Yellow cupcakes Recipe | Food Network UK

Ingredients

• 160g unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 225g sugar
• 210g self-raising flour, sifted
• 1 1/2 tsps baking powder
• 1/4 tsp fine salt
• 125ml milk, at room temperature
• 3/4 tsp vanilla essence
• 3 large eggs, at room temperature, separated
• Cream cheese icing, recipe follows, or about 2 cups icing of your choice
• Equipment: A twelve muffin pan
• 225g cream cheese, at room temperature
• 280g icing sugar
• 2 tsps double cream, at room temperature
• 1/4 tsp grated orange zest
• Colourful hundreds and thousands, to decorate