Saturday, November 5, 2011 Where do I begin…I have been contemplating a baking blog for quite some time and finally got the inspiration to start one. So today, I decided to start by making a basic vanilla cupcake with a butter cream frosting, that at the last minute turned into a ‘coconut’ butter cream frosting. Now I was excited about the ‘from-scratch’ batter, since I usually go the quick ‘box’ route. The batter turned out a little runny, so fingers […]
Archive for November 6th, 2011
Vanilla Cupcakes with Coconut Buttercream Frosting The following recipe makes around 30 cupcakes Cupcake Ingredients: 1 3/4 cups cake flour, not self-rising 1 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour 2 cups sugar 1 tablespoon baking powder 3/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch cubes 4 large eggs 1 cup whole milk 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon coconut extract Cupcake Recipe: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Line cupcake pans with paper liners and set […]