Cupcake Recipes, Tips & Ideas

[nanananny]

You hate cake

[LaDeeDa]

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

[nanananny]

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

[LaDeeDa]

lol i still cringe when i see glace cherries

[Rouge]

Thats not cake though... cake is not meant to be dry and crumbly But I guess you know that now LOL!

Don't worry I grew up in a household with microwave cakes *shudder* And I didn't know what buttercream was till I made it myself.

But yay for being able to make lots of yummy things!

[KatieRabbit]

That is a great recipe- I have made them a number of times. Did you get the recipe from the Crabapple Bakery Cookbook? I don't love all the recipes in there but this Vanilla one is easily the best vanilla cupcake recipe that I have made. I halve the icing and palette it on rather than swirling it on as the 8 cups allows you to do. I might just make these tomorrow- thanks for reminding me!

[LaDeeDa]

Yup thats where I got it from.
I am making the chocolate dinosaur rock ones today

[Bathsheba]

Making these right now!!!

[Patooties]

I made 3 dozen last Thursday, and they were very yummy.
Thanks for the recipe

[MamaPan]

YUM now i need to make these!! and get the book LOL

[singledad]

Mmmm they sound very yummy, but I dont trust my baking skills.

[Olive]

is it really 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract ???

[Bathsheba]

Yep, 1 TABLEspoon Jols It works... I made a batch earlier this week. Make sure it's EXTRACT not essence.

[Olive]

darn it !! i wasnt sure so only added 1.5 tsp, needs more oh well! i know for next time

[Bathsheba]

LOL any excuse to make another batch sounds good... mine is that I didn't get a chance to put icing on my last batch... the family quaffed them down too fast!