Or in this case, Starcake. :D
I couldn't resist the lure of the adorable star tin any longer, so I pulled out my almost-perfect cupcake recipe and decided to have another go. This time I put the RIGHT amount of bicarb soda in.

SUCCESS! WIN! ALL GOOD! The recipe turned out perfect. I ended up making it a coconut flavour, by adding in 1/4 cup of desiccated coconut, and 1/2 tsp of coconut essence. I added a touch more water too, just to fill out the dried coconut a little. For the icing I used a little warm Nuttelex [olive oil margarine, it's completely dairy free] plus a heap of icing sugar and a TBS of warm water. Oh and a few drops of strawberry essence and red colouring.

And omylord, talk about sweet. This is one of those things you want to save for special occasions, unless you have a good tolerance for cakes and sweet things. I only cut half off, and even that was waaay too much for me. While I was eating it, I kept harking back to my previous epic fails, expecting to hit something bad tasting, so I kept on going even when I was beyond my sugar threshold and well on my way to DiabeteesLand, but lo - nothing! it was perfect! Moist middle, well risen, slightly crunchy edges. I'm still in a little bit of shock [and on a mighty sugar high] so bear with me.

So first, allow me to present - Starcake:

Gleegan cupcakes

Makes 3

1 1/4 c gluten free flour (I used White Wings)
1/4 tsp bicarbonate
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup castor sugar
1/2 tsp van essence
2 drops almond essence [optional]
1 tsp Orgran No Egg in 2 TBS water
2 TBS olive oil
1/2 cup water with 1 tsp lime juice

Method:
Add all ingedients into a big bowl in order I listed them in. It's important that you do this, as the acid* needs to go in last. Stir until combined, little lumps are OK but big ones are uh, not so good. Don't overstir, or leave too long until baking as the bubbles from the acid/alkaline reaction will disappear and your cuppie cakes will be more like, well, cupstones.

Bake 18-25 min, or lightly golden, on moderate oven [180 deg celcius]. Smother in far too much gooey icing, call 000 and devour.

Wait out front for ambulance.

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Cooking Notes:
Make sure you lightly spray your cupcake patty cases with a little vegie oil spray to stop them from doing that annoying "Oh! Look! i'm stuck to my Case" thing that cupcakes love to do. Also, fill the cases to about 3/4... GFree flour won't rise as high as regular stuff.