Hello,
I know it’s not exactly beauty
related, but I thought I would share my recent cupcake creations. I do a lot of
baking for family, friends and special occasions, and love experimenting with
cupcakes. Well today was my friend Clairabelle0306’s birthday tea party, so I
got to work in kitchen this morning, and came up with these!
For the cupcakes themselves, I
used a basic Victoria Sponge recipe:
4oz Caster Sugar
4oz Butter or Margarine
2 Medium Eggs
4oz Self-Raising Flour
I also like to add a teaspoon
of vanilla essence, but it’s not essential. I find this recipe works really
well, and it’s never failed me yet! It makes about 12 small cupcakes, but I
personally prefer them to rise a little higher, so I often double the recipe.
On this occasion, I doubled the recipe and it made 18 large cupcakes.
For the icing, I used Betty
Crocker vanilla icing, mixed it with a few drops of red food colouring, and
piped it onto the cupcakes. Ideally I would prefer to make my own icing, as the
Betty Crocker icing is a little sweet for my taste, but I find it difficult
to make butter cream icing that is of the right consistency for piping. I then
finished the cupcakes with a sprinkling of hundreds and thousands, and some
wafer daisies.
Last but not least, as I was
giving these cupcakes as a gift, I placed them in some cupcake boxes. These
usually come in packs of two, with room for 6 cupcakes in each. I purchased
mine from my local supermarket, and they cost under £3. I would avoid craft
stores for these though, as they tend to charge a lot more.
Grace xXx
Label: Cupcakes
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