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Eco friendly baking: Green Cupcakes

Here you will find not only a yummy recipe for Green Cupcakes, but also resources for eco friendly baking equipment to make your cupcakes truly green.

Using bamboo kitchen supplies is one way to do your bit to create an environmentally friendly kitchen, but did you know that there's also a great range of kitchen products made from recycled plastic?

All the kitchen equipment on this page is either made from recycled or sustainable materials and is environmentally friendly.

Image credit: Green Tea (Matcha) Cupcakes by bossacafez on Flickr under Creative Commons 2.0

Eco friendly kitchen

Green kitchen equipment

Green bambooWhen choosing eco friendly kitchen equipment, bamboo has to be one of the best sustainable materials on the planet. Obviously you cannot use it to actually bake your green cupcakes, but it can be used in the preparation.

Bamboo is actually a type of grass, which does not die when it is harvested, making it a sustainable crop, that can be used in a variety of products.

Bamboo is harder than maple and has the same tensile strength as steel, yet it can be spun and made into textiles.

As well as being a renewable resource, the cultivation of bamboo benefits the environment. The extensive root system of a bamboo forest prevents soil erosion and regulates the absorbtion of rainwater. This reduces run off and the danger of flash flooding.

Air quality is also improved by Bamboo cultivation. Compared to an equivalent stand of trees, bamboo absorbs 5 times as much CO2, and generates 35% more oxygen.

Source: Think Bamboo.com

Image credit: Mantokun under Creative Commons 3.0

15 piece bamboo kitchen tool set

Eco friendly

Bamboo kitchen tool setThis bamboo kitchen tool set is available from Amazon.com

* 15-piece kitchen tool set
* naturally sustainable bamboo hardwood
* all tools are 13 inches long
* no scratches to fine cookware surfaces
* resistant to heat and stains
* hand wash only

Why use recycled plastic?

You will be helping the environment

Plastic in the Pacific Garbage patchPlastic is probably one of the greatest inventions of the 20th Century but because it is not biodegradeable, it is also (in my opinion) one of the greatest environmental hazards in the world.

It is estimated that over 100 million tonnes of plastic waste is generated each year, with much of it going to landfill, but because it is not bio degradeable, it breaks down into tiny pieces that can then leech back into the environment - particularly if it has just been discarded onto our roads and into our countryside.

The photo shows a plastic basket that was found floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, close to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Recycled plastic can be used in many ways, including kitchen equipment, so how about using recycled plastic mixing bowls when making your eco friendly green cupcakes?

Image credit: Spotreporting on Flickr under Creative Commons 2.0

Recycled plastic measuring cups

Pleastic recycled measuring cupsAmazon Product Features:

* Set of four
* 1/4 Cup, 1/3 Cup, 1/2 Cup & 1 Cup
* Snap-together for convenient storage
* curved bottom for easy release
* Made with 100% recycled #5 plastic
* 100% recyclable
* Made in the USA
* BPA and Melamine free
* Dishwasher safe

Ingredients for green cupcakes

Our favorite cupcake recipe

Mint cupcake recipe journalMakes 12 (but we usually double it!)

For the cupcakes

125g butter - at room temperature

125g caster sugar

2 eggs, beaten

125g self raising flour

2 tablespoons milk

For the frosting

55g butter - at room temperature

85g icing sugar

½ - 1 tablespoons milk

½ teaspoon vanilla extract or to taste

Green food coloring

Image: Mint Cupcake Recipe Journal, available at Amazon

Recycled Plastic Mixing Bowls

Set of three

Preserve recycled plastic mixing bowlsAmazon Product Features:

* Mixing bowl set of three
* 4 quart Apple Green bowl
* 3 quart Berry Blue bowl
* 2 quart Tomato Red bowl
* Wide bowls for easy mixing
* Easy-grip handle, pouring spout
* Made with 100% recycled #5 plastic
* 100% recyclable
* Made in the USA
* BPA and Melamine free
* Dishwasher safe

