Buttery Cupcakes Food

BUTTERFLY CAKES

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line a cupcake tin with 10 cases. To make the sponge, tip the butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour, baking powder and milk into a large mixing bowl and beat with either a hand whisk or electric mixer until smooth, pale and combined. Divide the batter between the cases and bake for 15 mins until golden brown and a skewer inserted in the middle of a cake comes out clean. Leave on a wire rack to cool.
• While the cakes are cooling, make the buttercream by beating together the icing sugar, butter and vanilla until pale and fluffy. Mix in the extra milk if the icing feels too stiff.
• Once the cakes are cool, use a sharp knife to slice off the tops, then cut the tops in half. Pipe or spread the buttercream on top of the cakes, then gently push two semi-circular halves into the buttercream on each cake, doing this at an angle to look like butterfly wings. You can serve the cupcakes at this stage, or decorate them with a little blob of jam in the centre and a scattering of sprinkles, if you like.

BUTTERFLY CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and line two 12-hole cupcake tins with paper muffin cases. Put all the cake ingredients in a large bowl and whisk with an electric whisk for 3-4 mins or until pale and light. Divide the mixture evenly among the 24 cases and bake for 20 mins or until a skewer inserted into the centre of a cake comes out clean. Leave to cool on a wire rack.
• While the cupcakes bake, make the syrup. Put the sugar, lavender and 300ml water in a medium pan over a low heat. Bring gradually to the boil, cook for 2 mins, then turn off the heat and leave to infuse. When cold, strain through a sieve into a small jug.
• To make the icing, put the butter, icing sugar and 100ml of the syrup in a large bowl. Mix with a wooden spoon, then switch to an electric whisk and whisk until smooth and fluffy. Divide the mixture between three bowls. Add a tiny dot of food colouring gel to each bowl to make three different colours of buttercream - stir to mix, then transfer half of each colour to disposable piping bags.
• Use a cocktail stick to poke a few little holes in the top of the cupcakes, then drizzle each with 1 tsp of the syrup. Put 1 heaped tsp of icing onto each cake (do eight of each colour) and swirl it round with the back of the spoon to completely cover the top. Next, use the matching piping bag to pipe a straight line about 2-3 cm long across the middle of each cake.
• To make the wings, melt the white chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water. Divide into three smaller bowls and add the same gel colours as before. Cut 8cm squares of baking parchment and, using a pen, draw a pair of butterfly wings on each square so that the design shows through on the other side or, if you prefer, trace the design below. Turn the paper over and, using the line as a guide, paint on the melted chocolate. Sprinkle crushed biscuits on the edges to create patterns, then leave to set. Once set, gently push the wings into the cupcakes at a 45-degree angle.

CLASSIC VANILLA CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Cupcakes
• Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners. Whisk together flour, baking powder and salt; set aside. In separate bowl and using electric mixer, beat butter with sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, incorporating each one fully before adding the next one; beat in vanilla.
• With mixer on low speed, add flour mixture in 3 parts alternately with milk in 2 parts, starting and ending with flour mixture, and scraping bowl as needed between additions.
• Spoon or scoop batter into prepared muffin cups, about two-thirds full. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until tester comes out clean when inserted into centre of cupcakes. Let cool completely on rack.
• Frosting
• Beat butter until light and fluffy. With mixer on low speed, beat in icing sugar, cream, vanilla and salt until smooth, adding up to 2 tbsp (30 mL) more cream if needed. Increase speed to high; beat for 1 to 2 minutes or until frosting is light and fluffy.
• Add frosting to piping bag fitted with round tip; pipe over cupcakes. Alternatively, spoon frosting into resealable bag and clip off one corner to pipe over cupcakes, or spoon onto cupcakes.

BUTTERY CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 24 muffin cups with paper baking cups; set aside.
• Beat all ingredients in large bowl with mixer on low speed just to moisten. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling each cup 2/3 full.
• Bake 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Remove from pans. Cool on wire racks.

SUPER MOIST VANILLA CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 F
• Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Beat the butter and sugar until thoroughly creamed together, add in eggs one at a time. Add in the vanilla and sour cream. (do not over-mix the batter)
• Start adding in the dry ingredients slowly, beating between additions (I like to add them in thirds)
• Use an ice cream scoop or a small spoon to fill a cupcake lined tin. These liners will need to be filled a little over halfway. If you fill them all the way to the top, your cupcakes will rise way over.
• Bake for 18-22 minutes, watch for them to start turning a light golden brown, use a toothpick to check for doneness.
• Cool completely on a wire rack before frosting and decorating.
• Beat butter (softened to room temperature) until it is pale in color (at least 3-5 minutes)
• Add in powdered sugar in additions, until mixed completely with butter
• Next, add the vanilla extract and the milk (the milk you will need to add accordingly, start with 4 tbsp and if its still too thick, add another tbsp)

BUTTERY CUPCAKES WITH COCONUT TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 12 cup muffin tin with paper bake cups. Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, and 1 teaspoon cinnamon.
• In a large bowl, cream together 1/3 cup butter and white sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla and mix well. Pour in the flour mixture alternately with 3/4 cup milk; beat well. Fill the prepared muffin cups evenly, about half full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden and the tops spring back when lightly pressed, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool slightly.
• Meanwhile, cream 1/4 cup butter with brown sugar until light and fluffy. Blend in 2 tablespoons milk until well combined and fold in the coconut, walnuts, and 1 teaspoon cinnamon.
• With the warm cupcakes in the muffin pan, carefully spread about 2 teaspoons of the frosting on the center of each one. Do not spread the frosting all the way to the edge.
• Preheat the oven's broiler and set the oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source.
• Broil the tops of the cupcakes in the preheated oven until coconut is lightly browned, 2 to 3 minutes.

