Birthday Cupcake

My daughter was so excited after receiving this beautiful cupcake with sugar print from her friend, Sis Elizabeth for her 4th birthday. She just love princesses ……

Chocolate Cupcake with whipped cream

This recipe was adapted from Family Favorites Muffins and Cupcakes published by Parragon. However, for ease, replaced the cream cheese frosting topping with whipped cream and then dust lightly with sifted cocoa. Made 12 cupcakes instead of 18 as recommended, ending up making it looks bigger and just like muffins :-)

For those who prefers it plain ......

For those who loves it with whipped cream ......

For my daughter who asked for more, more whipped cream ........
Ingredients
6 tbsp butter
100 g caster sugar
2 eggs, lightly beaten
2 tbsp milk
55g plain chocolate chips
225 g self-raising flour
25 g cocoa powder

Method for chocolate cupcake
1. Place 18 double –layer paper cases.
2. Put the butter and sugar in a bowl and beat together until light and fluffy. Gradualy add the eggs, beating well after each addition. Add the milk, and then fold in the chocolate chips. Sift in the flour and cocoa, then fold into the mixture.Spoon the mixture into the paper cases and smooth the tops.
3. Bake the cupcakes in a preheated oven, 200C for 20 minutes or until well risen and springy to the touch. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

Plain Mini Cupcakes

Daughter loves cakes with buttercream. Was not really satisfied with the buttercream recipe that I've tried before. Am quite delighted with this new found butter icing recipe which taste better in terms of its texture and level of sweetness.

Ingredients:

100 g butter

200 g icing sugar

2 tablespoons cold milk

1/2 teaspoon vanilla or other essence

Method:

Cream the butter until light and creamy. Gradually beat in sugar, alternately with milk. Continue beating until is light and fluffy. Beat in essence until well blended.

Mini Cupcakes

Friends have planned for a steamboat cum barbeque party and made these for the kids. It's exactly the same recipe for the simple cupcake save for they are made into mini sizes.

Simple Cupcakes

Baby Jien turns 6 months on my hubby's birthday and made these little cupcakes for both love ones.

Creative Cupcakes

Attended the Wilton Creative Cupcake Workshop to learn how to decorate the sunflower, baby in blanket, pussy cat (mine looks more like a dog) and daisy with ladybug on a cupcake. It was really fun.

Raisin Cupcake

Used the Butterfly Cupcake recipe and added raisins.

Butterfly Cupcake

Spotted this recipe called “Butterfly Cupcake” from the newspaper. Eager to try as it mentioned kids would love it. That’s very true. My daughter loves it especially the buttercream. Personally, it’s a little too sweet.

Ingredients:
100g butter, softened
90g fine castor sugar
1/4 tsp vanilla essence
1/2 tsp orange essence
2 eggs
150g self-raising flour
3/4 tsp baking powder

Buttercream:
100g unsalted butter
170g icing sugar, sifted
1/2 tsp hot water
1/4 tsp vanilla essence

Line 15 muffin cups with paper cases and preheat oven to 190 degree celcius.
Sift flour and baking powder together and set aside. Cream butter, sugar and essences with an electric hand mixer until pale and creamy. Beat in eggs, one at a time until well combined.
Stir in sifted flour mixture to mix until batter is smooth. Spoon batter into paper cases up to 3/4 full.
Bake for 15-20 minutes or until the cakes are well risen and the top springs back when pressed lightly. Stand cakes in the pan for 10 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Cut a deep circle on top of each cake and cut each circle in half to make the wings (skipped this part).

To make the butter cream:
Put butter in a mixing bowl and beat until creamy. Gradually add the icing sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Beat in the water and essence. Use a spatula to put some butter cream on to the cake cavity. Position the wings on top then lightly dust with a little icing sugar.

Chocolate Chip Cupcake

Baking cupcakes came into my mind as the easiest attempt for a virgin baker. Here is the result of my first so-called successful attempt at baking using my first newly bought oven.

Ingredients:
150 g butter - softened
150 g castor sugar
175 g self-raising sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
50 g chocolate chips

Pre-heat the oven to 180 C. Line a 12 cup cake pan with cup cake papers. Crack the eggs into a cup and beat lightly with a fork. Beat the butter and sugar with electric mixer until light and creamy. Add in eggs and flour alternately and mix well. Add the Choc Chips and mix through. Divide the mixture evenly between the cake cases. Bake for 18-20 minutes.