Lyle's Good-and-Syrupy Cupcakes

Lyle's Golden Syrup Cupcake Recipe

Try your hand at these irresistibly tasty cupcakes with that baked-in syrupy goodness, topped off with swirls of delicious buttercream icing.

YIELDS

12 cupcakes

PREP TIME

25 minutes

COOK TIME

20-25 minutes

INGREDIENTS

Cupcakes

  • 185g (6½oz) unsalted butter, softened
  • 3 tbsp Lyle's Golden Syrup
  • 150g (5oz) Fairtrade Tate & Lyle Golden Caster Cane Sugar
  • 185g (6½oz) self-raising flour
  • 3 large eggs, at room temperature
  • 2 tbsp milk

Buttercream & Decoration

  • 110g (4oz) unsalted butter, softened
  • 200g (7oz) Tate & Lyle Fairtrade Icing Cane Sugar + extra for dusting
  • 2 tbsp Lyle's Golden Syrup + extra for drizzling
  • 1 tbsp milk
Lyle's Golden Syrup Tin

INSTRUCTIONS

How To Make Lyle's Golden Syrup Cupcakes

Bake A Little Love Into Your Cupcakes

Our Lyle's Golden Syrup cupcake recipe is a long-standing family favourite. Enriched with our famous Lyle’s Golden Syrup, these tasty treats are the perfect addition to any occasion – from family gatherings to midnight snacks!

Follow these 5 simple steps to create the ultimate creamy cupcakes!

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/160° Fan, 350°F, Gas 4 while you combine the butter, Lyle's Golden Syrup, Golden Caster Sugar, flour, eggs and milk together in a bowl. Beat with a mixer until soft and creamy.
  2. Divide the mixture between paper cases in a 12-hole muffin tin and bake on the middle shelf for 20-25 minutes until well risen and golden brown (and they spring back when lightly pressed with a finger). Transfer the cupcakes to a wire rack to cool while you make the buttercream.
  3. Plonk the butter in a bowl, sift over the icing sugar and mix until soft, then add the Lyle's Golden Syrup and milk and stir it smooth.
  4. Transfer to a piping bag fitted with a star nozzle and decorate the cakes with a swirl of butter cream.
  5. You're ready to just drizzle over a little Lyle's Golden Syrup, lightly dust with Icing Sugar and serve away.

CHEF'S TIP

  • Try to mix your batter with a light hand to allow air bubbles to form for fluffier cupcakes.
  • If you find the additional buttercream a tad too sweet for your taste, try making the cupcakes without it – they’re just as tasty.
  • Enjoy the warming golden tang in these moist, generous cupcakes. We bet you can't stop at just one!