Cupcake Recipe?!
Cupcake Recipe?
Can anyone give me a good recipe for cupcakes or recommend a website?? Thankyou!
p.s. in metric
Answers:
Here is a basic cupcake recipe, enough to make 12 cupcakes:
115g/4oz butter, softened
115g/4oz caster sugar
170g/6oz self raising flour
2 medium eggs, lightly beaten
1 tablespoon milk
Method:
Cream butter & sugar together in a mixing bowl until pale and fluffy. Add eggs gradually, mixing well after each addition. Next, stir in milk - at this point you can add a few drops of any flavouring you wish, such as vanilla extract, almond extract, rose oil etc and stir well. Sift flour and fold in using a metal spoon until fully incorporated. Spoon mixture into 12 cake cases in a bun tin, about two-thirds full, then bake in a pre-heated oven at Gas Mark 6 (not sure what heat for electric oven?) for 12-15 minutes until risen and golden (test if cooked by inserting a skewer into the centre of the cake and if it comes out clean it's cooked). Allow to cool then decorate as you wish!
You can add virtually anything to this mixture to customise your own cakes, such as dried fruit, chocolate chips, coconut etc then decorate with icing, butter cream, melted chocolate, basically anything your heart desires! To make chocolate cupcakes, just replace 1 tablespoon of the flour with cocoa powder. This is a very versatile recipe which will allow you to use your imagination and create works of art!
Good Luck x x