Pastel Colored Flower Vanilla Cupakes
Makes about 12 cupcakes.
Vanilla Cupcakes Recipe:
Source: http://www.joyofbaking.com
1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature
2/3 cup (130 grams) granulated white sugar
3 large eggs, room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Zest of 1 large lemon (outer yellow skin)
1 1/2 cups (195 grams) all purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup (60 ml) milk
Vanilla Cupcakes:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C) and line 12 muffin cups with paper liners.
In the bowl of your electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla extract.
In a separate bowl whisk together the lemon zest, flour, baking powder, and salt.
With the mixer on low speed, alternately add the flour mixture and milk, in three additions, beginning and ending with the flour. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
Evenly fill the muffin cups with the batter and bake for about 17 to 20 minutes or just until set and a toothpick inserted into a cupcake comes out clean.
Rainbow Colors Batter:
After the batter has been mixed I separated into 5 containers and mix with different colours of yellow green blue red and orange.
yellow
green
orange
blue
red
then in to the oven.
after 20 mins....
Filling made of strawberry and blueberry:
My husband made the caramelized filling buy adding water and sugar to the fresh strawberries and blueberry (10pieces each).
Confectioners (Buttercream) Frosting:
2 cups (230 grams) sugar icing, sifted if possible (i cant sift)
1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 tablespoons milk, I used skimmed milk
Assorted food colors
In an electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, cream the butter until smooth and well blended. Add the vanilla extract. With the mixer on low speed, gradually beat in the sugar.
Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add the milk and beat on high speed until frosting is light and fluffy (about 3-4 minutes). Add a little more milk or sugar, if needed. Tint the frosting with desired food color.
Assemble:
Open a spoonful of cupcake then filling in and cover back the cupcake. Looks yummy!!! let the cake sip the sauce.
Beautiful colourful batter
Icing and Fondant Toppers:
I hope you like this blog I made these for about 2 hours, toppers where made a night before and Im happy because my husband chef liked the colors thou some of the icing melted because i poured an excess of 1 tbspoon milk while mixing the frosting but because of the fondant it covered the melted ones, can you see it? Flowers still have the corn flour from kneading and its better to wipe it out by using a brush (i dont have one, sad to say) but I guess over all it looks nice, looks commercial and most of all looks special for the wife of my boss. I didn't change the ingredients into a healthier options like to change into wheat flour and brown sugar since this is a gift but as my personal rule if this is for our home I certainly only use wheat, dark brown sugar and skimmed milk, and low fat unsalted butter. (except of course of we ran out of these stuff from our kitchen).
Enjoy!!!
Loves,
Mrs. A
