If you are wondering how to make birthday cupcakes, then you should know that there are many resources floating all over the internet. Gone are the days when all you inherited were some handed-down recipes. Read More

When investigating how to make easy cupcakes all you need to do is get into the kitchen and open up the cupboards and grab a few ingredients. These carrot cake cupcakes are easy to make and filled with vitamin A. The kids don’t need to know their yummy treat is actually good for them.

These are two easy cupcake recipes:

Carrot Cake Cupcakes

Take 2 cups of self rising or all purpose flour, 1 teaspoon of baking powder, 2 cups of refined sugar, 2 cups of shredded carrots (like you would have in a coleslaw – use a food processor), 1 teaspoon baking soda, shortening of your choice, 1 teaspoon of either ground cardamom, cinnamon or nutmeg, 4 eggs. Read More

Looking for tips on how to make cupcakes? Making cupcakes is very easy! A show of kitchen ingenuity and you are sorted. Making cupcakes is probably one of the best stress busters you will ever come across. However, there are some tips to making cupcakes you should keep in mind prior to giving any one or many flavors a try. Some of the important tips while making cup cakes include experimenting with flavors most loved by the birthday girl or boy or the family at large. Read More

Making delectable and fluffy cupcakes is very easy, as long as you have a good recipe and a little know how. With that said, you’re all set to make to these wonderful desserts. Cupcake wedding cakes are just as simple as making a basic cupcake. All you need to do is follow the basic cupcake recipe, throw in a little bit of creativity, and there you have it – a wonderfully made creation that tastes just as good as it looks. Even if you’re not artistically gifted, you can still come up with great decorative ideas for your cupcakes by making use of attractive cupcake stands and papers that will make your cupcakes really stand out. Read More

Another Simple Cupcake Recipe

The easiest way to come up with a new cupcake recipe is to personalize an existing one.  If your favorite cupcake flavor is chocolate, to make create a new recipe from the original chocolate, you can come up with various ideas to make the recipe your own.

For chocolate cupcakes you can do a black forest version of this treat.  You can add a little brandy to the batter and top off your cupcake with cherries.  You can also use bittersweet or dark chocolate. A Devil’s Food cupcake is also another adaptation for the chocolate cupcake modification.  My favorite version is to top off my cupcakes with ice cream instead of frosting.  After your chocolate cupcake has cooled, slice off the domes to create flat topped cupcakes. Garnish your cupcakes with your favorite flavor ice cream.  I like to put vanilla on top of mine. Aside from cupcakes, I also love brownies, so another way to incorporate these two is to add some nuts and marshmallows into the batter.  If you have time to make different flavors of cupcakes you can layer them to create a multi flavored one.  For example, you can exchange the domes of your chocolate flavored one with a vanilla bottom.  Top a chocolate domed cupcake with a butter flavored frosting and the vanilla domed with a chocolate flavored icing.   Read More

Baking Cupcakes With Kids

Baking cupcakes with children is a fun filled activity for families or friends to enjoy. Whether preparing for a party or baking for a quick snack this activity is entertaining and easy to do.

For first time bakers it would be advisable to start with an easy recipe. The basic recipe is to mix butter, eggs, flour and sugar. It is important to remember that since cupcakes are smaller, they bake faster than most layer cakes. Read More

If there is one thing one thing I have learned from my kids is that they are very picky about their food. My kids, nieces and nephews, in fact all toddlers now, do not settle for just about anything I set in front of them. This rule also applies to cupcakes.

I find it curious how they pass over the plain, unfrosted ones I have stocked in my refrigerator. They always go for the ones I spent the most time designing. My Sister shared a ‘mommy secret’ with me: make the food look attractive and the kids will eat it, no questions asked. After all, that was how they introduced them to vegetables. Read More

Adults aren’t as picky about their foods as kids are, but they do appreciate good aesthetics. How else would some of those fancy restaurants flourish when the food itself occupies a mere ¼ of the plate and the rest is compensated by the exquisite arrangement? The same applies to foods cooked in households, be it pasta, main courses, or desserts. Cupcakes are not above the rule as well.

Sure, adults can and will eat those plain, unfrosted cupcakes you didn’t have time to design. But for them to truly appreciate your creation, you need to ice them according to the occasion or the preferences of your family. There are already a lot of unique frosting recipes that utilize a wide variety of ingredients. Experiment with your family’s tastes and stick with what they prefer the most. Read More