All You Ever Wanted To Know About Cupcake Recipes
Any cake recipe can be converted to a cupcake one. Consider cupcakes as mini cakes of whatever type of cake you are found of and using that cake's recipes, create delicious mini cakes. With a box of cake mix, the whole process is made a lot easier. One box will make between 24 and 30 cupcakes baked in a regular size cupcake pan. But mixing the ingredients is where the real fun of making cakes is, so let's equip you with what you will need.
Basic Ingredients
21/4 cups flour
3 tsp baking powder
11/3 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 cup shortening
Floor coloring
Of course, if you plan to bake anything other than a basic cupcake, you will need to add other ingredients. Adding 1/4 cup of cocoa to the above basic cupcake ingredients will give you chocolate cupcakes, for example. You can flavor your basic cupcake mixture to taste using ingredients such as spices (nutmeg, ground ginger, cinnamon ...), fruit (lime, shredded coconut, pureed bananas, raisins ...) and nuts (almonds, pecans etc). In fact, you can add anything to your basic cupcake mixture as long as the result is a blend of flavors that you like. Alternatively, simply use your favorite cake recipes to make your cupcakes.
To make cupcakes, you will need a cupcake pan and cupcake liners, a mixer, a large bowl, and, of course, an oven.
Like any other baking process, the first step is to preheat the oven. Meanwhile, mix the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in the large bowl, add the milk, vanilla and shortening and beat with your mixer for one minute. Next, add one egg, beat thoroughly, then add the second egg and beat well. Mix the batter for approximately 3 minutes, or until smooth.
Line the pan with the cupcake liners then fill 2/3 of them with the mixture. An ice-cream scoop will help you get precise amounts of mixture in the pan. For regular-size pans, use a scoop that measures 1/3 so you only put two. As they rise, they will occupy the remaining space to form a mound. Place the pan in the oven and let it bake for around 23 minutes. If you need to make more but do not have another cupcake pan, store the mixture in the refrigerator as the first batch of cupcakes cooks. When ready, remove, cool the pan for about 15 minutes then add the remaining mixture. On average, a pan makes 12 cupcakes at a time.
Once the cupcakes are completely cool, you may start frosting them. While the cakes cool, you can make your frosting. While there are many cupcake-frosting recipes, the four principal types are butter cream frosting, chocolate butter cream frosting, dark chocolate ganache and lemon cream cheese frosting. To make butter cream frosting, mix150g softened butter with 12g confectioner's sugar then add 1 tsp vanilla and 2 tsp hot liquid (water or milk) and stir until creamy. Use 2 tsp of cocoa in place of the vanilla to make chocolate butter frosting.
To make chocolate ganache, you need 1 ounce bittersweet chocolate, 1/2 cup heavy cream, 3 tbsp butter and 3 tbsp brandy (optional). Melt the first 3 ingredients and mix them all together. Pour in the brandy if using. Allow mixture to cool before spreading generously over your cupcakes. Lemon cheese frosting will give a distinct taste to your cupcakes. For this, sift 30g softened butter, 80g softened cream cheese, 11/2 cup confectioner's sugar and 1 tsp grated lemon rind. Mix the ingredients and beat them till they are creamy, then spread them on the cupcakes. Use either a frosting/pastry spatula or pastry bag to evenly spread either type of frosting over the cupcakes.
Basic Ingredients
21/4 cups flour
3 tsp baking powder
11/3 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 cup shortening
Floor coloring
Of course, if you plan to bake anything other than a basic cupcake, you will need to add other ingredients. Adding 1/4 cup of cocoa to the above basic cupcake ingredients will give you chocolate cupcakes, for example. You can flavor your basic cupcake mixture to taste using ingredients such as spices (nutmeg, ground ginger, cinnamon ...), fruit (lime, shredded coconut, pureed bananas, raisins ...) and nuts (almonds, pecans etc). In fact, you can add anything to your basic cupcake mixture as long as the result is a blend of flavors that you like. Alternatively, simply use your favorite cake recipes to make your cupcakes.
To make cupcakes, you will need a cupcake pan and cupcake liners, a mixer, a large bowl, and, of course, an oven.
Like any other baking process, the first step is to preheat the oven. Meanwhile, mix the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in the large bowl, add the milk, vanilla and shortening and beat with your mixer for one minute. Next, add one egg, beat thoroughly, then add the second egg and beat well. Mix the batter for approximately 3 minutes, or until smooth.
Line the pan with the cupcake liners then fill 2/3 of them with the mixture. An ice-cream scoop will help you get precise amounts of mixture in the pan. For regular-size pans, use a scoop that measures 1/3 so you only put two. As they rise, they will occupy the remaining space to form a mound. Place the pan in the oven and let it bake for around 23 minutes. If you need to make more but do not have another cupcake pan, store the mixture in the refrigerator as the first batch of cupcakes cooks. When ready, remove, cool the pan for about 15 minutes then add the remaining mixture. On average, a pan makes 12 cupcakes at a time.
Once the cupcakes are completely cool, you may start frosting them. While the cakes cool, you can make your frosting. While there are many cupcake-frosting recipes, the four principal types are butter cream frosting, chocolate butter cream frosting, dark chocolate ganache and lemon cream cheese frosting. To make butter cream frosting, mix150g softened butter with 12g confectioner's sugar then add 1 tsp vanilla and 2 tsp hot liquid (water or milk) and stir until creamy. Use 2 tsp of cocoa in place of the vanilla to make chocolate butter frosting.
To make chocolate ganache, you need 1 ounce bittersweet chocolate, 1/2 cup heavy cream, 3 tbsp butter and 3 tbsp brandy (optional). Melt the first 3 ingredients and mix them all together. Pour in the brandy if using. Allow mixture to cool before spreading generously over your cupcakes. Lemon cheese frosting will give a distinct taste to your cupcakes. For this, sift 30g softened butter, 80g softened cream cheese, 11/2 cup confectioner's sugar and 1 tsp grated lemon rind. Mix the ingredients and beat them till they are creamy, then spread them on the cupcakes. Use either a frosting/pastry spatula or pastry bag to evenly spread either type of frosting over the cupcakes.
About the Author:
Anya is not a professional chef, but really loves to bake as well as accentuate cakes Her posts incorporate cupcake recipes which are as simple to generate as they are yummy, as well as precious cupcake frosting tips for every season as well as event.