Divide the mixture between the muffin cases and bake for 18-20 minutes or until the cakes are cooked through, golden and risen. Allow to cool.
  3. Meanwhile, make the icing. Beat the butter until fluffy, add the icing sugar and mix until smooth. Add in the food colouring until you have a bright yellow.
  4. When the cakes are completely cool, smooth the buttercream onto each until the top is completely covered and as smooth as possible. Allow to set for 5-10 minutes while you mix the remaining 5 tbsp of icing sugar with a little water until it is a piping consistency. Put into a piping bag fitted with a small nozzle and pipe two semi-circles onto the cakes so they resemble tennis balls. Serve or keep for up to a week.

See more Dessert recipes

You may also like

Be the first to comment

Before you comment please read our community guidelines.