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Your favourite cupcake recipe ?
I've never done cupcakes but I have done fairy cakes / butterfly cakes !
What's your favourite cupcake recipe ? Actual cake PLUS toppings please ! I know their are loads of recipes out there on t'internet, but there too many to trawl through! ![]() Apparently, cupcakes are not simply "doubled-up" fairycakes ! |
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My daughter's an expert tbh & I know as a basic recipe she uses one that includes custard powder. Google should direct you.
Edit: Apparently they're glamourous fairy cakes ' but she works then as cupcakes. ![]() She does cook a lot for charity and does a delicious Vrkvet cake that you could use as a base mix. Don't use buttercream IMO - its gross! half fat cream cheese, icing sugar & vanilla.
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My daughter's an expert tbh & I know as a basic recipe she uses one that includes custard powder. Google should direct you.
Edit: Apparently they're glamourous fairy cakes ' but she works then as cupcakes. ![]() She does cook a lot for charity and does a delicious Vrkvet cake that you could use as a base mix. Don't use buttercream IMO - its gross! half fat cream cheese, icing sugar & vanilla.
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I actually use a Victoria sponge recipe and add a little milk and vanilla. I always use the ratio of 1:1:1:1 for the other ingredients.
Makes 12 cupcakes: - Pre heat your oven to 160 degrees (fan oven. Use the equivalent temp for a gas oven). - Line your tins with 12 cupcake cases. - Weigh 3 medium eggs whilst in their shells. Take note of this measurement. Beat, add 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract and leave aside. - In another bowl, cream together caster sugar that weighs the same as your eggs, with the same amount of butter or marge. - Add your beaten egg about a quarter at a time and beat after each addition. - Sift in your SR flour, the same weight as your eggs, and fold through the mixture. Add two tablespoons of milk and mix well. - Transfer the mixture into a pouring jug, and pour your cupcakes cases until they are each around 2/3 to 3/4 full. - Bake for 20 mins. After 20 mins test one cake by pushing a cocktail stick in the middle. If it comes out clean, they are ready. If not, bake for 2 or three mins more and check again. - Once done, remove them from oven and leave to rest for five mins before removing from tins and placing on wire rack. - If the cakes have domed too much, run the back of a tablespoon over the tops gently, soon after removing from oven. Leave cakes to cool completely (at least 40 mins) before decorating. Vanilla buttercream icing: - Always use 1 part butter to two parts icing sugar. I don't like masses of buttercream so I use 6g of butter per cake. Use about 10g butter per cake if you like more. - Cream your butter, make sure it's room temperature and very soft. Add your icing sugar and beat. Add half a teaspoon of vanilla extract and a tablespoon of milk, and beat again. You can also add colour of course. - Spread on cooled cupcakes with a palate knife or pipe on. |
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Don't use buttercream IMO - its gross!
half fat cream cheese, icing sugar & vanilla. |
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VS, I've just been looking at your cupcakes in the photo thread and all I can say is - can I come and live with you??
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VS, I've just been looking at your cupcakes in the photo thread and all I can say is - can I come and live with you??
![]() Victoria sponge, is IMO the best cake, so I don't see the point in using a specific cupcake recipe when that works really well. |
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VS, I've just been looking at your cupcakes in the photo thread and all I can say is - can I come and live with you??
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I haven't used cream cheese frosting yet...does the half fat cream cheese hold its shape nicely like buttercream?
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Just googled that recipe myself and bookmarked it, thanks.
![]() ![]() Hope you enjoy! Sorry about spelling in earlier post - just came in from gym & a shop I had to lugg home on the bus.
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Just googled that recipe myself and bookmarked it, thanks.
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I do a ginger flavoured sponge with a lighter ginger flavoured frosting with white chocolate.
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i love making chocolate chip cupcakes
Yumalso the cupcakes on Neighbours soap look delicious too ..Made by Vanessa
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Yes it really does VS - IMO and in my daughter's - I usually use Tesco/ Lidl.
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They're really are lovely & the custard powder does make a difference!
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this is my favourite cupcake recipe. Even as a non-baker, it's totally foolproof!
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What recipe ? Where ??
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These are yummy and a little bit different:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/le...ecupcake_92527 You can also do variations with raspberries/blueberries etc |
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half fat cream cheese, icing sugar & vanilla.