CHOCOLATE-PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Prepare cake batter and bake in 24 paper-lined muffin cups as directed on package for cupcakes. Cool 30 min. (Do not cool completely. Cupcakes still need to be warm when filled.)
• Beat pudding mix and milk in medium bowl with whisk 2 min. Add peanut butter; mix well. Spoon into small freezer-weight resealable plastic bag; seal bag. Snip off one corner from bottom of bag. Insert tip of bag into center of each cupcake, then pipe about 1 Tbsp. pudding mixture into cupcake.
• Microwave COOL WHIP and chocolate in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1-1/2 min. or until chocolate is melted and mixture is well blended, stirring after 1 min. Dip tops of cupcakes in COOL WHIP mixture; sprinkle with nuts.

REESES PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 F
• Line cupcake tin with cupcake liners.
• Mix together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl, set aside.
• Whisk together the unsweetened cocoa powder and the hot water in a small bowl.
• Heat butter and sugar together in a medium bowl on the stove on medium to low heat setting.
• Heat and whisk until they are just combined and melted together.
• Add in the cocoa powder mixture to the butter and sugar mixture.
• Remove from heat and blend with an electric beater for 4-5 minutes until it is cool.
• Add in eggs one at a time mixing thoroughly between additions.
• Mix in vanilla
• Finally alternate adding in the flour and the sour cream in additions of thirds until they are completely blended in.
• Place one frozen reeses candy in the bottom of each lined cupcake tin. Pour batter over the top of the candy until the tin is 1/2 full.
• Bake in the oven for 15-18 minutes or until a toothpick can be inserted and comes out cleanly.
• Beat the softened butter for 1 minute or until it is light and fluffy.
• Add peanut butter in and beat for an additional 2 minutes.
• Add vanilla extract and slowly add powdered sugar until your frosting becomes thick.
• Add 1 Tbsp of milk, and beat. Continue adding milk until frosting is the desired consistency.
• Heat 1 cup of heavy cream on the stove to a slow boil.
• Remove from heat and pour the cream over 1 package of semi sweet chocolate chips.
• Whisk together until it is blended to a sauce consistency.
• I frosted the cupcakes with a Wilton 2D tip.
• To drizzle the ganache, I cut the very tip off of a disposable piping bag and drizzled over the cupcakes.
• I topped them with a mini reeses candy.

YELLOW BUTTER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line standard muffin tins with paper liners. Whisk dry ingredients in a large bowl. Cream butter and sugar with a mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition.
• Reduce speed to low. Mix remaining wet ingredients in a bowl. Add dry ingredients to butter mixture in 3 additions, alternating with wet ingredients and ending with dry. Scrape sides of bowl. Divide batter among muffin cups, filling each full.
• Bake cupcakes until testers inserted into centers come out clean, about 20 minutes. Let cool in tins on wire racks.

APPLE BUTTER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• In a small mixing bowl stir together flour, baking powder, soda, and salt; set aside. In a medium mixing bowl beat margarine or butter with an electric mixer on medium speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar; beat until fluffy. Add egg; beat well. Beat in apple butter and vanilla. Stir lemon juice into milk (mixture will curdle). Add flour mixture and milk mixture alternately to apple butter mixture, beating on low to medium speed after each addition just until combined.
• Grease muffin cups or line with paper bake cups; fill two-thirds full. Bake in a 350 degrees F. oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centers comes out clean. Cool on wire racks. If desired, frost with Penuche Frosting.
• Penuche Frosting: In a small saucepan melt 1/2 cup margarine or butter; stir in 1 cup packed brown sugar. Cook and stir until bubbly. Remove from the heat. Add 1/4 cup milk; stir until smooth. Add 3-1/2 cups powdered sugar; beat by hand until of spreading consistency. Frost cooled cupcakes immediately. (If frosting thickens, stir in hot water, a few drops at a time, until of spreading consistency again.).

BUTTERY CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven at 180°C.
• Beat the eggs until they are foamy.
• Add sugar, vanilla sugar and softened butter.
• Add flour and baking powder.
• Mix well.
• Pour into paper cups.
• Bake for about 15 minutes.
• Enjoy!

ROASTED BANANA AND PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners and set aside.
• For the cupcakes: Place the bananas on a rimmed baking sheet and pierce each banana 3 times with the tip of a knife. Roast, unpeeled, until the skin is completely black and the flesh is soft, about 25 minutes. Allow to cool for 15 minutes.
• Peel the bananas and place them in a medium bowl. Discard the peels. Mash the bananas with the back of a fork until smooth. Using the fork, stir in the egg, coconut oil, sugar, peanut butter, vanilla and salt. Mix well until smooth and fully incorporated. Add the almond flour, oat flour, baking soda and almond milk. Continue to stir with the fork until the mixture is smooth and all of the ingredients are fully incorporated.
• Using an ice cream scoop, divide the batter evenly among the 12 muffin cups. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool in the tin for 15 minutes before removing the cupcakes to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
• For the glaze: In a medium bowl combine the chocolate chips, peanut butter and coconut oil. Place over a double boiler and stir until just a few chocolate chips remain. Remove the bowl from the heat and continue to stir until fully melted. Drizzle the chocolate mixture over the cooled cupcakes. Allow to cool for 1 hour before serving.