Cupcake Recipes, Tips & Ideas

[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

[nanananny]

How many cup cakes does this make?

[lauren22]

YUMYUMYUMYUMYUM
this needs a warning though
CAUTION keep out of reach of pregnant woman.
Im not even sure how many i ate

[LaDeeDa]

How many cup cakes does this make?

24 Hun...

Lauren22 - I am sooooooo stoked you enjoyed em

[barney]

dummo here sneaks in to ask if i can use s/r flour
i have no plain yep as most of you would know im hopeless at cooking and would not know the difference in flours lol. hehehe just relized i dont have baking powder either ...some one shoot me

[LaDeeDa]

I'm not sure .... I would imagine you could as thats what baking powder does to plain flour...

Give it a go - can't hurt

[KatieRabbit]

Actually I have only ever used SR flour with them. I never use plain when it is used with a raising agent- that's why I buy SR flour!! So yes, it works beautifully. And the 24 that it makes are large muffin sized ones, not patty cake size from our childhood!

[barney]

oh very good thank you for that info ill give them a go today

[barney]

YUM YUM YUM YUM
AWW THESE ARE TO ADDICTIVE LOL.
i was up at 3am this morning eating 2 of theses

[LaDeeDa]

Hehehehe so happy you enjoyed them

[DaintreeDream]

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...

Does the ingredients in the first post make two 20cm cakes? Or do you have to do a double batch?

I was thinking of halving the cake mix batch and icing it on top? So I would halve the recipe you gave to make one 20cm cake right?

am I making any sense?

[LaDeeDa]

yep your right on track the mix makes 2 x 20cm cakes
So halving it will work in theory

[Patooties]

Will it make much of a difference if i use salted butter, as I haven't any blocks of the unsalted?
tia

[LaDeeDa]

I have used both and haven't noticed much of a diff

[Patooties]

ok, thanks
I have to make about 4 dozen for my dd's class tomorrow - they're doing an RSPCA cupcake fundraiser. (by the sounds of it I might have to make extra to keep at home - i can't wait to taste them!)