Showing posts with label Chocolate cupcake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chocolate cupcake. Show all posts

Friday, June 19, 2009

Try Delicious Cupcake Toppings

Eating a small piece of cupcakes is not good enough without tasting the topping. Cupcake topping have various flavor. To make the topping you can mix different sweetener to make your cupcake recipe worth to try. Find this various topping by reading this article below:

Cupcake Toppings
By Lisa Paterson

When it comes to putting toppings on cupcakes, given their small size, attractive snacks are easily created; your guests, kids and family will appreciate the care and love that goes into baking. Candy is one of the easiest choices when selecting toppings for cup cakes. Colored sugars and sprinkles are always an attractive and delicious topping and it's something kids can help with as well. Once the cupcakes are iced, pouring the sugars and sprinkles in separate bowls allows for careful dipping, or not so careful, of the cupcakes. Another tasty topping can be larger candies such as gum drops or finely chopped up candy bars of various flavors.

To kind of shake things up a bit, adding flavors to frostings is a nice way to turn the ordinary into astonishing. Chocolate frosting with some coffee added becomes a scrumptious mocha topping. If it's St. Patrick's Day you are celebrating, green dye in the frosting with some mint flavoring will surprise your guests into having more. If it's a fall chocolate cupcake, orange frosting and some thin black licorice formed into the face of a jack o'lantern is sure to put a smile on the faces of some eager Halloween celebrants.

A festive alternative to your average cupcake could be like a Mardi gras King Cake. White cupcakes, filled with cream cheese or your favorite jelly, can be iced with yellow frosting and then sprinkled with purple and green sugars. Put them on a tray edged with sparkly beaded necklaces and chunky, in expensive costume jewelry and you have a Mardi gras party your guests won't soon forget.

Easter need not be a challenge when cupcakes are on the menu. Some colorful and creamy cupcakes in their holiday baskets will be a treat for everyone of whom you make a gift of these cheerful snacks. Frost some cupcakes with a nice pastel frosting such as pink, yellow, green or blue. On top of each cupcake, place some Easter candy such as Peeps, chocolate eggs or candy coated M&M's are decorations that enhance the delicious flavors that go along with the holiday.

For those who like to mix flavors, chocolate cupcakes are delicious iced with a peanut butter frosting with bits of peanuts or chocolate drizzled on the top. Use this same peanut butter frosting on a white cupcake filled with their favorite jelly to create something just for the kids. Another delightful combination can be orange flavored cupcakes iced with a pineapple-flavored frosting, sprinkled with coconut. If you're planning a bridal shower, how fun would it be to present to the party goers cupcakes topped with candy lollipop rings, available in any dime store candy aisle.

Topping a cupcake needn't be any harder than a walk down the candy aisle at your local grocery store, with the only limits in place being the smaller size of the cupcake and which delicious toppings to choose. For every occasion, there will be an attractive topping for a cupcake that is certain to cause your guests and loved one to delight in their beauty. Dare to imagine and remember, the sky's the limit when it comes to topping cupcakes.

About Author

Lisa is an avid home cook who loves to share her favorite recipes with the rest of us. Find all her cupcake recipes at http://www.Cupcake-Creations.com. And be sure to take a look at all the cupcake toppers she has found.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Easy Cupcake Recipes That Work - Entertaining With Cupcakes By Brad Younger

Having guests at your home can be fun, but it is stressful as well. Aside from cleaning up the house to make it look "presentable," you will still have to cook and get the best dinnerware out in order to impress your guests. If you're new to cooking, the whole ordeal will seem a lot worse. You become apprehensive about the reactions and comments to the dishes you prepared. You can't very well order take out, lest people think you're too lazy to cook.

If you're having people over for snacks before dinnertime, what better way to entertain guests than baking a batch of delicious little cupcakes? Cupcakes are easy to make and they are very filling as well. In addition, if you're more inclined to artistry rather than cooking, you can show off your skills by decorating the cupcake in such a way that guests would rather sell it at an art auction rather than bite into it.

You can always make two basic varieties of cupcakes that will surely impress your guests: the simple Vanilla and Butter cupcake and the Chocolate cupcake. In both recipes, you will need about 5 ounces (or 150 grams) of butter, 5 ounces of sugar, about 6 ounces of flour (preferably the self-raising kind), and three eggs. For vanilla cupcakes, add a teaspoon of vanilla extract. For chocolate cupcakes, add 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder together with the vanilla extract.

Before starting, prepare your materials. You will need a big mixing bowl, an electric mixer, and some muffin pans, and your trusty old oven. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (or 180 degrees Celsius) while you combine all the ingredients in the large mixing bowl. Make the whole batter smooth and creamy by beating them with an electric mixer. Line the cups of the muffin pan with cupcake papers, and slowly pour the batter onto each one until they are about two-thirds full. Place the muffin pans inside the oven and wait for about 20 minutes, or until you see them rise. Take them out of the oven, place them on a wire rack, and allow them to cool before adding the frosting.

If your guests brought their kids, decorating can be an activity for them as well. Why not let the kids decorate desert? It 's a fun way to keep them entertained and it will get them involved with the dinner party.

About Author

For more tips and tricks on how to make cupcakes with some easy recipes and fun ways to bake, visit http://www.makecupcakes.com and be ready to be the talk of the town.