Citrus Cupcakes

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I think it is too much, I am only posting sweet/baked goods. Why do I remember my camera as I only bake and forget it when I cook other things..I've no clue..

Ingredient:

200 gram butter, room temperature

1 cup caster sugar

four eggs, room temperature

1 tbs freshly grated orange peel

1 tbs freshly grated lime peel

1 cup milk, room temperature

4 tbs lime juice

2 cups self-raising flour (sifted with 1/4 tsp baking powder)

method:

• Beat butter and sugar till light and fluffy
• Add eggs, one by one as you continue beating
• Add lime juice, orange and lime peel
• Add milk, and continue beating
• Add self-raising flour and beat till just combined
• Fill cupcake liners to half (obviously I went too little in filling them, which left space)
• Bake in a preheated oven (170 degrees Celsius) for 20-25 minutes or till toothpick inserted comes out dry.

Cinnamon Muffins

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You can't go wrong with these muffins, they are easy (and fast) to make plus they taste so good. I've adapted the recipe from this blog and made minor changes to suit my taste buds :).

200 gram melted butter

1 cup granulated sugar

3 cups all-purpose flour

2 eggs, room temperature

3 tsp baking powder

1 cup milk, room temperature

1 tsp cinnamon

For the topping:

melted butter

granulated sugar mixed with cinnamon powder (I did not use specific measurement, the amount used is up to you)

Method:

• Sift together dry ingredients and set aside
• mix using a whisk the wet ingredients
• add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, mix till just combined
• grease your baking tray (I used my cupcake tray) and fill each cup 3/4
• Bake for 20-25 minutes, do not bake longer otherwise they'll dry up
• dip warm muffins into butter, then into sugar and cinnamon mixture.

Vanilla Cupcakes with honey-cinnamon frosting

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I am still in search for the best vanilla cake recipe, and I can give this one 4 stars. I still didn't find the five star one, which I will keep searching for. 

Ingredients:

3 cups self-raising flour

1 1/4 caster sugar

200 g butter, room temperature

1 cup milk, room temperature

5 eggs, room temperature

1 1/4 tsp baking powder

Method (makes around 24-26 cupcakes):

• sift together flour and baking powder, set aside
• beat butter and sugar for 7 minutes, till light and fluffy
• add eggs, one by one while beating the mixture
• add milk and continue beating
• add self-raising flour, and fold with spoon
• bake for 25-30 minutes in a preheated oven (175 degrees)

Honey-cinnamon frosting (from Martha Stewart book-cupcakes):

2 1/2 cups icing sugar, sifted

200 g butter, room temperature

2 tbs honey

1/4 tsp ground cinnamon

with an electric mixture, beat all ingredients.

use mixture or refrigerate for up to 5 days

(the frosting has lovely flavour of honey and cinnamon, however, it was too sweet)

Vanilla Cupcakes with the best frosting

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Actually I didn't choose the name, it is known as the best frosting you've ever had. I personally loved it. I can't eat a lot of frosting in cakes in general, and I do prefer plain cakes or the simple not too sweet little frosting, but whenever I use this recipe, I can finish my whole cupcake and have another one as well lol..I made the cupcakes with my favourite recipe. I did it specially for a relative and my neighbour who both had baby boys. So I got their newborns an outfit, and thought of making these cakes with a BLUE frosting, but I don't know why did the colour I used which was blue, turned into green :D..Anyway, my relative said she loved it alhamdulilah..I didn't see my neighbour yet so I hope she did like the cupcakes.

Cupcake recipe (yields 30 cupcakes):

200 g butter

1 cup caster sugar

4 eggs

3 cups self-raising flour

1 cup milk

1 tsp vanilla

cupcakes waiting, the ones on the left corner had smarties in them, I didn't frost them

Frosting:

5 Tablespoons flour

1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
1 cup granulated white sugar (which I like best about this frosting, you don't need icing sugar).

this is the milk and flour waiting to cool to be mixed with vanilla+butter+sugar

yes!!! granulated sugar

So soft cupcakes with cheese icing

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I know, I am so bad in choosing a title for my post..It is really hard for me thinking of an attractive title..:D..

I didn't intend to post this cupcakes and their icing, because it was my first time attempt in this icing so I thought it might be a disaster in a hot weather like here, even with all the air-conditioning, well it was quite soft and it didn't stand high and proud..but the result was good..and I loved the taste...:) I didn't take many pictures for the mentioned reason..

Cupcake recipe:

200 g butter

1 cup caster sugar

4 eggs

3 cups self-raising flour

1 cup milk

1 tsp vanilla

1 tsp orange rind

• preheat oven to 175-180 degrees
• beat butter, sugar until fluffy
• add eggs and vanilla and orange rind and continue beating
• add in milk, flour and beat for a short period or stair with a spoon
• drop batter into cupcake cases, bake for around 20 minutes.
• let them cool totally before adding the icing

Icing ingredients: adapted from here:

1 8oz pkg of cream cheese - room temperature, divided in three parts
2 tablespoons unsalted cold butter
1 tablespoon shortening
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup powdered sugar

(I used less because I did make half of the cupcake ingredients and didn't frost all of them)

• I mixed the butter and sugar till fluffy and light, and added the rest of the ingredients while the original recipe asks you to add the rest alternately, which I didn't notice till I finished :D..