All pretty basic but fun none the less.
Monday, 4 February 2013
Fondant cupcakes
It's been a while since I used fondant to decorate cakes so I thought I'd get some practice in!
All pretty basic but fun none the less.
All pretty basic but fun none the less.
Vanilla cupcakes filled with fluff and finished with a chocolate ganache
I wanted to see if I could put the fluff into cakes - so here it is.
1. Use a simple vanilla sponge recipe (any one will do as long as its for 12 cupcakes) and cook the cupcakes as normal.
2. Take them out of the oven and let them cool completely.
3. Put some fluff into a piping bag, each cupcake needs to have a small hole in the centre for the fluff to go, pipe the fluff into each cake only a small amount should over flow.
4. Once this is complete put the cupcakes to one side and start the ganache...
A ganache is a rich chocolate covering made with double cream.
250g of milk or dark chocolate
250ml double cream
1 tsp of coffee granules
5. Melt all the ganache ingredients together over a Bain Marie ( a glass bowl over a saucepan filled with boiling water)
6. Once all mixed together smoothly leave to cool slightly.
7. Once cooled, cover each cupcake. I personally find it easier to dip the cupcake into the mixture as it makes for a better coverage!
8. Decorate as you wish
1. Use a simple vanilla sponge recipe (any one will do as long as its for 12 cupcakes) and cook the cupcakes as normal.
2. Take them out of the oven and let them cool completely.
3. Put some fluff into a piping bag, each cupcake needs to have a small hole in the centre for the fluff to go, pipe the fluff into each cake only a small amount should over flow.
4. Once this is complete put the cupcakes to one side and start the ganache...
A ganache is a rich chocolate covering made with double cream.
250g of milk or dark chocolate
250ml double cream
1 tsp of coffee granules
5. Melt all the ganache ingredients together over a Bain Marie ( a glass bowl over a saucepan filled with boiling water)
6. Once all mixed together smoothly leave to cool slightly.
7. Once cooled, cover each cupcake. I personally find it easier to dip the cupcake into the mixture as it makes for a better coverage!
8. Decorate as you wish
Lady Muck's marshmallow fluff
Looking through whoppie pie recipes, I saw that a lot of them were filled with marshmallow fluff. The problem being that the fluff is American and even though I live in London I couldn't seem to find it anywhere so I found a recipe instead - So ridiculously simple!
3 egg whites
250 ml of Corn syrup which us English tend to call Golden syrup
1/2 tsp of salt
260g icing sugar
Whisk the whites with the syrup on full speed until the mixture is stiff and holds its own. Add the salt and the icing sugar until completely mixed through.
Done, so easy!
The mixture makes enough to fill about 3 or 4 jam jars.
3 egg whites
250 ml of Corn syrup which us English tend to call Golden syrup
1/2 tsp of salt
260g icing sugar
Whisk the whites with the syrup on full speed until the mixture is stiff and holds its own. Add the salt and the icing sugar until completely mixed through.
Done, so easy!
The mixture makes enough to fill about 3 or 4 jam jars.
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