Vanilla Cupcakes, Strawberry Cupcakes, Chocolate Cupcakes

[Quote] : InsyaAllah, I will write more about it tomorrow if time
permits.[Unquote]

Well, it's not that time does not permit me to do so sooner, but it's just me who doesn't know how to manage time. Wah... this time, mama is blaming herself and not the time... mama, are you okay? Ahaks...

Anyway, let's move on to the cupcake's story. In my previous entry, I had said that I felt like I am not going anywhere with my cupcakes design, and actually I still have that feeling till now. But when I read all the nice comments left behind on that entry, it sort of lifted up my spirit. And as if it was 'nicely arranged', Nora called me up and asked me to bake for her 3 boxes of cupcakes for her daughter, Hanis Maisarah's birthday. Hmm... I can't let her down as she had ordered from me a few times already. So yes, Nora, I'll do it for you and what's more, she gave me full freedom as of how to decorate the cupcakes. Then when I checked my email, in came Mas's order for a box of cuppies. No specific theme on the deco! Wow and double wow.... Alhamdulillah, Allah Maha Kaya Maha Mengetahui dan Maha Mengasihani...... Thank you to both lovely ladies for trusting in me despite what I had written in my previous entry. Mama jual ye...
Shabana had written an email to me, asking if I had tried the Vanilla cupcake recipe she had given me quite sometime back. Oh gosh, I had forgotten all about it...naughty mama! Pepani Shabana..... When she emailed me the recipe again, I tried it straight away. Not only that Shabs, I modified it into 3 different flavours! Thank you so much Shabs for sharing the recipe with me so that I can share it with others.....

VANILLA CUPCAKES
Source : Shabana (Malawi)

Ingredients :

500g cake flour
250g butter
250g castor sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons vanilla essence
260ml fresh milk
5 eggs

Method :

1. Sift flour and baking powder. Set aside.
2. Cream butter and sugar till fluffy. Add eggs one at a time.
3. Add vanilla essence.
4. Add flour, alternately with milk, starting and ending with flour.
5. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin pan lined with papercups.
6. Bake in a preheated oven at 175 C for 22-25 minutes.

STRAWBERRY CUPCAKES

Ingredients :

250g cake flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
125g butter
125g castor sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon strawberry essence
1/2 teaspoon strawberry paste
red food coloring
130ml fresh milk

Method :

1. Sift flour and baking powder. Set aside.
2. Cream butter and sugar till fluffy. Add eggs one at a time.
3. Add strawberry essence, strawberry paste and red food coloring.
4. Add flour, alternately with milk, starting and ending with flour.
5. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin pan lined with papercups.
6. Bake in a preheated oven at 175 C for 22-25 minutes.

CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES

Ingredients :

220g cake flour
30g cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
125g butter
125g castor sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
130ml chocolate flavoured milk

Method :

1. Sift flour, cocoa powder and baking powder. Set aside.
2. Cream butter and sugar till fluffy. Add eggs one at a time.
3. Add vanilla essence.
4. Add flour, alternately with chocolate flavoured milk, starting and ending with flour.
5. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin pan lined with papercups.
6. Bake in a preheated oven at 175 C for 22-25 minutes

Have a nice weekend everyone....