Thursday, September 27, 2007

Happy Birthday, Megan!

I've sold 2 more dozen cuppies...this time for a little girl's birthday. When I was told about it, I was all kinds of excited, thinking of all the fun pink princess stuff I was going to do.

Then my fairy princess dreams were dashed by the little girl deciding she wanted vanilla cupcakes with white icing.

Vanilla. And white. HA!

And one little girl at the party was allergic to food coloring, so I couldn't even use sprinkles!

D'OH!

But, ya know, these are probably one of the favorite cupcakes I've made. Even plain, they're cute as a button. (And please note that I DID find sprinkles I could use...white ones...with no coloring! HA!)

See? Even without icing, these were SO pretty! They domed up perfectly.

White on white on white. Beautiful.


Golden Cupcakes (from Crazy About Cupcakes)

2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
2 cups sugar
4 large eggs, separated, room temperature
2 tsp vanilla
3 cups flour
4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup milk

Preheat oven to 350. Insert liners into medium cupcake pan.
In large bowl cream together the butter and sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy, about 3-5 minutes. Add the egg yolks. Beat well. Add the vanilla. Mix.

In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking powder, and salt.
Add the dry ingredients to creamed mixture, alternating wiht the milk. Mix well.

With clean beaters, beat the egg whites on high speed until stiff peaks form. With a rubber spatula, gently fold the egg whites into the batter.

Fill the cupcake liners 1/2 to 3/4 full. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of cupcake comes out clean.** Cool cupcakes in the pan.

**I filled mine 2/3 full and baked for 20 minutes. They were perfect! :)



Vanilla Buttercream

1 cup butter
1/2 cup butter-flavored shortening
3 cups confectioner's sugar
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup heavy cream
3 tbsp all-purpose flour

Mix cream & flour. Heat in microwave 45 seconds. Set aside to cool.

Mix butter, shortening and vanilla. Sift in confectioner's sugar. Combine on low. Mix on medium for 5 minutes.

Add cream/flour mixture and beat on medium for 10 minutes.

1 comment:

BetteJo said...

I'm impressed! White on white and they still look wonderful! It's a talent for sure!