Cakes

Mini Snowballs

I love this easy, simple recipe. These mini bite size snowballs are perfect for any occasion. Be warned however, this recipe yields around 2 and a half mini cupcake trays so unless you are a snowball lover, try and half the recipe or find a way to distribute the rest to family or friends. I always end up giving the extras to the security guards at University (my way of bribing them for parking space).

Ingredients

1 cup Castor Sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp Vanilla Essence
1 1/2 cups Flour
1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
125g Butter
1/2 cup Milk

Method

Beat Castor Sugar and eggs until creamy and then add Vanilla Essence
In a separate bowl,Sift Flour and Baking Powder
Bring Butter and Milk to a boil
Alternate flour and boiled mixture into beaten bowl.
Spoon into  greased mini cupcake trays and bake at 180degrees until lightly golden. 
Be careful not to overfill the pan as a peak will form when baked. 

Syrup

1 1/2 cups Icing Sugar
60g Butter
3/4 cup boiling water
1 tsp red food colouring
Bring all ingredients to a boil

After cooling snowballs, dip in syrup and coat in coconut

Enjoy!

Xxx
Tasneem