Yay for Eggs!

I am wondering if Amelia has made our girls some of her delicious cupcakes yet... they are now in Oyes, France with their cousins. A great little cook, she treated us with some when we were there. They have a ready supply of fresh, free range eggs from an elderly neighbor, affectionately called 'Madame Paris' who is very happy to get cakes in return! Sounds like a good deal to me. On both counts! We are glad to have a friend who sells us her lovely free range eggs. She loves her chooks and looks after them extremely well!
This week on TV3 'Sunrise' Breaky news programme an 'eggs-pert' said that 'an egg a day is OK'. "The egg is not only a good source of protein, it also contains a nutrient called choline which is essential to developing fetuses..." 

Amelia's Cup Cakes

1 1/2 cups plain flour
3 tsp baking powder
125 gms unsalted butter
1 tsp vanilla essence
2/3 cup of caster sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk

Preheat the over to 180 deg C. Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl. Add butter, vanilla, sugar, eggs, milk and mix, either with an electric beater or a wooden spoon till smooth.
Arrange cupcake cases in a 12 hole muffin tin and spoon the mixture into cases. Bake 17 - 20 minutes or until golden brown. leave in tin for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool. Ice or serve with whipped cream and strawberries and raspberries.