Recipe: Coconut Cupackes

Hi guys!

With the coconut cupcake from my previous post as inspiration, I decided to bake my own. I'd never made them before so as I do when baking something new, I went searching on the internet and combined a few recipes I found. I haven't mentioned it below but I added some buttermilk to the batter for a creamy taste. Also, the recipes I found generally said they made 12 but I managed to get 17; and that was with muffin cases as my cupcakes cases ran out! I must admit the buttercream icing is very sweet, but the cupcakes are delish.

 Ingredients:

6oz caster sugar

6oz butter

6oz self-raising flour

2 eggs

1oz dessicated coconut

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 tsp baking powder

For the buttercream icing:

4oz butter

8oz icing sugar

few drops of vanilla extract

dessicated coconut to decorate

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees/Gas Mark 4. Line a cupcake tin with paper cupcake cases.
2. Cream the sugar and butter together until light and fluffy.
3. Add the eggs one at a time and mix until fully combined.
4. Fold in the flour, baking powder and vanilla extract into a smooth consistency.
5. Spoon the mixture into the cases and bake for 20 minutes, until well risen and golden brown.
6. Leave to cool on a wire rack.
7. Mix the butter and icing sugar then add a few drops of vanilla extract. Pipe the icing onto the cakes (or use a spatula) and sprinkle with some more dessicated coconut.

I hope you enjoy this recipe and let me know if you give it a try. Also, if there are any you think I should try or you would like to see, please leave a comment below xo

Recipe: Fairy Cupcakes

Hey guys! Here's a little fact about me...

I love to bake!

This may be new information to my followers/readers but if you were to ask my family and friends they'd tell you how much I love baking. It comes so naturally to me. I bake all the time; I've baked for friends in the past, for birthdays for my family and sometimes when I'm bored!

So I thought I'd share with you what I baked today. They're just simple cupcakes with a hint of lemon. I don't know any recipes passed down from family generations, I get all mine from cook books, the internet or in this case on the back of the caster sugar packet :) I tweeked the recipe a little bit (I'll put what the actual recipe said in red). Also, it says it makes 12 but I managed to get 19!

Makes 12

Ingredients:

150g soften butter

150g caster sugar

(3) 2 eggs

150g self-raising flour

1 tbsp vanilla extract

(2) 1 tbsp milk

Juice of half a lemon

For the icing:

(125g) 120g icing sugar

Warm water

Lemon juice

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180c/Fan 160c/Gas mark 4. Line a cup cake tin with cup cake cases.
2. Cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy and pale.
3. Beat the eggs together with a fork then gradually add to the mixture, beating really well until the mixture is combined.
4. Fold in the flour, milk and vanilla extract using a large metal spoon. Do this as lightly as possible to keep all air in your mixture.
5. Spoon the mixture into the cases and bake for 20 minutes or until risen and springy.
6. For the icing sift the icing sugar into a bowl and gradually add 1 tbsp of water until the icing is thick enough (I only put 1 tbsp of lemon juice).
7. Spoon the icing onto the cooled cakes and decorate as desired.

I hope this recipe is as good to you as it was to me. They taste amazing and are so easy to make, hope you enjoy them!

If you try them let me know. Or if you know of any other recipes you think I should try, then let me know about them too! xo