Best Wedding cupcake recipe?!
Best Wedding cupcake recipe?
I need a variety of moist receipes for cupcakes. Can you help me out?
Answers:
1 duncan hines cake mix any flavor
4 large eggs
1 1/2 cups milk
1 envelope of Dream whip
Mix together and divide evenly between 18-24 muffin cups. bake at 350 for 25 to 30 minutes. Makes a nice moist cake....has worked with every flavor of cake I have made and everyone loves them.
Good luck.
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup shortening (plain Crisco is best)
1 cup half-and-half cream (can use milk)
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon vanilla
3 eggs
Set oven to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl, beat all ingredients on medium speed of an electric mixer, scraping the bowl constantly, until well blended for about 30 seconds.
Beat on high speed for 3 minutes.
Pour into paper-lined muffin cups, filling half full.
Bake for 20-22 minutes, or until the cupcakes test done.
Immediately remove from pans.
Cool completely before frosting.
*Note* if desired 1-1/2 tsp almond extract may be used instead of vanilla, for a almond flavor.
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My mom and grandma used to use cake mixes that have pudding in them and then they'd add their own special touches. They were good, but no comparison to my new love!
They only offer local delivery (I just found their menu), but you can see their stuff online:
www.thecupcakery.com.
Tip #1 : Arrangement
How you arrange your cupcakes is as important if not more important than the taste. Everyone wants a breathtaking wedding cake at their reception so arranging your cupcakes to give this appearance is very necessary.
My personal favorite way of arranging my cupcakes is to stack 4 or 5 boxes on top of each other to form a tree of sorts. I choose boxes that are approximately 4 to 5 inches high. I like 24 inch square boxes then 18 inches square then 12 inches then 6 inches square. This gives me a cupcake ledge of 3 inches when the boxes are stacked.
Decorate your boxes as you wish. Beautiful paper wrapped around the boxes then a ribbon all the way around is a great decorating combination.
Your wedding cake cupcakes can then be placed on the ledges and on top of the boxes for a beautiful arrangement for your wedding.
Another arrangement idea for your wedding cupcakes is to place cupcakes underneath raised cake platters. Larger cakes or more cupcakes can be placed on top of the platters.
Tip #2 : Taste
How your cupcakes taste and even how many different flavors you offer are both very important to the overall success of your wedding cupcakes. I think one of the best reasons to have wedding cupcakes instead of a large wedding cake would be that you can have many different kinds of cakes. Not everyone prefers the same type of cake and frosting so having 2 or 3 different types of cake flavors would be ideal.
Three of my favorite flavors are vanilla, chocolate, and lemon cupcakes. These are a great combination for any special occasion that you may choose to serve cupcakes. You can either serve all of the different flavors in the same cups with the same decoration or you can use different cups and/or different decorations for each cake flavor you choose.
Don't skimp on the ingredients for your wedding cupcakes. Fresh cupcakes made from your favorite cupcake recipes are always the best choice. Boxed cake mixes just won't cut i for special occasion cupcakes. The same goes for frosting. Make your frosting instead of buying it prepackaged from a grocery store. If you don't feel confident making your own, you could always buy some freshly made frosting from a local bakery.
Tip #3 : Size
Presentation is everything when dealing with weddings. You should make sure your cupcakes are just the right size so they are absolutely gorgeous when presented. The entire purpose of serving cupcakes at a wedding is to give your guests a small taste of a wonderful dessert. Small is the key word here. You don't want cupcakes that are larger than an actual teacup. If they are, then they should be called mini cakes and not cupcakes.
Also, it would cost you a fortune to bake mini cakes for each of your guests. The right size cupcake will offer just the right amount of cake for each person attending and will also likely save you money.
Be careful not to err on the side of your cupcakes being too small. If your cupcakes are too small, you may run out of cupcakes before you guests' sweet teeth are satisfied. You also run the risk of having too much frosting on a small cupcake which could ruin the overall taste of your wedding cupcakes.
I've found that the perfect size cupcakes are baked in 1/2 cup wells that I fill approximately 1/2 to 2/3 full of cupcake batter. Make sure you carefully measure the cupcake batter each time you fill a well. This will make sure that your cupcakes come out of the oven all the same size.
I hope that these tips will help you produce the most beautiful wedding cupcakes that anyone has ever seen! Good luck!