Sunshine
Cupcakes :
They are
all yellow.... That’s why the sunshine tag.... I promised you the recipe for
these cupcakes and hey guess what ... I’m keeping my promise. So these cupcakes
happened after a visit to Martha Stewart’s website. Geez, that website has so
much to read. Recipes all over.... I had
a hard time deciding which one I wanted to try. I finally decided to go with
Divies Chocloate Cupcakes, simply because I had all the ingredients, the recipe
was simple and the method so effortless. There’s hardly anything you need to
do.
To
make em, you will need
1 ½ cups
flour
¾ cup
sugar
¼ cup
cocoa powder
1 tsp
baking soda
½ tsp
salt
5 tbsp vegetable
oil
1 tbsp
vinegar
1 tsp
vanilla extract
1 ¼ cups
water.
Getting
closer now to making these wonderful things.
First
things first. Preheat the oven to 175 C, line the muffin tin with cupcake
liners
Sift together
the flour, sugar, cocoa powder , baking soda and salt. Keep aside. In a
separate bowl, mix together oil, vinegar, vanilla and water. I know this method
sounds rather different. I had my apprehensions about trying it, but you don’t have
to ,cause I’ve tested it out for you. Add the flour mixture and combine till
smooth. The batter is bound to be a lil watery. Don’t worry. You’re doing just
fine.
Pour
into cupcake moulds and bake for about 20 to 25 mins. Check with a toothpick if
the cakes are done. And there you go.
Cupcakes are ready...... Wasn’t that easy?........ No beating butter, no
separating eggs and no folding in flour. Could it get anymore easier.
For the
frosting, I made vanilla and rum fresh
cream icing and added yellow food colour to make them look extra bright and
sunshiny........ You can experiment with flavours. Use about 300 gms chilled
cream, 3 tbsps sugar, 1 tsp vanilla and a hint of rum. Use whatever colour you
would like and beat all the ingredients together till the cream forms stiff
peaks. Don’t overbeat. Chill the icing
for about ½ an hour and then decorate as you like. And there are no rules about
what flavours you might use for the icing. Use what you think will be a great a
great combination with the chocolate cupcakes....... All for now...... Have
fun.........
And oh if there’s any
recipe you would like me to try for you, or improve on, I wouldn’t mind at all
to give it a try. Mail me the recipes or anything you would like to see on my
blog. A happy reader is all I need to keep going. Waiting to hear from you : ronamarlene@gmail.com
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