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Fun Cupcakes!
Cupcakes: Fun and Creative Cupcake Designs 1
Fun Cupcakes Questions
How To Make Gourmet Cupcakes?
Okay, so I was wondering how I can make really fancy fun cupcakes. I saw this show on TV (DC cupcakes) and was wondering how to make cupcakes like theirs. How do I make the cupcakes without using paper cups, i tried a batch with just greasing the pan, but in the end the cupcakes still stuck to the pan, what should i do about that?
Vanilla Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting
Yield: 16 Cupcakes
Ingredients
Cupcakes
* 16 (2-1/2-inch) paper muffin cup liners
* 2 cups cake flour (not self-rising)
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
* 1-1/2 cups granulated sugar
* 4 large eggs
* 1/4 cup whole milk
* 1 teaspoon real vanilla extract
Cream Cheese Frosting
* 2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
* 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
* 1 teaspoon real vanilla extract
* 1 cup confectioner’s sugar
Preparation
1. Preheat oven to 350°F and line muffin tin or 16 (1/3-cup) muffin cups with paper muffin cup liners.
2. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. With an electric mixer, beat together the butter and sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well.
3. With mixer on low speed, beat in the milk and vanilla until just combined. Divide the flour mixture into three and beat in one portion at a time until just combined.
4. Add to the middle of the muffin cups and place in the middle of the oven for about 20 minutes, until a tester comes out clean. Cool cupcakes in the pan on a rack for five minutes; then remove them. The liners should still be on the cupcakes.
5. While the cupcakes are baking, make the cream cheese frosting. In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the sugar. Cover and refrigerate until firm enough to spread, about 15 minutes. The frosting can be made up to two days ahead and stored in the refrigerator, tightly covered so that it does not pick up flavors and aromas. Bring it to room temperature and beat until smooth before frosting the cupcakes.
6. If you’d like a lemony cream cheese frosting, add 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice plus 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest to the frosting recipe.
7 To color icing, whether to make the entire batch a color or just to color a portion to pipe rosettes, mix in a couple of drops of food color at a time until the desired color is achieved. You can pipe flowers with a simple, inexpensive cake decorating plunger like the one at the right, which comes with eight different tips. You can also decorate with candies, cookie leaves, chocolate morsels, coconut, gold and silver dragées, edible glitter, sanding sugar, slivered nuts, sprinkles (jimmies), sugar pearls, wafers and more. A visit to a fine candy store or bakery supply store will open up a world of topping wonder.
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Red Velvet Cupcakes
Ingredients -
2-1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
2 tablespoons Cocoa Powder
1 1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Salt
1/2 cup Butter, softened
1-1/2 cups Granulated Sugar
2 Eggs
1-1/2 teaspoon Red Food Coloring
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 cup Buttermilk
2 tablespoons Water
1-1/2 teaspoons White Vinegar
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
Preparation:
1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. Place cupcake baking cups into muffin tin.
3. Combine all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt in a medium-mixing bowl.
4. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar with electric mixer. Butter mixture should be light and fluffy. Continue mixing and add in eggs, red food coloring, and vanilla extract until well blended.
5. Alternately add buttermilk and flour mixture to creamed butter mixture.
6. Mix water into cupcake mixture
7. Combine vinegar and baking soda, in a small bowl. Gradually stir vinegar mixture into cupcake batter.
8. Spoon cupcake batter into cupcake baking cups.
9. Bake 20 minutes, or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
10. Remove cupcakes from muffin tin and cool completely before icing.
http://www.gourmetcupcakerecipes.com/
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Chinese Take Out Lo Mein
The kids will love to make the broccoli for these cupcakes, green fruit chews with green frosting and non pareils on a pile of low mein noodles made of frosting squeezed from a ziplock bag. You can serve with fried rice cupcakes on the side.
DEMO:
LO MEIN
6 Vanilla cupcakes baked in white paper liners
6-8 green fruit chews (Jolly Rancher or Laffy Taffy)
3 pink fruit chews (Jolly Rancher, Laggy Taffy or starburst)
1 1/2 cups of vanillla frosting
Green and yellow food coloring.
1 teaspoon of unsweetened cocoa powder (Hershey’s)
1/2 cups of dark green sprinkles (round small balls are best)
1 strand of green licorice twist (Twizzler’s Rainbow Twists) thinly sliced diagonally
Large Chinese Food take out containers (optional)
Line a cookie sheet with wax paper. For the broccoli stems, make a lengthwise slit halfway down the center of each green fruit chew and open slightly. Place the stems on the prepared cookie sheet. Microwave the pink fruit chews for 2 to 3 seconds to soften. Press the pink fruit chews together and roll out into a 2 by 3 inch rectangle about 1/8 inches thick. For the pork slivers, cut the flattened fruit chew rectangle crosswise into 1/8 inch wide strips.
Tint 1/2 cup of vanilla frosting bright green with green food coloring, spoon the frosting into a ziplock bag, press out the excess air and seal. Tint 2 teaspoons of the remaining vanilla frosting with the 1/2 teaspoon of cocoa powder and 1 teaspoon of water and mix to make a smooth brown paste. Tint the remaining frosting light brown with one drop of yellow food coloring and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon of cocoa powder. Spread the darker brown paste down the side of a ziplock bag and then fill in with the light brown forsting. Press out the excess air and seal.