How to make green cupcakes

Step by step cupcake making

St Patricks Day CupcakesPre heat the oven to 190°C/gas mark 5

You will need a muffin tin and cupcake cases

Method

Using a wooden spoon (preferably made from recycled or sustainable material!), cream the butter and sugar until it is light and fluffy

Add the beaten eggs, a little at a time, beating well before you add more

Sieve the flour into the mixture

Fold in gently, using the wooden spoon

Add the milk gradually until the mixtre is smooth and a dropping consistency

Divide the mixture between your baking cases

Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes until the cupcakes have risen and golden brown

Remove the cakes from the tin and place on a wire rack to cool

Image credit: Kristen Ausk on Flickr under Creative Commons 2.0

Cupcake Pics

hot chocolate by Cupcake KITSCHen
rock&roll by Cupcake KITSCHen
Valentine's Day Gift Box by Sugar Daze
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang by Sugar Daze
Mademoiselle Orangette by Sugar Daze
Burning the Clocks Cup Cake by somewhereintheworldtoday
St George's Day Cup Cake by somewhereintheworldtoday
Halloween Spider Cup Cake by somewhereintheworldtoday
Valentine Cup Cake by somewhereintheworldtoday
St Patrick's Day Shamrock Cup Cake by somewhereintheworldtoday
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Unbleached baking cups

Environmentally friendly catering

Unbleached baking cupsThese large cupcake wrappers are made from 100% unbleached paper and are a must for anyone wanting to do eco friendly baking. They are ideal for your green cupcakes.

These unbleached cupcake liners are made from renewable resources with recycled paper! They are an eco-friendly, safe, biodegradable alternative to regular cupcake wrappers.

Colorful, unique eco friendly cupcake cups

Bella Couture cupcake wrappers

Bella Couture not only supply fashionable cupcake wrappers, they are the ultimate eco friendly baking accessory. Each design is printed with soy inks on recycled linen paper.
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Green frosting

Our fav frosting recipe

cupcakeBeat the butter in a large bowl until soft

Add half the icing sugar and beat until smooth

Add the remaining icing sugar, vanilla icing and some of the milk

Add more milk if necessary to get the right consistency to make the frosting easy to ice onto the cake

Gradually beat in a drop of green food coloring, but be very careful not to add too much, it is easier to allow the color to build up gradually until you have the shade of gree you want.

When the cakes are cool, take an icing or piping kit and pipe the frosting onto the cakes

Decorate as required

This page is a member of The Cupcake Club

You can join in. It's free and lots of fun... and yummy.

The Cupcake Club on SquidooThe Cupcake Club on Squidoo is an ever-growing collection of the best cupcake recipes ever. It's also home for cute and unique decorating ideas, debates about chocolate vs. vanilla frosting, recommendations for the best kitchen gadgets, cupcake sightings at hot bakeries around town, colorful cupcake photography...

If you've got a sweet tooth for cupcakes, you're in the right place. You can make pages for your favorite cupcakes (and even earn money from them).


Click the big cupcake you see at the right to learn more and get started.

Where else can you find The Cupcake Club?

Our blog, HQ on Squidoo and Facebook Fan Club.

The Cupcake Club: The Blog
All of the cupcake recipes and decorating ideas you'll find here are coming to you through the magic of Squidoo.com.Squdioo.com allows its users to create web pages free-of-charge about anything they like. The Cupcake Club will be spotlighting Squidoo pages featuring the best cupcake recipes, super creative cupcake decorating ideas, helpful cupcake baking tips and everything else you'll need to create and enjoy the very best homemade cupcakes possible.
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Waste Management & Waste Disposal services - WasteCare
Waste management and recycling services from WasteCare. Find out what wastecare & associated companies can do for your individual waste recycling & waste disposal issues.
ThinkBamboo.com, A variety of bamboo products for your home.
ThinkBamboo.com : - Gift Certificates Towels Back Scratcher / Shoe Horns Cutting Boards Kitchenware Tableware Bamboo Wall Weekly Specials Bamboo Picks and Skewers Bamboo Charcoal bamboo, towels, fiber, cutting boards, back scratchers, spoons, wall, utensils

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