Kerry’s top cupcake recipes – Dorothy House Coffee Morning inspiration

A wonderful and very tasty way to support Dorothy House’s vital work is to host a charity Coffee Morning.

We asked Kerry, one of our fantastic volunteers, for her top cupcake recipes.

“I volunteer in the Fundraising department that deals with direct debits and donations.

I taught English for many years, then retired and took up baking! Like many people I honed my skills during lockdown and established a small business selling custom cakes. Now I just bake for fun.”

Here are Kerry’s top recipes:

Easy Peasy Chocolate Orange Cupcakes

Ingredients

• 1 large egg
• 60g self-raising flour
• 10g good quality cocoa powder
• 70g sugar
• 70g margarine or butter at room temperature
• 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
• 1 mandarin orange, grate the rind and juice
• Few drops of orange essence (optional)
• 6 squares of chocolate to melt and decorate

Method

• Prepare the cupcake tins by greasing thoroughly or using paper/silicone cases.
• Set the oven to preheat at 170 degrees
• Put the egg, flour, sugar, cocoa powder, margarine or butter, grated rind of the mandarin (leave the juice for later) and the mayonnaise in a large bowl and whisk gently until everything is thoroughly combined. Then mix at a high speed for about 30 seconds. This is the time to add the orange essence if using.
• I like to use an ice cream scoop to make all my cakes equally sized, otherwise just use a spoon and place some mixture in each of the cupcake cases. Bake for about 15-17 mins, until they spring back to the touch or a skewer comes out clean.
• Prick with a fork or end of skewer and pour a teaspoon of the mandarin juice on to each cake as soon as they come out of the oven. Let cool.
• Decorate with melted chocolate if desired. A Terry’s chocolate orange works really well!

Easy Vegan Banana Cupcakes

Ingredients

• 240g Self raising flour
• 140g sugar (you can reduce to 100g if you prefer something less sweet)
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 2 large ripe bananas well mashed
• 240g of vegan mayonnaise
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

I like to add a handful of vegan chocolate chips, just because there’s always room for chocolate.

Method

• Prepare the cupcake tins by greasing thoroughly or using paper/silicone cases.
• Set the oven to preheat at 170 degrees
• Mix the dry ingredients together
• Mix the wet ingredients in a separate bowl to the dry ingredients
• Combine all ingredients (including the chocolate chips if using) into the same bowl and stir a maximum of 20 times! It will be thick.
• Pour into the prepared cupcake tins and bake at 170 degrees for about 11 mins, they should be firm to the touch. Leave to cool completely. Decorate with vegan buttercream (same method as regular buttercream but obviously using vegan butter!) and chocolate chips if desired.

Host your own Dorothy House Coffee Morning!

Now you’ve got some delicious inspiration, why not host your own charity Coffee Morning? It’s a fun and sociable way to raise vital funds for Dorothy House. Click here for more baking ideas, to find out what’s involved and to register for your free Coffee Morning Event Pack. You might be surprised how much you raise!