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Topping recipes

A cupcake is nothing without its finishing touch of decadent frosting, and there are lots of sumptuous recipes to choose from here to suit a variety of tastes.

Lemon cream cheese frosting

When using this lovely zingy yet creamy frosting, it’s best to frost and decorate only at the last moment because the frosting needs to remain cool (it should always be kept in the fridge), but sugarpaste decorations don’t like going in the fridge.

You will need…

 160g (53⁄4oz) cream cheese

 60g (21⁄4oz) butter, softened

 2 tsp finely grated lemon zest (unwaxed)

 480g (1lb 1oz) icing (confectioners’) sugar, sifted

1 Place the cream cheese, butter and lemon zest in the bowl of an electric stand mixer or mixing bowl and beat until light and fluffy.

2 Gradually beat in the sugar until well combined.

For an orange cream cheese frosting, simply replace the lemon zest with the same quantity of orange zest from a washed unwaxed orange.