Spring Cupcakes

These are a chocolate version of spring cupcakes. Make chocolate cupcakes and top with chocolate buttercream. I use butter, icing sugar and organic cocoa all mixed together. Spread on top of a cupcake and top with simple bought flower decorations.
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Spring Cupcakes

Well it is ages since I did some Cupcake Posts and I have started to get withdrawal symptoms! So I decided to make some cupcakes. It is raining here in the UK and a good day for baking. So I made cupcakes as well as some old favourites ginger cake and fruity polenta cake. The Spring cupcakes are for friends . They are basic vanilla cupcakes with lemon icing and some decorations from Tesco. Quick easy to do and pretty as well as tasty.

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Chocolate Frogs

More chocolate animals. This is a frog. Again something for a kids party.

I think you can get sets to make your chocolate shapes. Has anyone tried this or can recommend this?

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Chocolate Bears

This is a chocolate bear that I got from a chocolate shop. I just thought it looked great on a cupcake.This would be great for a party. In the background a friend from Canada. I just love all bears

Chocolate Cupcakes

I felt like a bit of indulgence, chocolate cupcakes. I made a batch which were a great texture. These are decorated with lemon flavoured butter cream with chocolate sprinkles.

The others are butterfly cupcakes. They are filled with apricot jam, a sugar almond and a dusting of icing sugar,

I think these Butterfly cupcakes could be good for Valentines. The sugar almonds also would be a good idea for Easter as they look like an egg.

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Ginger and Apple Cupcakes

This is a very gooey textured cupcake recipe which uses ginger and fresh apple to make Ginger and Apple Cupcakes. The recipe does not rise very high so fill the cupcake cases to the level you want the cupcakes at, I say this with caution as ovens do vary.
Ingredients
150gm--5 1/2 oz--2/3 cup of unsalted butter
175gm--6oz--1 cup of soft brown sugar
2 tablespoons of black treacle/molasses
225gm--8oz--2 cups of plain flour(all purpose)
1 teaspoon of baking powder
2 teaspoons of bicarbonate of soda(baking soda)
2 teaspoons of ground ginger
150ml--1/4 pint--2/3 cup 0f milk
1 egg beaten
2 eating apples peeled, cored and chopped and tossed in 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
Method
1. Put cupcake cases into a tray about 15 large
2. Melt the butter, sugar,treacle in a pan over a low heat and leave to cool.
3. Sieve the flour , baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and ginger into a mixing bowl
4. Add the milk, beaten eggs and the cooled butter mixture from the pan to the dry ingredients in the bowl.
5. Add the apples
6. Mix everything together and spoon into the cupcake cases.
7. Cook at gas 4--350f--180C. I put them in the upper part of my gas oven. For 20 minutes.

These could be topped with butter cream with ground ginger added to the mixture and piped or spread onto the cupcakes.
Just serve them plain for those who do not like butter cream
If you want to make a loaf instead of cupcakes put into a 9 inch square tin and bake for 35 minutes at gas 3--170C--325F.

This is a big cake and cupcake recipe
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Do you like homemade soup? I have just put my latest soup recipe on my soup blog . Go to ROASTED TOMATO SOUP RECIPE
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Fruit, lemon and Polenta Cupcakes

Happy New Year to everyone. It is ages since I baked and did a post. Well I have tried out some recipes which would normally be for big cakes to see how they would work as cupcakes.
This one above is for a fruit , polenta and lemon cupcake. It is great for those who do not like butter cream.
It has potential for being topped with lemon butter cream, lemon curd or glace fruits. I will follow up with the recipe asap.

Christmas Cupcakes

A few simple easy ideas to decorate cupcakes for Christmas. Cover each cupcake with butter cream or icing.

Put some dessicated coconut on a plate. Dip each cupcake into the coconut do this by holding each one upside down.

Add decorations, sprinkles , candied fruit and candles to light.

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Christmas Cupcakes

This is an idea for Christmas cupcakes that I have got from seeing traditional Christmas cakes in the UK.
Make your favourite cupcakes. I suggest Vanilla cupcakes with some added spices such as ground cloves.
Let the cupcake cool.
Method 1
Spread apricot jam on the top of the cupcakes.
Place a selection of fruit and nuts onto the top of each cupcake such as walnuts, glace cherries in different colours, almonds, stem ginger,soft pieces of dates and prunes and cashews.
Drizzle warm apricot jam over the fruits and nuts to create a shiny glaze.
Serve
Method 2
Buy ready made marzipan or make your own.
Roll out and cut out a piece to fit the top of each cupcake.
Spread apricot jam on the top of each cupcake.
Place a circle of marzipan on the top of each cupcake.
Spread apricot jam on the top of the marzipan.
Place a selection of fruit and nuts on to the top of each cupcake.
Drizzle warm apricot jam onto the fruit and nuts to glaze.
Serve.
Method 3
Make butter cream by mixing together unsalted butter, icing sugar 1/2 and 1/2. Add some brandy to the butter cream.
Spread the butter cream onto each cupcake.
Add fruit and nuts and glaze with warm apricot jam.
Serve
I am sure these would be delicious cupcakes
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