Romantic Cupcakes
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Valentines day and Wedding Cupcakes
Here you will find recipies, hints and tips on making romantic cupcakes. If you just add a cutting cake with matching decorations then, not only can they be used for valentines day, but also as cakes for a wedding!
Cupcakes
- Serves: 24-30
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 30-35 mins
These cupcakes taste best on the day of baking, but are still good in the following days.
Ingredients
- 300g (11oz) Softened Butter
- 300g (11oz) white sugar
- 6 eggs
- 300g (11oz) Self-raising flour
- 1 tablespoon (4 teasp) vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons (40ml) milk
Instructions
Preheat oven to moderate temperature (eg fan forced oven 160 degrees Celcius)
Put the butter in an electric mixer bowl and start mixing on a slow speed.
Add the sugar and increase to medium speed.
Add the eggs, flour, vanilla and milk and mix until smooth and creamy.
While mixing, Line 24 to 30 muffin trays with cupcake cases - Each type of cupcake case is a different size, this mixture is very soft and will rise well, so that they tend to overflow if they are filled too full. I used a 1/4 cup measure to fill my cupcake cases but the first load overflowed! So it is best to try putting a small number of cupcakes in the oven at first to see how they turn out!
cook 20-25 minutes.
Buttercream
- Serves: 24-30 cupcakes
- Prep Time: 10 mins
This recipe makes a lovely soft buttercream for piping swirls on your cupcakes.
Ingredients
- 200g (7oz) butter - softened
- 300g (11oz) icing sugar (confectioners sugar)
- 2 tablespoons (40ml) boiling water
Instructions
Put butter in electric mixer bowl. Beat on low speed.
if there are any lumps in the icing sugar, remove them by sifting it, or wizzing it in the food processor for a few seconds.
Add icing sugar and beat on medium speed until creamy.
Add the boiling water and beat until smooth and fluffy.
if you wish to colour the icing, add the colour and beat until it is evenly dispersed. You may need to scrape down the beaters and sides of the bowl to ensure it is evenly mixed.
Icing your cupcakes
Pipe a swirl of buttercream on your cupcake
See how to Ice a cupcake with a swirl of buttercream.
I find that it is better not to start right on the edge of the cupcake. This way they are more transportable without dammage to the icing - and there is still Plenty on the cupcake - yum!
Here are the supplies you will need:
Decorations for your romantic cupcakes
You can choose hearts for valentines day. If you valentine has a favourite flower, or other thing like stars, decorate your cakes with this.You can either make them yourself or purchase decorations.
See Sugar Paste Flowers for how to make all sorts of flowers.
For more cupcake decoration ideas see Cupcake Making .
Edible decorations
Edible decorations from eBay
Presenting Romantic cupcakes
Cupcakes as a Wedding Cake
90 cupcakes and a 6inch cutting cake
These cup cakes were displayed on 3 glass cake stands, with the remainder of the cupcakes scattered on the cake table.
The cutting cake was on the top of one of the stands.
Each cupcake was in a home made cupcake wrapper.
The knife was decorated with mathcing ribbons.
Cupcake Stands
What decorations would you put on your romantic cupcakes?
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Lauriej1
Apr 1, 2012 @ 3:28 pm | delete
- Very cute lens! :)
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alwaysjules Feb 15, 2012 @ 1:34 pm | delete
- Congratulations for making it on the DELICIOUS Valentines Recipe board! Well deserved! Thanks for sharing such a beautiful and yummy lens!
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cffutah
Jan 28, 2012 @ 9:43 am | delete
- reminds of watching cupcake wars on food channel.
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ozylizzy
Jan 28, 2012 @ 4:34 pm | delete
- I have not seen that, sounds like fun :)
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