Custard Cupcakes

Makes 12

Ingredients:
100g custard powder
200g softened butter
2 eggs
4 tbsp milk
140g caster sugar
100g self-raising flour, sifted

To ice the buns:
150g icing sugar
hundreds and thousands, to decorate

Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4 and place 12 paper cases into a muffin tray. Beat the custard powder with the butter, eggs and milk, then stir in the sugar and fold in the sifted flour. Spoon into the paper cases.
Bake for about 20 mins until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Leave to cool completely.
Mix the icing sugar with about 3 tbsp water to form a thick paste. Cover the tops of the buns with the icing, then decorate with hundreds and thousands.

This recipe was from the March issue of BBC Good Food magazine.