Spring Coloured Butterfly Cheese Cupcakes

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   Cream cheese cupcakes: Leave the butter and cream cheese to warm to room temperature.

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   Sift together the flour and baking powder.

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   Preheat the oven to 180C.

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   Add the butter and cream cheese to a bowl and cream together with a whisk.

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   Add the sugar and mix until the mixture becomes pale.

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   Continue whisking whilst adding the well beaten egg and lemon juice a little at a time in that order.

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   Sift in the cake flour and baking powder and fold in with a rubber spatula until there are no lumps left.

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   Fill the muffin cups until about 80% full with batter and even out the surface.

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   Bake at 180C for approximately 20 minutes.

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    Pierce with a skewer and if no batter sticks when you remove it, take the cupcakes out of the oven and let cool.

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    Cream cheese ganache: Melt the white chocolate and mix with the cream cheese and cream in a bowl suspended over a pan of hot water.

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    Once melted, remove the bowl from the pan and leave to cool for a while before adding the green food colouring and white curacao.

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    Mix well.

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    Topping: Spread the cheese ganache over the cheese cupcakes.

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    Add the raspberry chocolate to an icing bag and melt over a pan of hot water.

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    Cut a 1 - 2 mm hole in the corner and pipe out butterfly wing shapes onto a baking sheet.

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    Before it sets, decorate with star sprinkles and silver dragees, and chill in the refrigerator to set.

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    If you draw the butterfly wing shapes beforehand, and place them under the baking sheet you can trace them and make better looking shapes.

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    Once the ganache has hardened, gently press the butterflies on top of the cupcakes and you're done.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.