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Bake Your Own Fancy Cupcakes!

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Why Cupcakes Are The Best!

Cupcakes are the best because they let you have that moment of cake, but on a personal level. You never feel like you ate too much with a cupcake, but a slice of cake can sometimes be overwhelming or too heavy.

Cupcakes don't care if you're into vanilla, chocolate or any possible combination of the two. Cupcakes are good both ways. If you have to feed a group, cupcakes make everyone feel like they got their fair share. With a cupcake, everyone can have a rose....

Depending on how you decorate them, cupcakes can go from casual to formal, from simple to elaborate, from kids birthday parties to weddings and gala balls.

To get you started, this Hub includes recipes for a vanilla cupcake, a special dairy-and-egg-free chocolate cupcake and buttercream chocolate frosting (by the way, just by leaving out the cocoa you can turn that one into vanilla).


A cupcake is a delightful cake-for one!

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shredded coconut and some jellybeans are easy and fancy
Source: photo by Relache/Rae Schwarz

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Super Vanilla Cupcake Ingredients

  • 1 3/4 C. cake flour, not self-rising
  • 1 1/4 C. unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 2 C. sugar
  • 1 Tbsp. baking powder
  • 3/4 tsp. salt
  • 1 C. (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch cubes
  • 4 large eggs, room temperature
  • 1 C. whole milk
  • 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract

    Instructions for Baking Super Vanilla Cupcakes

    1. Start the oven pre-heating, setting it for 325 degrees.
    2. Get your cupcake pans ready by lining them with paper liners.
    3. Set-up your electric mixer with the paddle attachment. Use this to combine the flours, salt, sugar and baking powder, mixing on low speed. Then add the butter a few cubes at a time, and let it mix until the butter is just coated with the flour, then stop the mixer.
    4. In a separate bowl, combine the vanilla extract, milk and eggs, whisking well. Turn mixer back on to medium and slowly pour in the wet ingredients. Use a spatula to scrape the sides of the bowl as you pour this part in. Do not overbeat the batter.
    5. Use a small ladle or measuring cup with a spout to fill the cupcake tins. Only fill each cupcake liner two-thirds or your cupcakes will rise to far when they bake and burn onto the pan.
    6. The cupcakes should bake for approx 17-20 minutes. Halfway through baking, rotate the pan in the oven. Test cupcakes to see if they are done by sticking a toothpick down into the center of a few of them. You want to see the toothpick come out "clean" with no batter sticking to it.
    7. This recipes makes about 30 cupcakes.
    8. When the cupcakes are done, tip them out of their tins and let them finish cooling by sitting on a wire rack. DO NOT FROST CUPCAKES UNTIL THEY HAVE COOLED COMPLETELY. Otherwise, the frosting melts and drips right off the cupcake.
    9. Serve cupcakes at room temperature. Store them covered in plastic or sealed in the refrigerator. Eat within three days for best texture and freshness.

    Decorative Tips For Frosting

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    Lots of little frosting squirts makes a spikey treat!

    Fun Topping Designs

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    A complimentary dab of glittery sprinkles.

    Chocolate Cupcakes

    This recipe is dairy and egg-free, so they work great for everyone, including vegans and people with allergies!

    Ingredients:

    • 1 1/2 C. all-purpose flour

    • 3/4 C. sugar

    • 1/4 C. cocoa powder

    • 1 tsp baking powder

    • 1tsp baking soda

    • 1/2 tsp salt

    • 5 T. vegetable oil

    • 1 T. vinegar

    • 1 tsp. vanilla

    • 1 1/4 C. water

    Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Line a one-dozen-cupcake pan with liners.

    In a large bowl, mix all of the dry ingredients together. Then add the vegetable oil, vinegar, vanilla and water, mixing until the batter is one even color and has become smooth.Pour or ladle batter evenly into cupcake cups and bake for 20 minutes. Cool on wire rack.As an easy alternative to frosting, dust the tops of these cupcakes with powdered sugar!


    Colorful and Clever Cupcakes

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    Cupcakes as pool balls

    Cupcake News

    Luscious Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

    Ingredients:

    • 1/2 C. butter

    • 2 1/2 C powdered sugar

    • 1/4 C unsweetened Dutch cocoa

    • 1/4 C whipping cream

    • 1 oz. unsweetened baking chocolate (1 square)

    • 1 Tbsp. light corn syrup

    In a bowl, combine cocoa, powdered sugar and salt. Melt chocolate in a microwave or using a double boiler and then combine with whipping cream.

    In an electric mixer, beat butter on medium speed until creamy. Alternating pour in the dry ingredients and the wet ingredients, adding small amounts of each and scraping the sides of the bowl with a spatula.

    When the wet and dry ingredients have been added, stop the mixer and stir in the corn syrup.

    This recipe frosts approximately a dozen cupcakes.


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    Do You Love Cupcakes! - comments and feedback

    army surplus uk 2 weeks ago

    thanks for sharing some great ideas here. I will have to try some of these out this holiday weekend

    LauraGT 2 months ago

    beautiful. Looking forward to trying some of these at my daughter's next birthday!

    Annia 2 months ago

    these look great hunni gonna try the soon x thanks x

    cooking4love 2 months ago

    These cakes looking amazing!!!!!

    zyxoman 4 months ago

    Love the ones with lots of frosting.

    annie 5 months ago

    These cupcakes looks so wonderful I can't even chose witch one I won't to make right now I'm having a head ak trying to think?

    I think I finally found out

    luciaguidolin38 5 months ago

    LOVE all your tips! i am huge into making cupcakes too :) check out my blog!

    avaramaglia 7 months ago

    I'm definitely going to use one of these recipes! I love decorating cupcakes and these cupcakes are so cute. Thanks for giving me some ideas :)

    cactustze 8 months ago

    i like cupcakes! delicious

    Hendrika 8 months ago

    I'm trying buttercream recipes and this one looks worth trying, thanks. I am looking for one that is tasty, but not too expensive, this one looks as if it may fits the bill.

    relache 9 months ago

    Tin, I've never measured them but I have both the regular "large" and "mini" cupcake pans that sold everywhere.

    Tin 9 months ago

    Hi.

    May I know the size of pan you are using for the cupcakes? You have inspired me to try baking cupcakes...:) Thanks for these perfect recipes. Can't wait to try them. Pans in the market that I go to are 1 inch deep...how deep is your pan?

    AllSuretyBonds 9 months ago

    I am a fan of sweets. I love cupcakes. Love the pictures. There are so many different options that you can decorate with cupcakes. Great Hub!

    Thelma Alberts 11 months ago

    OMG! They look so tasty. I love cupcapes and I enjoy making them. Thanks for sharing and it´s bookmark now.

    sunitibahl9 12 months ago

    great nice n thanks a lot

    relache 13 months ago

    Right now my personal favorite is a chocolate cupcake, topped with a vanilla creamcheese frosting. Classic and pairs up perfectly with a hot cocoa for sipping.

    Nellydefalco 13 months ago

    I make dozens of cupcakes for charity, what kind would you say is your favourite cupcake if you have to choose?

    Mrs. Menagerie 13 months ago

    Oh Man do these look great! I'm gonna try them.

    Alexander Pease 14 months ago

    Awesome hub. The cupcakes look tasty.

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