Smarty Party Cupcakes

• 2 1/2 cups self-raising flour
• 1/2 cup butter (softened)
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon orange zest
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 5 (40 g) packets smarties candies (can also use m&ms)

1. Blend butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
2. Beat in eggs and milk and orange zest.
3. Mix 4 packets of smarties in quickly with a few strokes otherwise they will start to dye the batter.
4. Gently fold in the flour.
5. Divide mixture into a 12 hole muffin tray and add a few extra smarties from remaining packet on top.
6. Bake for 20 minutes at 180 Celsius.
7. Note that the smarties remain soft in the cupcake.
8. Edited to add: These are wonderful when covered with Kitten's Buttercream icing and decorated with an assortment of lollies. The photo is of some of these cupcakes that my niece ( a chef in the making if I ever saw one) and I did for my son's birthday party a few years ago.

selfraising, butter, eggs, orange zest, milk, sugar, packets smarties

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/smarty-party-cupcakes-246520 (may not work)