Chocolate Orange cupcakes

This morning I woke up thinking of chocolate orange (for some strange reason), So naturally I decided to bake some choc orange cupcakes,

Makes 12
100g SR flour
140g Caster sugar
40g Butter
20g Coco powder
Orange essence
Zest of 1 orange
120 ml Milk
1 Egg

250g Icing sugar
80g Butter
Orange food colouring
Chocolate sprinkles (optional)

Put the flour ,coco powder, sugar and butter into a mixer or mixing bowl combine until the mixture forms a bread crumb like texture, put the egg in with the milk along with the orange essence mix, slowly pour the milk mixture into the dry ingredients to form a batter.

Pour into cupcake cases 1/3 of the way up. Bake for a bout 12 minutes

while the cakes are baking make the orange buttercream, Place the icing sugar and the butter into a mixer cream together, once combined add a few drops of milk beat together for at least 5 minutes this will make the buttercream light and fluffy, add a few drops of orange essence along with a few drops of orange food colouring mix again until the icing is a mic even orange colour.

Wait for the cakes to cool down, pipe the icing on ,cover in sprinkles ,
Finished!

Worlds biggest coffee morning

Worlds biggest coffee morning in aid of Macmillan cancer support is only a week away Lady Mucks are teaming up with Cafe La Strada in Frome Friday 28th 9-12!

Popcorn & Golden syrup

This recipe was made to see if popcorn worked in a cupcake, it's safe to say it does
So as usual a simple vanilla sponge recipe is used the only difference being is that golden syrup is added to the batter, the amount is entirely up to you!
Bake 12 cupcakes
While there in the oven make the popcorn, you can get popcorn kernels in any whole food shop if not I'm sure the microwave popcorn will work as long as its sweet!
When the popcorn has all popped and is cooled down add sugar and some golden syrup give it a good stir to make sure the syrup is covering it all, when the cupcakes are done put to one side to cool
Make a vanilla buttercream adding golden syrup.
Pipe the buttercream and finish with the popcorn!

Burger cupcakes

I saw these whilst doing some cupcake research and I had to try them!

Really simple
Bake 12 vanilla cupcakes,12 chocolate cupcakes and 1 amount of buttercream

Bake the vanilla cupcakes and the chocolate cupcakes leave to cool, make the buttercream divide into 3 colours red, green and yellow. Remove the vanilla cupcakes from their cases and cut in half, remove the chocolate cupcakes and cut the tops off to form a flat burger. Place the chocolate burger on top of the bottom cupcake bun, pipe the icing one colour at a time yellow,green then red!, put the top half back on! Done

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Hippy Rave Cake

This cake was made for my brother's birthday any one who knows my brother would understand this cake ha!

it was based on a (yes you guessed it) Hummingbird bakery recipe, the original cake is a 3 layered cake which is sometimes referred to as a princess cake.

It was easy to make, I baked the cake the night before so it was completely cooled down making it really easy to cut into 3!

The recipe is :

Quantity for ALL THREE layers (if you want to make it in one go):
360 grams plain flour
360 grams castor sugar
4 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
120 grams unsalted butter, at room temperature
360 mL whole milk
3 eggs
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Vanilla frosting:
500 grams icing sugar
160 grams unsalted butter, at room temperature
50 mL whole milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

I added a few drops of baby blue food colour, the choice is yours colour wise!

1.Preheat oven to 170°C/340°F.

2.Beat together flour, sugar, baking powder and butter on a low speed until the ingredients are mixed in a sandy texture.

3.Gradually pour in half the milk and beat until incorporated.

4.In a separate bowl, whisk together egg/s, vanilla extract and the rest of the milk briefly and then pour into the flour mixture.

5.Continue mixing for a couple of minutes until the mixture is smooth.


6.Bake in pre-heated oven for about 20-25 minutes. The cake is done when light golden brown on top and a skewer comes out clean.

7.Leave to cool slightly before removing from cake tin to completely cool on a wire rack.

8.For the frosting, beat the icing sugar and butter together on low speed until combined.
Combine the milk and vanilla extract in a separate bowl and add to the butter mixture slowly. Once all the milk has been added, turn the mixer up to high speed and continue beating until the frosting is light and fluffy (at least 5 minutes). The longer the frosting is beaten, the fluffier and lighter it becomes.
If you’re making blue frosting, add a couple of drops of blue food colouring and continue beating.
Place the bottom cake layer on a plate or cake stand. Cover it with a thin layer of frosting, then add the second layer on top. Cover with frosting and add third layer. Cover the entire cake with the remaining frosting and decorate as desired.

This cake went down a treat as its appearance is very appealing and it tastes lovely too :)

Treats With a Twist

At the Nunney fayre I also came across this stall Treats with a Twist, this stall sells loads of beautifully wrapped sweets and treats all at a very reasonable price. The lady behind this even holds sweet buffets and chocolate parties.

She is based in Bristol
The link to her website is www.treatswithatwist.co.uk