Yesterday I joined my amazing friend Sheridan from Sheridankate (www.sheridankate.blogspot.com) to make cupcakes! I don't know a person who doesn't love cupcakes, they are the yummiest things on earth! So fluffy and sugary and mmmmm... After much debate we decided to make vanilla cupcakes with fondant icing, (featured on Sheridan's lovely blog), and orange cupcakes with buttercream icing, that I'm just about to write about here.
To start with we went and picked up some baking supplies from the supermarket. Then we made all of the cupcakes, vanilla and orange.
I'm focusing on the orange cupcakes, so I'll tell you about the recipe. It's called the Stephanie Alexander Afternoon Orange Tea Cake, (unfortunately I don't have the ability to make links, here on my iPad), and it is a really great recipe. It makes really fluffy, light, and delicious cakes or cupcakes with a really simple recipe. You can use a food processor or an electric mixer to make it.
After we had made the cupcakes and left them to cool completely, we got started with icing. We got a little bit carried away at the supermarket and decided to buy the Betty Crocker vanilla buttercream, because we both love the taste of it and because buttercream is really annoying to make. We loaded up a piping bag with a star nossel, and set to work. We did swirls going from the inside out, and then sprinkled on some little pink and white sugar butterflies.
They turned out amazingly pretty and yummy, but I think the star of these cupcake is the orange cupcake itself, not the icing. It is just so bouncy and fluffy and beautiful and yummy, and the buttercream is so soft and creamy and they complement each other perfectly.
I had a great day over a Sheridan's and had so much fun making these cupcakes. I would definitely recommend making these cupcakes, they are so easy and taste amazing. Make sure to go and check out our vanilla fondant cupcakes over on Sheridan's blog! Here's a sneak peek:
What is your favourite type of cupcake?
Au Revoir xx
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