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Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Location: Hereford

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 13 11:55 am Post subject: Cup cakes
So, who's got a simple, fast, fail safe recipe for cupcakes, including icing, please? Plain and chocolate?

Green Rosie

Joined: 13 May 2007
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Location: Calvados, France

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 13 7:54 pm Post subject:
I simply use a basic Victoria spoonge recipe for plain cupcakes. In old money: 4oz butter 4oz sugar (can be reduced a bit if using lots of icing) 4oz SR four 2 eggs For icing I just made this choc butter icing. https://britishfood.about.com/od/adrecipes/r/buttercream-icing.htm Any good?

gardening-girl

Joined: 25 Feb 2009
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Location: Somerset.

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 13 8:08 pm Post subject:
So,when did Fairy cakes become Cup cakes? Or is it an age thing?

Green Rosie

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Posted: Sun Mar 24, 13 8:09 pm Post subject:
At some point after my 35th birthday I think

jamanda
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Posted: Sun Mar 24, 13 8:09 pm Post subject:
Same cake mix, maybe a bit of extra baking powder. Buttercream - half weight of butter to icing sugar and a splash of milk to let it down. Substitute an ounce or so of flour or icing sugar for cocoa to make choc versions.

jamanda
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Posted: Sun Mar 24, 13 8:10 pm Post subject:

gardening-girl wrote:

So,when did Fairy cakes become Cup cakes?
Or is it an age thing?

They're buns where I grew up.

12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
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Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 13 8:12 pm Post subject:

gardening-girl wrote:

So,when did Fairy cakes become Cup cakes?
Or is it an age thing?

When the septics discovered they could sell them back to us under another name.

Barefoot Andrew
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Posted: Sun Mar 24, 13 8:40 pm Post subject: Re: Cup cakes

Nick wrote:

So, who's got a simple, fast, fail safe recipe for cupcakes, including icing, please? Plain and chocolate?

You clearly have sons. If you had a daughter or two, you'd have in-house info

gardening-girl

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Location: Somerset.

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 13 8:49 pm Post subject:

Gai

Joined: 31 Dec 2004
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Location: Ireland

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 13 9:45 pm Post subject:
I've been using this fairy cake recipe for a few weeks now and they turn out lovely every time. I add a little vanilla extract though and I must make the next batch chocolate by substituting some of the flour with cocoa powder. For buttercream icing I just beat together icing sugar and butter until it looks and tastes right, I've never measured quantities.

Green Rosie

Joined: 13 May 2007
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Location: Calvados, France

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 13 10:00 pm Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

gardening-girl wrote:

So,when did Fairy cakes become Cup cakes?
Or is it an age thing?

They're buns where I grew up.

Buns became fairy cakes when you decorated them with icing and hundreds and thousands. They became butterfly cakes whenyou cut off the top, added butter cream and replaced the cut piece as 2 wings

jamanda
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Posted: Sun Mar 24, 13 10:03 pm Post subject:
Nope - they're butterfly buns

Green Rosie

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Posted: Sun Mar 24, 13 10:07 pm Post subject:
You might be right there Jamanda

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Location: Hereford

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 13 10:30 pm Post subject:
All too late, I'm afraid. Next time, I'll refer back here.

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