Place the green sprinkles in a small bowl. Snip a small (about 1/8 inch) corner from the bag with the green frosting. For the broccoli florets, pipe mounds of the frosting on the tips of the split ends of the green fruit chews on the cookie sheet. Holding the broccoli by the stem, press the frosted end lightly into the sprinkles to cover completely and return to the cookie sheet.
Snip a small (about 1/8 inch) corner from the bag with the brown frosting. To make the lo mein noodles, pipe the frosting in an irregular pattern all over the cupcakes, piling it high and letting it hang over the edges (the darker brown frosting will look like soy sauce). Arrange pink fruit chew slivers randomly on top of the cupcakes. Add one of two pieces of broccoli on top. For scallions, scatter a few green licorice slices on the top of the cupcakes.To get the full effect, carefully place the cupcakes in a Chinese Food takeout container if using.
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FRIED RICE CUPCAKES
6 Vanilla cupcakes baked in white paper liners
2 tablespoons small slight green jelly beans (Jelly Belly)
4 orange fruit chews (Tootsie Fruit Rolls)
3 yellow fruit chews (Tootsie Fruit Rolls, Starburst)
1 1/4 cups puffed rice cereal (Rice Krispies)
1 1/4 cups of canned vanilla frosting
1/4 teaspoon of unsweetened cocoa powder
2 strands of green licorice twists (Twizzlers Rainbow Twists) thinly sliced diagonally)
2 tablespoons of chocolate sauce (optional)
For the peas, cut the green jelly beans in half crosswise with a small knife or clean scissors. For the carrots, cut the orange fruit chews in 1/4 inch cubes. For the scrambled egg, cut the yellow fruit chews into small strips and pinch to soften the sharp edges. For the rice, place the rice cereal in a medium bowl.
Tint the vanilla frosting beige with the cocoa powder. Spread the tops of the cupcakes with a thin layer of frosting; use about 1/2 cup of the frosting. Heat the remaining 3/4 cup of frosting in small microwavable bowl in the microwave until it has the texture of lightly whipped cream, about 15 seconds. Pour the heated frosting over the cereal, tossing to coat evenly. Reserve a few of the cut jelly beans and fruit chews for finishing and toss the rest with the cereal mixture. Spoon about 1/4 cup of the cereal mixture on top of each frosted cupcake, pressing down to secure. Arrange the reserved candy pieces on top of the cupcakes. For scallions, scatter a few licorice pieces on top.
Carefully place the cupcakes in a large Chinese takeout container, if using. For the soy sauce, pour the chocolate sauce into a small dish if desired.
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FORTUNE COOKIE CUPCAKES
24 mini chocolate cupcakes baked in white paper liners
1 can (16 ounces) of vanilla frosting
48 caramels (Kraft) unwrapped
24 3/8 by 2 1/2 inch slips of paper with printed fortunes (make your own on computer or write them by hand and cut them down to size)
Orange candy fruit slices (optional)
Spread the tops of the cupcakes with vanilla icing and smooth.
For the cookies, mircrowave several caramels at a time for 2 to 3 seconds to soften slightly. Press 2 caramels together and roll out to an approximately 3 inch round. Cut out a 3 inch circle using clean scissors, a cookie cutter, or the rim of a glass. Repeat with the remaining caramels. Place a paper message down the center of a ceramic circle, allowing it to overhand on one side. Fold the opposite sides of the round up over the message to enclose it in a half moon shape. Bring the ends together to make a fortune cookie shape.
Place the caramel fortune cookies on the top of the cupcakes, pressing down lightly to adhere and place the orange candy fruit slices on the side if using.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/03/earlyshow/living/recipes/main6455669.shtml
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Cupcake Decorating – Party Idea for Kids – Inexpensive and Fun!
Having recently completed our granddaughter’s first Birthday my daughter and I sat down to start to brainstorming some possible inexpensive, yet fun, ideas for future birthdays. Since we had encountered some issues with the selection of cake, as she only made one type, we decided that cupcakes would be the perfect solution to providing a cake for every party guest’s taste buds. From there it spring boarded into a party that was completely themed around the ever popular cupcake. From the invitations, to the games, to the cake and finally even the party favors to take home. Here are 4 ideas that we came up with.
1.) The invitations can be shaped as Cupcakes and easily made from construction paper. Depending on the birthday child’s age they could participate in making the party invitations. We decided that not only would you include time, place, and date but along with the RSVP you can request the guest’s preferred flavor of cupcake and frosting.
2.) Party hats can be made that look like cupcakes or chef’s hats and aprons to fit the party participants can also be used. Decorations in cupcake shapes and a Birthday Cake Cupcake Holder can be used to build the centerpiece of the party table from cupcakes.
3.) Games were easy to come up with. Pin the cherry on the top of the cupcake. A treasure hunt that involves finding all of the different ingredients that are used to make a cupcake, from those used in the baking process through the final cupcake decorating. Getting inexpensive little aprons in bulk or making simple white aprons to be decorated and taken home as party favors will also keep all of the party participants engaged and busy.
4.) Making sure that everyone is a winner and goes home with a prize is easy if you allow each child to get creative and decorate a few cupcakes. Not only will they have fun but they can take them home at the end of the party as a prize.
Cupcakes are perfect for little tyke’s birthdays. Use them as a party favor or make it a cupcake themed event and let everyone become creative chefs. Cupcake themed parties are fun to plan and you can even involve your children in the decisions and preparation making the party process fun even before the big day arrives.
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