{"id":257,"date":"2026-09-21T08:45:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T08:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/switchflavours.co.uk\/shop\/recipes\/eton-mess-cupcakes\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T08:45:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T08:45:30","slug":"eton-mess-cupcakes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/switchflavours.co.uk\/shop\/recipes\/eton-mess-cupcakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Eton Mess Cupcakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eton mess but in a cupcake. Soft vanilla sponge, a cloud of strawberry buttercream, and smashed meringue over the top. The Eton Mess flavouring does the heavy lifting in the sponge and it is absolutely worth it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Makes 12 \u00b7 About an hour \u00b7 Easy<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>You will need<\/h2>\n<p><strong>For the sponge:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>175g soft butter<\/li>\n<li>175g caster sugar<\/li>\n<li>3 eggs<\/li>\n<li>175g self raising flour<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp <a href=\"\/shop\/product\/eton-mess\/\">Eton Mess flavouring<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>For the top:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>150g soft butter<\/li>\n<li>300g icing sugar<\/li>\n<li>Half a tsp <a href=\"\/shop\/product\/sweet-strawberry\/\">Sweet Strawberry flavouring<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2 or 3 meringue nests, smashed up<\/li>\n<li>A handful of fresh strawberries, chopped<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How to make them<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Oven to 180\u00b0C (160\u00b0C fan). Line a 12 hole tin with cases.<\/li>\n<li>Beat the butter and sugar until pale, then beat in the eggs one at a time.<\/li>\n<li>Fold in the flour and the Eton Mess flavouring. Add it with the flour so it spreads evenly.<\/li>\n<li>Divide between the cases and bake 18 to 20 minutes, until golden and springy. Cool completely.<\/li>\n<li>Beat the butter and icing sugar together, then beat in the strawberry flavouring. Taste it. Want it louder? Add a drop at a time.<\/li>\n<li>Pipe or spoon the buttercream on, then shower them with crushed meringue and chopped strawberries. Serve the same day so the meringue stays crunchy.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Counter tip:<\/strong> the meringue goes soft if it sits on the buttercream overnight, so if you are making them ahead, add the meringue just before serving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eton mess but in a cupcake. Soft vanilla sponge, a cloud of strawberry buttercream, and smashed meringue over the top. The Eton Mess flavouring does the heavy lifting in the sponge and it is absolutely worth it. Makes 12 \u00b7 About an hour \u00b7 Easy You will need For the sponge: 175g soft butter 175g [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":256,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-257","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/switchflavours.co.uk\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/switchflavours.co.uk\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/switchflavours.co.uk\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/switchflavours.co.uk\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/switchflavours.co.uk\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/switchflavours.co.uk\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/257\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/switchflavours.co.uk\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/switchflavours.co.uk\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}