Pastel Cupcakes

A super easy recipe:

I'm not the best cook in the world but this recipe makes 12 super spongy cupcakes with a delicious buttercream icing.  
Enjoy!

Ingredients:

• 125g Caster sugar
• 125g Self raising flour
• 125g Plain butter
• 1 Teaspoon vanilla flavouring
• 2 Large eggs
• Dr Oetker food colour gels (pink, yellow, blue)

For the icing:

• 400g Icing sugar
• 150g Plain butter
• Fruit flavouring (optional)
• Blueberries
• Strawberries

Method:

1. Set the oven to around 180 degrees.  Then, mix all of the cake ingredients into a bowl (in no particular order.) 
2. Separate the mixture into three different bowls (or however many colours you decide to choose) and add a few drops of Dr Oetker food gels, one colour per bowl.  
3. Once you are happy with the colours, spoon one teaspoon of each colour into a cupcake case, this worked well for me as it left me with just about the right amount of cake mix in each case.  
4. Then, put the cakes into the oven for 15-20 minutes until cooked.  

To make the icing:

1. Once the cakes have cooled, add the butter to the icing sugar and mix until the mixture is firm and less runny, you may need to add more icing sugar.  If you prefer, add a fruity flavouring to make the cakes extra tasty.
2. Put the mixture into a piping bag and start piping the mixture onto the cakes.
3. For decoration, add half of a strawberry and a blueberry - or decorate them however you want, I would love to see some of your decorating ideas and tips.