Catherine's Baby Shower - Cranberry, Orange & Macadamia Nut Cupcakes

I love the flavour combination of cranberry and orange and by incorporating toasted nuts and white chocolate, these cupcakes make a decadent treat!

For the cupcakes:
225g unsalted butter
225g caster sugar
225g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla essence
50g white chocolate chips
50g dried cranberries
1 tbsp orange zest

For the icing:
200g white chocolate chips
5 tbsp milk
175g icing sugar, sieved
3 tbsp chopped toasted macadamia nuts

Preheat the oven to 175C/gas mark 4. Place 18 paper baking cases in muffin tins. Combine all the cupcake ingredients, except the chocolate chips and dried cranberries, in a large bowl and beat until smooth and pale, about 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the chocolate chips and cranberries.

Spoon the batter into the cases. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove tins from the oven and cool for 5 minutes. Then remove the cupcakes and cool on a rack.

To make the icing, melt the chocolate and milk in a medium bowl over a pan of simmering water, stirring frequently, remove from the heat and beat in the icing sugar until smooth. Spread over the cupcakes and sprinkle with the nuts.

Charlotte x