More Cupcakes Designs ...

THE MUPPETS

XMAS THEME

TEDDY BEAR THEME

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Baby Shower Theme Cupcakes

Decided to decorate the rests of the cupcakes with fondant and icing ...there you go ..

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New Style of doing cupcakes

I decided not to use my normal way to design cupcakes today. Abandoning icing and fondant, I decided to use frosting made of cream cheese or shortening.

Sesame Street characters

Frosting:

1 cup shortening

1 lb. powdered sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

3-6 Tablespoons milk

* Can remember where I found the above recipe . However, I won't recommend it. Tastes weird.
 

Cookie n Cream, Coffee & Green Tea cupcakes

 

Green Tea Cream Cheese Frosting:

12 ounces or 1-1/2 packages of Philly cream cheese

1/2 stick butter

4 cups sifted powdered sugar

1 tablespoon matcha green tea powder

1 teaspoon vanilla


Method:

1. Bring cheese and butter to room temperature by letting it sit out for 1 or 2 hours

2. Sift powdered sugar into a bowl or onto parchment

3. Beat butter and cheese at medium speed until creamy

4. Add half of the sugar, the green tea powder, and the vanilla. Beat until combined.

5. Gradually add remaining sugar (more if you have to) until you get to the consistency and sweetness you like.

 

Coffee Frosting:

(From Martha Stewart:Cupcakes)

• 120 g (1/2 cup) butter, room temperature

• 160 g (1 1/2 cups) icing sugar, sifted

• 15 ml (1 tablespoon) instant coffee

• 10 ml (2 teaspoons) pure vanilla extract


Method:
• Beat butter and instant coffee at medium speed about 2 minutes.

• Reduce speed and add the icing sugar 60 g (1/2 cup) at a time.

• Beating well after each addition.

• Add vanilla, beat well.

• If not using immediately, frosting can be refrigerated up to 10 days in a airtight container. Before using, bring to room temperature.


* Oh dear, I don't know where I found the above 2 recipes from.
* Cookie and Cream frosting recipe was made up by me. I just replaced green tea with powdered cookie and cream biscuits.

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Happy Halloween !

Mr Vampire .. cute style ... no blood ..

Mr Skeleton

Witches' Cats

Mr Pumpkins

Mummies...

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Happy Easter

Home alone on Good Friday prompted me to do some cupcakes for Easter Day on Sunday .... at least baking can take away my thoughts on some stuff ...

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Cupcakes with Fondant (MIL's recipe!!)

Thanks to my MIL, who spent a few hours demonstrating to me how to make delicious cupcakes .... I am proud to say that I can now make delicious cupcakes !!! Although I don't really have the mood, but I just need to bake for my 2 close buddies at work (Coz it is their birthdays) and the rests of my colleagues some cupcakes before I leave this company.

 

Ingredients:
- 200g of sugar
- 200g of plain flour
- 250g of butter
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 4 Medium eggs
- 1/2 tsp bicarbonate
- 1/2 tsp vanilla

* For plain cupcakes : orange juics - 2 oz
* For Chocolate cupcakes : 200 - 250g choco chips (to double boil) & 2 oz of milk, Choco Emulco (1 tbsp)

Methods:
1. Mix Butter & Sugar using a mixer.

2. Add 1/2 tsp vanilla to the batter

* For Chocolate cupcakes:
- add 1/2 tsp of salt to the batter
- add chocolate chip mix (which was double boiled)
- add 1 Tbsp Choc Emulco

3. Add baking powder and bicarbonate into the flour & stir with a wooden spoon
* Plain cupcake - can add almond powder (30g)
* Chocolate cupcake - add 4 tbsp of chocolate powder

4. Add 1 egg at a time into the mixer at medium speed

5. Add Mix flour into the batter and continue to mix at low speed
* Plain Cupcake: Add Orange juice to the batter
* Chocolate cupcake: Add Milk to the batter

6. Put 36g of batter into each cupcake case

7. Bake 20 min at 175 degree celscius

Icing Sugar:
Add Meringue powder + 2 Tbsp of water + 500g of icing and 1/2 lemon

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