Basic Cake Recipes For Beginners

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Eggless Cupcakes and Cupcake Decoration


-Sandhya Parthasarathy

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Vanilla Cupcakes
Ingredients:
1 cup curd
¾ cup sugar
1 ¼ tsp Baking powder
½ tsp Baking soda
1½ cup Flour
1 tsp Vanilla essence
¼ tsp Salt
½ cup oil

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180C
2. Line a muffin/cupcake tray with liners
3. In a bowl combine curd and sugar. Add the soda and baking powder and
mix to combine. Add the oil and vanilla essence.
4. Let it rest for 10 mins until frothy
5. Sprinkle the flour over the curd mixture and fold.
6. Spoon into the prepared liners and bake for 20 to 25 mins or until the
skewer comes out clean.
Belgian Chocolate Cupcakes
Ingredients

1 ½ cup Flour

¾ tsp baking powder

½ tsp baking soda

1 cup Sugar

4 tbsp cocoa, Belgian chocolate cocoa

¼ tsp Salt

1 tbsp vanilla

65g melted butter

1 cup milk

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180C and line a cupcake tray with liners


2. Sift the dry ingredients in a clean and dry bowl.
3. In a seprate bowl combine butter, milk and vanilla and pour over the dry
ingredients. Mix until combined.
4. DO NOT OVER MIX.
5. Fill the cupcake cases till 2/3rd full and bake for 20 mins.
Red Velvet Cupcakes

Ingredients

1 ½ cup flour

3 tsp cocoa

1 tsp baking soda

½ tsp salt

1 cup Sugar

1 cup milk

½ cup oil

1 ½ tbsp vinegar

1 tsp red food colour

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180C and line a cupcake tray with liners


2. Sift the dry ingredients in a clean and dry bowl making sure there are no
lumps
3. In a separate bowl combine milk and vinegar, set aside for a while.
4. Add oil, food colour and vanilla and pour over the dry ingredients. Mix
until combined.
5. DO NOT OVER MIX.
6. Fill the cupcake cases till 2/3rd full and bake for 20 mins.
American butter cream
Ingredients:

100g icing sugar, sifted

50g butter, softened

Extract/ essence of your choice

Method:

1. Beat the butter until pale light and fluffy.


2. Add the essence to the butter and continue beating
3. Slowly add the icing sugar to the butter little at a time.
4. If the mixture is too stiff, lighten it with a tsp of milk.
5. You can store the buttercream at room temperature for a couple of days or
in the fridge for 4 to 5 days.

Ganache
Ganache usually consists of two ingredients; chocolate and cream.

Ratios-

Dark Chocolate: Cream

2:1 = Pipe-able ganache, 1:1 = pourable ganache

Milk Chocolate: Cream

1.5:1 = Pipe-able ganache, 1:1 = pourable ganache

White Chocolate: Cream

3:1 = Pipe-able ganache, 1:1 = pourable ganache

Method:

1. Finely chop chocolates


2. Bring the cream up to a boil.
3. Pour the cream over chopped chocolates and let it sit for a minute. Stir to
combine.

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