Lemon cupcakes with lemon buttericing !!!

Made these today because I was too lazy to make a warm desert.....lol.

Had a full house for dinner ( usual sunday) so I was lazy when it came to thinking up a desert....lol

The usual recipe of......

8oz Plain Flour

8oz Caster sugar

8oz Real butter

1 Tsps of madagascar vanilla

4 Free range eggs

2 Tsp of baking powder

Zest of 1/2 a lemon

Method...

Beat butter until pale in colour

Add sugar & beat for 5 mins

Add eggs one by one & then add vanilla beat slowly,add zest of lemon.

Combine flour & baking powder together & sift into bowl,mix very slowly for

2 minutes only.

Scoop into your cases & bake at 155 in a fan oven for 15 min

Thanks for looking :)

Cupcakes with white chocolate :)

Collected Darragh from school today & he wanted to bake some cakes so we made Chocolate cupcakes with chocolate buttericing & white chocolate decoration :)

We started with the basic chocolate cupcake mix  ( feeling of dejavu typing this ....lol)

Basic recipe for the cupcakes

8oz Plain Flour

8oz Caster sugar

8oz Real butter

1 Tsps of madagascar vanilla

4 Free range eggs

1 1/2 Tblsps organic Green & Blacks Cocoa powder

2 Tsp of baking powder

Method...

Beat butter until pale in colour

Add sugar & beat for 5 mins

Add eggs one by one & then add vanilla beat slowly

Combine flour,cocoa & baking powder together & sift into bowl,mix very slowly for

2 minutes only.

Scoop into your cases & bake at 155 in a fan oven for 15 min

Scoop out the centre of the cupcake

Using a large icing bag ( I made 48 so had lots of icing...lol) & a Wilton 2A icing tube

Pipe the icing into the centre & up on top of the cake in a small swirl motion...

Drizzel white chocolate over the cake & Voilla good enough to eat....lol

Thanks for visiting my blog :)

Jeanjeany

Halloween Party cake & cupcakes :)

Yes did some baking for 2 partys this week & we a party at home also,had a great weekend with family & friends :)

Firstly I made a cake for a party at work,didn't take pics of making the fondant decorations as I just didn't have time :(

Here is the cake,I was very pleased with it,sorry about the sheen but I was just after steaming the fondant to get rid of any sugar bits ......lol

I also made some caramel filled cupcakes,I used the basic chocolate cupcake mix..

basic recipe for the cupcakes

8oz Plain Flour

8oz Caster sugar

8oz Real butter

1 Tsps of madagascar vanilla

4 Free range eggs

1 1/2 Tblsps organic Green & Blacks Cocoa powder

2 Tsp of baking powder

Beat butter until pale in colour

Add sugar & beat for 5 mins

Add eggs one by one & then add vanilla beat slowly

Combine flour,cocoa & baking powder together & sift into bowl,mix very slowly for

2 minutes only.

Scoop into your cases & bake at 155 in a fan oven for 15 mins..

When the cakes cooled I scooped a little of the centre out ......

Then I filled with Caramel ....

Then I iced with chocolate buttericing to which I added a little coffee to bring out the flavour a little more :)

The I made plain chocolate cupcakes & added icing & decorations :)

Made vanilla cupcakes & decorated with orange icing also :)

Again the basic cupcake mix omitting the chocolate :)

 

Thanks for looking :)



Pumpkin Cupcakes :)

I made these for Darragh to take over to his cousin Charlies house because tonight was their sleepover :)

For the pumpkins I used a candy mold ,I added orange Wilton candy colour ..

 Then I used the black & green Wilton colour from this set to paint on the faces & leaves :)

I used a basic recipe for the cupcakes which made exactly 36......lol

12oz Plain Flour

12oz Caster sugar

12oz Real butter

1 &1/2 Tsps of madagascar vanilla

6 Free range eggs

2 Tblsp organic Green & Blacks Cocoa powder

3 Tsp of baking powder

Beat butter until pale in colour

Add sugar & beat for 5 mins

Add eggs one by one & then add vanilla beat slowly

Combine flour,cocoa & baking powder together & sift into bowl,mix very slowly for

2 minutes only.

Scoop into your cases & bake at 155 in a fan oven for 15 mins..

Add a little chocolate butter icing so you can place the pumpkin on the cakes firmly...

Voilla Pumpkin cupcakes for all the family to enjoy :):)

  Ready to leave home.....lol

The one that got away was truly deliciously moist ;)

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HALLOWEEN COOKIES

No it is not a typo,yes today I baked Halloween cookies with my grandson just because he bought the cutters yesterday....lol.

Being the crazy grandmother I am I agreed & learned much in the process......Example that yes I can finally make cookie dough,do not attempt to decorate without outlining first.....lol.Little lessons but hugely valuable :):)

 Firstly I had my little chef onboard & finally allowed him to use the mixer for the first time,in his words " Being 5 is all about learning & how can I learn if you don't allow me Nanny" well what can I say I allowed him & he is well capable :):)

 Picture of our perfect cookie dough,maybe the fact that a 5 yr old made it with me might have something to do with it being perfect....lol

Rolled out & ready to chill for 2 whole hours,we baked cupcakes whilst we waited ;)

 Finally chillin time was up & we got to cutout the cookies :)

 Finally baked & outlined after lesson learned....lol

Colours I mixed for the cookies....

Icing on & ready to decorate :)

Chief taster :)

 & may I add bowl licker....lol,as a child this was my favourite part of baking with my mum :)

 Thanks for looking

Jeany x