Homemade lemon sprinkles + birthday giveaway

It honestly does not feel like it has already been a year, but here it is: this week our blog has turned 1!

I think both Karla and I can say that we have learnt a lot along the way and have met other lovely fellow bloggers. So we are definitely looking forward to more birthdays to come.

This week it’s not about the cake, it’s about the sprinkles. Since I saw this post on Food52 I have been dying to try it and try all the different flavours under the Sun.

I also devoured these vanilla cupcakes (I am in fact eating one right now with a cup of coffee) and it’s all thanks to Jemma’s cookbook.

It’s our birthday but we want to share this moment with you so we’re giving the book to a lucky reader so you can try the cupcakes and these stupidly easy lemon flavoured sprinkles on top. Check out the bottom of the page for details.

Lemon sprinkles

260g icing sugar

1 egg white

Food colouring (I think Silver Spoon are the best)

1 tsp lemon flavouring

Finely grated zest of 1 lemon

Piping bags and tips (I used Wilton #3 but #2 is also good)

Method:

1. Mix all ingredients together. I did it by hand as I find it that way you don’t end up covered in icing sugar but you can use your mixer with paddle attachment. The mixture should have a glue consistency.

2. Separate the mixture into bowls, the amount depends on how many colours you’ll make. My advice is to add tiny drops to the icing mix until you achieve the colour depth you want. Pour mixture into piping bags and pipe lines onto a baking tray. Let it dry for a few hours, once dried scrape the lines of icing with a knife or scraper and break them into sprinkle-sized bits.