Irn Bru Cupcake Recipe

These are great if you want a change from the traditional shortbread and tablet, but with the same Scottish flair. Plus, they taste amazing! Perfect for Robert Burns' Day, or any Scottish celebration.

What you'll need:

• 2 eggs
• About 130g sugar
• Vanilla essence
• 65 ml corn oil
• 75 ml Irn Bru
• 125g flour
• 1.5 tsps baking powder

For the icing:

• 100g butter
• 100g icing sugar
• 2-3 drops vanilla essence
• 1-2 tablespoons Irn Bru
• Blue food colouring

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180°C

1. Beat the eggs, sugar and vanilla essence together until they're creamy
2. Add the Irn Bru and oil and whisk them together until they're well combined
3. Sieve in the flour and baking powder, and fold them in well
4. Put the cakes in the oven for about 15 minutes, or till they're golden brown, and allow them to cool

Icing

1. Beat the butter until it's creamy
2. Gradually add in the icing sugar, along with a few drops of vanilla essence
3. Add enough Irn Bru to give the icing a texture that's creamy, but stiff enough to pipe on cakes
4. Put about two thirds of the mixture into a seperate bowl, and add blue food colouring
5. Put the rest of the mixture in a piping bag, and draw a cross on each cake
6. Put the blue mixture in a separate bag, and fill in around the cross - making a Scottish flag 

Enjoy!!!