National Cupcake Week
So this week is National Cupcake Week, and bakers up and down the country are getting their bake on, and coming up with brand new cupcake recipes all for you lovely people to make, bake and taste (or you probably could cut out the middle man and go straight to a café and enjoy some cakey goodness).
This week I thought I'd share with you some of my favourite cupcake recipes, to excite your tastebuds on this dreary Wednesday afternoon.
Cupcakes are one of those easy peasy recipes that you used to make with your mum when you were a kid. They are so versatile, you really can't go wrong with a good cupcake. So to start off, here is a basic cupcake recipe which you can edit and add any flavourings to, the choice is yours.
Basic Cupcake Recipe
Ingredients:
110g self raising flour, sieved
110g caster sugar
2 large eggs
110g softened butter
120g softened butter
250g icing sugar, sieved
1tbsp milk
1tsp vanilla essence
Method:
Pre-heat the oven to 170 degrees Celsius and line a cupcake tin with 12 cupcake cases.
Beat together the flour, butter eggs and sugar for two minutes, or until a golden batter is formed, it should be thick and fluffy.
Add any flavourings!
Split the mix into the twelve cases.
Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until golden brown and a skewer inserted to the centre comes out clean.
For the icing, beat together the butter and icing sugar until well combined. The mix should be smooth, thick and cream coloured. Add the milk if it seems to stiff to pipe; I almost always add the milk, just to make sure it is smooth enough to be able to pipe or spread with.
Add the vanilla essence or any other flavourings you'd like.
And there you have it! The simplest recipe known to mankind!
Just remember when adding any cocoa powder, to switch the same amount of icing sugar or flour (for example, if adding 30g cocoa powder to a cake mix, take out 30g of flour).
It's really that simple!
So here are 5 of my favourite cupcake recipes, I make them for my family and at work at least once a week, they all really are crowd pleasers.I'll include the ingredients for each flavour, and all you need do is follow the above method. If there's any extra steps, I'll make them clear!
1) Blueberry Cupcakes
110g self-raising flour
110g softened butter
110g sugar
2 eggs
1 punnet of blueberries
The method for this recipe is exactly the same as the basic base mix above. The only difference is you will need to stir three quarters of of the blueberries into the cake batter in place of the vanilla essence. The other quarter can be used for decoration.
2) Chocolate and Vanilla Cupcakes
110g Self Raising Flour
110g Butter
110g Caster Sugar
2Eggs
1tsp Vanilla Essence
150g chocolate
This recipe is exactly the same as the above, just follow the same steps. To decorate, melt the 150g chocolate in a bowl over boiling water, and spread over the top of the cool cupcakes.
3) Malteser Surprise
110g self-raising flour
110g softened butter
110gsugar
2 eggs
For the icing:
1 tub of Betty Crocker's vanilla icing
Maltesers
Again, follow the basic method to cook the cupcakes. Once baked and cooled, cut out a circle of sponge from the cupcake and cut in half to create butterfly wings. Fill the whole in the cupcake with your buttercream and press in a malteser. Cover the top of the malteser with a little more vanilla icing and pop the wings back on top-arranging until it looks like butterfly wings.
4) Vanilla and Poppyseed Cupcakes
110g butter (we used stork)
Add the poppyseeds when you add the vanilla essence for these yummy treats.
5) Strawberry Swirl Cupcakes
110g self-raising flour
110g caster sugar
110g softened butter
2 large eggs
110g strawberry jam
Make a basic cupcake batter, and divide half of the mix between the paper cases, then add 1tsp of strawberry jam in the centre of each one. Then top with the rest of the cake mix.
Decorate with a pink buttercream to finish.
This week I thought I'd share with you some of my favourite cupcake recipes, to excite your tastebuds on this dreary Wednesday afternoon.
Cupcakes are one of those easy peasy recipes that you used to make with your mum when you were a kid. They are so versatile, you really can't go wrong with a good cupcake. So to start off, here is a basic cupcake recipe which you can edit and add any flavourings to, the choice is yours.
Basic Cupcake Recipe
Ingredients:
110g self raising flour, sieved
110g caster sugar
2 large eggs
110g softened butter
120g softened butter
250g icing sugar, sieved
1tbsp milk
1tsp vanilla essence
Method:
Pre-heat the oven to 170 degrees Celsius and line a cupcake tin with 12 cupcake cases.
Beat together the flour, butter eggs and sugar for two minutes, or until a golden batter is formed, it should be thick and fluffy.
Add any flavourings!
Split the mix into the twelve cases.
Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until golden brown and a skewer inserted to the centre comes out clean.
For the icing, beat together the butter and icing sugar until well combined. The mix should be smooth, thick and cream coloured. Add the milk if it seems to stiff to pipe; I almost always add the milk, just to make sure it is smooth enough to be able to pipe or spread with.
Add the vanilla essence or any other flavourings you'd like.
And there you have it! The simplest recipe known to mankind!
Just remember when adding any cocoa powder, to switch the same amount of icing sugar or flour (for example, if adding 30g cocoa powder to a cake mix, take out 30g of flour).
It's really that simple!
So here are 5 of my favourite cupcake recipes, I make them for my family and at work at least once a week, they all really are crowd pleasers.I'll include the ingredients for each flavour, and all you need do is follow the above method. If there's any extra steps, I'll make them clear!
1) Blueberry Cupcakes
110g self-raising flour
110g softened butter
110g sugar
2 eggs
1 punnet of blueberries
The method for this recipe is exactly the same as the basic base mix above. The only difference is you will need to stir three quarters of of the blueberries into the cake batter in place of the vanilla essence. The other quarter can be used for decoration.
2) Chocolate and Vanilla Cupcakes
110g Self Raising Flour
110g Butter
110g Caster Sugar
2Eggs
1tsp Vanilla Essence
150g chocolate
This recipe is exactly the same as the above, just follow the same steps. To decorate, melt the 150g chocolate in a bowl over boiling water, and spread over the top of the cool cupcakes.
3) Malteser Surprise
110g self-raising flour
110g softened butter
110gsugar
2 eggs
For the icing:
1 tub of Betty Crocker's vanilla icing
Maltesers
Again, follow the basic method to cook the cupcakes. Once baked and cooled, cut out a circle of sponge from the cupcake and cut in half to create butterfly wings. Fill the whole in the cupcake with your buttercream and press in a malteser. Cover the top of the malteser with a little more vanilla icing and pop the wings back on top-arranging until it looks like butterfly wings.
4) Vanilla and Poppyseed Cupcakes
110g butter (we used stork)
110g caster sugar (granular does work but it's just not as coarse)
110g self raising flour
2 tsp vanilla essence
2eggs
1 or 2 handfuls of poppy seeds (add these by eye. You basically need enough so they are dispersed evenly through the mix, I always find 2 handfuls does the trick).
Add the poppyseeds when you add the vanilla essence for these yummy treats.
5) Strawberry Swirl Cupcakes
110g self-raising flour
110g caster sugar
110g softened butter
2 large eggs
110g strawberry jam
Make a basic cupcake batter, and divide half of the mix between the paper cases, then add 1tsp of strawberry jam in the centre of each one. Then top with the rest of the cake mix.
Decorate with a pink buttercream to finish.
And there you have it!
Enjoy the rest of National Cupcake Week, and don't forget, GBBO is back tonight, BBC One at 8pm. It's not to be missed!
Happy baking!
Charley
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