Cupcake Recipes, Tips & Ideas

**nic** · March 27th, 2009, 10:50 PM

That Magnolia Bakery one is really similar to the one that I posted earlier about that I didn't give the recipe for as it is more time consuming than more basic cupcakes but makes really soft fluffy ones! Mine was from the Crabapple Cupcake Bakery cookbook which is worth getting if you love making cupcakes.

I have that book...haven't had time to actually bake anything from it though...I want to try the marshmallow frosting one day

**LaDeeDa** · August 7th, 2009, 01:51 PM

This cake is amazing!!!

I make it into cupcakes and top with Vanilla Buttercream Icing.... *homer drool*

2 3/4 cup plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
200g softened unsalted butter
1 3/4 cup castor sugar
4 eggs
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1 cup milk

Preheat oven to 170c...

Sift together flour and baking powder.
In a separate bowl cream the butter (at room temp) for 1-2 minutes.
Add the castor sugar a third at a time - beating for 2 mins after each addtion.
After the last addition beat until the mixture is light and fluffy and almost white in colour.
Add eggs one at a time (at room temp) beating for 1 min after each addition or until mixture is light and fluffy.
Add vanilla and beat until combined.

Add a third of the flour to the creramed mixture a beat on low speed until combined. Add hald the milk (room temp) and beat until combined.
Repeat this process.
Add the remaining third of the flour and beat until throughly combined.
Do not overbeat or this will make tough cupcakes.

Spoon mixture into cupcake papers and bake for 18-20 mins

Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

200g softening unsalted butter
1/2 cup milk
1 tbsp vanilla
8 cups icing sugar

Cream the butter for 1-2 mins. Add the milk, vanilla and half of the sifted icing sugar and beat for 3 mins until mixture is light and fluffy.
Add remaining icing sugar and beat for a further 3 mins.

**Indadhanu** · August 7th, 2009, 02:49 PM

Thanks darl

Will give this one a go.

But is the 8 cups of icing sugar a typo? lol! Maybe I'm going to need more icing sugar!

**LaDeeDa** · August 7th, 2009, 02:57 PM

LOL nope thats how much you use

let me know if you want to bake it as a cake and not the cupcakes xoxox

**Mak** · August 7th, 2009, 02:58 PM

Just have to second the best ever comment - these are always a winner when I bake them and invariably someone always asks for the recipe......makes HEAPS of icing - I often just make a half batch!

**LaDeeDa** · August 7th, 2009, 03:00 PM

It does make heaps - but if you pipe it on you'll use it all

mmmmm might have to make some this weekend me thinks...

Mak - have you tried the dinosaur rock ones?

**Indadhanu** · August 7th, 2009, 03:03 PM

Hey darl, would love to make this as a cake (its ok, my sis is coming up tomorrow to help, she's a good cake baker hehe), it wouldn't be too much different though would it?

**LaDeeDa** · August 7th, 2009, 03:07 PM

Nope easy as

ok so it works best as a layer cake (just 2 cakes joined with buttercream in the middle)

so just lightly grease 2 x 20cm cake tins (one at a time if you only have 1)

bake for 35mins until a skewer comes out clean.

If you don't want to do it as a layer cake just bake 2 cakes :-) - you can freeze the uniced cake...

**Mak** · August 7th, 2009, 07:21 PM

Dee - dinosaur rocks, please explain!!!! I have a copy of the recipe ..... what am I missing out on?????

**LaDeeDa** · August 7th, 2009, 07:24 PM

Dee - dinosaur rocks, please explain!!!! I have a copy of the recipe ..... what am I missing out on?????

I thought you might have had the book that recipes comes from - I have a choc recipe thats amazing too from the same place

**Mak** · August 7th, 2009, 07:28 PM

I did give it to my step mum tho - so maybe time for a looksee.....Thanks for the tip!

**Pinny-mum** · August 7th, 2009, 09:48 PM

Sounds Great!! I'm going to bake some tomorrow!! I love cupcakes....thanks for the receipe.
Yummo.

**nanananny** · August 8th, 2009, 10:05 AM

Thanks, really nice are they? I might give them a whirl

**lauren22** · August 8th, 2009, 10:08 AM

Oooooooooo!
ill have to try them they sound amazing
thankyou for posting

**LaDeeDa** · August 8th, 2009, 10:08 AM

Thanks, really nice are they? I might give them a whirl

Well....I hate cake and I love these

Let me know if you like them

**nanananny** · August 8th, 2009, 10:29 AM

You hate cake

**LaDeeDa** · August 8th, 2009, 10:32 AM

LOL I know - hate the dry crumbly texture of the ones my mum used to make

**nanananny** · August 8th, 2009, 10:38 AM

Oh yeah I hear ya my mum wasn't much of a cook either *snigger*

Only cakes she cooked well was coconut cakes over & over & over again

Oh and these boiled fruit cakes they used to cook in the 70s. Boiling this fruit red & green cherries for hours on the stove