My little sideline cake making enterprise has been neglected somewhat recently, mainly because I have been so busy with many other creative outlets in my life. But when someone at work asked if I could bake some new baby cupcakes for a heavily-pregnant colleague of theirs – I jumped at the chance. (Any excuse to use my new kitchen aid!) With the sex of the baby unknown, I opted for an assortment of girl and boy themed cakes, swirled with vanilla buttercream, delicately sprinkled with edible glitter and crowned with some adorable blue and pink toppers. Now I wish I could take the credit for these sweet feet and teddy bear toppers but with time pressing, I had to call upon my local market who had an abundance of different cake toppers to choose from.
To make the cakes I used the following simple recipe which will give you about 12 individual cupcakes with just enough left to lick the bowl with!
6oz caster sugar, 6oz butter (whizz) 3 eggs, 8oz self-raising flour, capful of vanilla extract (whizz). Divide equally into your cupcake cases and place in a pre-heated over at 180 degrees C for 15-20 minutes.
Making the buttercream couldn’t be easier. Simply whisk together 8oz softened butter with 16oz icing sugar, adding a splash of milk if necessary to loosen the mixture. At this stage you could also add a dribble of food colouring to your buttercream if you wanted to make your creations beautifully colourful. Piping the perfect swirl is a fine art that requires practice, patience and a steady hand but once you’ve got the knack, there will be no stopping you! If you refer to my post here, I talk in details about all the apparatus and techniques I use to make my simple cupcakes which will hopefully help you if you are getting your bake on this weekend!
Happy (food) Friday – I hope you all have super weekends.
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Look lovely, and love the touch of glitter and cute toppers.
I need to get baking, my last creation went down a storm at work.
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Wow, those look delicious! x
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these are so cute! I'm going to a baby shower soon so I might try these xxx
You have made me very hungry and want to bake some cupcakes!!! Xxx
These are so cute would have loved these for my baby shower, when i bake cakes i always follow your recipe 🙂 x
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Such cute cakes! They look lovely. Your photos are always so crisp and perfect! x
These look delicious! I love cupcakes .. so hungry right now 🙂
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Oooh, they are so sweet. Everything you make is so photogenic.:) Btw, my crayons are now glued to the canvas and tomorrow, the blasting will begin!!!
They look yummy! Which piping bag do you use? Every one I buy ends up splitting!
these are so lovely ! skills ! xx
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Ah thank you for your comments girls.
@Emma – I use piping bags from Lakeland. Work really well – never split 🙂
Ouu they look lovely! Please check out my baking blog: badgirlsdontbake.blogspot.co.uk
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Those look sooo yummy, I've never been that great at making cupcakes, I need to give your recipe a try
Daniella x
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hmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
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Aw, these are so pretty, and they look really professional too (and yummy!). You're a talented lady 🙂
Mel x
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They are the cutest darling – love them.
I too have a cupcake sideline – my site is: bibbyscupcakes.com if you want to take a look 🙂
Eda ♥
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lovely cupcakes! so pretty!
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