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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Decorated Cupcakes


          For the third session in the cake decorating course we had to take cupcakes and were taught some techniques to decorate them. I took some plain vanilla cupcakes with strawberry filling. As usual, I didn't have time to finish them in class, I completed only at home. My cupcakes were very big, so with the decoration they looked even bigger but I thought that they were decent enough to share here..

Need To Have
  • All Purpose Flour - 1 cup
  • Sugar - 3/4 cup
  • Egg - 1
  • Baking Powder - 1 teaspoon
  • Baking Soda - 1 teaspoon
  • Vanilla Extract - 1 teaspoon
  • Salt - a pinch
  • Milk - 1/2 cup
  • Butter - 2 tablespoon
  • Oil - 2 tablespoon
  • Strawberry Preserves - for the filling
For Icing - used thin consistency of basic icing (confectioner's sugar, shortening, water and vanilla) and food colors.


Method
          Well, it's a basic cupcake, beat the egg, add the sugar, vanilla extract and salt, mix, add the butter, oil and milk, mix everything well. Sift the flour, baking powder and baking soda, gradually mix in to the wet ingredients. Line the muffin pan with cupcake liners and pour the batter, 3/4th way up, bake at 350F for 25 to 30 mins. Cool the cupcakes completely. For filling the cupcakes, you should have a piping bag or a heavy duty ziploc bag and a long thin tip nozzle. Or you can drill a hole or use a apple corer to remove a little in the center, fill it up and cover with a piece of the cake and then do the icing. The proportions for thin icing is 1 pound confectioners sugar : 1 cup vegetable shortening : 1 teaspoon clear vanilla extract : 13 teaspoons of water (I still have to work out the proportions for a smaller quantity). Mix the shortening, extract and water, then slowly add the sugar and mix it till creamy with a hand mixer and then you add your colors.

Sending it to Food Corner for the Midweek Fiesta event and
                to Sumee's Culinary Bites for Vardhini's Bake Fest event.

Note
I think you need at least some basic stuff like the piping bags and a couple of different tips to do the decoration.

39 comments:

  1. Very impressive and colourful decoration but I won't have the heart to bite through these beauties!! ;-)

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  2. You must be enjoying your classes, I need to start looking into going to a few myself. I really do like the way you decorated these, very unique as well as eye catching. You are definitely benefiting from the class! Have a great day!

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  3. cute little cupcakes. All the cupcakes are beautifully decorated

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  4. Love the colors used in the decorating the cupcakes. Very nice. Thnx for linking it up.

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  5. Beautiful, love to join some wilton's decorating class. I have to wait some more time as two are little. You are doing good job.

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  6. Cupcakes are beautifully decorated.. Good job!!

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  7. Very colorful and interesting designs.

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  8. My goodness they look so good! Well done you!

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  9. Gorgeous and beautiful cupcakes !! Great work hema !! YUM

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  10. Very colorful n cutie frsoting,Hema..Looks awesome!

    Erivum Puliyum

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  11. well decorated and yummy cupcakes..Please check out the Round Up of Just 4 Fun event..an award is waiting for you :)

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  12. awesum decoration dear..ur great.cant eat this cute cup cakes.n pics r just fabulous......
    Maha

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  13. decent enough... god! they are so damn pretty hema :)..way to go!!

    Ongoing Event : WTML

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  14. wow pretty and wonderful looking cupcakes ... i too want to learn these decorating tips .....

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  15. Hi Hema,
    These cupcakes look delectable! the decorations are super cute. Love it!

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  16. They look so pretty and cute Hema...Super ones!

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  17. wow..superb decoration dear..I want to learn from you :)
    Spicy-Aroma

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  18. beautiful n cute looking cupcake, perfect job...

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  19. Oh my!! Unbelievably good Hema...hats off!!!

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  20. Looks so so pretty! Perfectly decorated!

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  21. very colourful n neatly done hema!looks professional.......

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  22. Did you say it was only your third session? I am sure you are a natural at it too, they couldn't have taught you to make such beautiful pieces of art that fast. Real beautiful

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  23. Very nicely done and looks very appealing

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  24. So beautifully decorated... Nice one

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  25. The cupcakes looks beautiful...so well decorated..You seem to have become an expert Hema...Good going

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  26. beautifully done... expert work..

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  27. you are such a talented. nicely done

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  28. so colorful ..you are super talented ..loved ur work

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  29. gorgeous dressing they looks so so cute cannot eat them jus would love to sit n watch these

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  30. Muy lindo los cupcake eres una artista una decoración estupenda,abrazos hugs,hugs.

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