I love a girly cupcake. It's got nothing to do with Sex and the City or the decade long fascination with cupcakes. I just love the aesthetic of them and the potentially endless varieties.
For my birthday afternoon tea, I went teeny and made raspberry and white chocolate mini cupcakes from a recipe on p113 of Nibbles: 100 Sweet and Savoury Finger Foods. These cupcakes were little bite-sized morsels of deliciousness. Instead of topping them with white chocolate ganache, I made my usual Primrose Bakery vanilla buttercream, dyed the perfect shade of pink, and crowned each one with a little sugar flower.
Here's a peek at the baby cakes before icing:
and here they are in all their glory, fully dressed:
Tempted? To make 24 of these tiny morsels, you will need:
24 raspberries (fresh or frozen)
75g white chocolate
60g butter
43g sugar
62ml milk
62g plain flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 egg, lightly beaten
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat your oven to 160 degrees Celsius and line 24 mini muffin tin holes with paper cases, and place a raspberry in the base of each one.
Chop the white chocolate and cube the butter, and melt them together with the sugar and milk over a bain marie, stirring occasionally until smooth. Leave to cool for 15 minutes.
Sift the flour and baking powder together into a bowl, then add the chocolate mixture and stir to combine. Add the egg and vanilla and mix well. Pour the mixture into a jug, then use it to fill the mini muffin cases with batter, filling them no more than three quarters full.
Put the cakes into the oven for 11-12 minutes or until cooked through. Cool in the tin for 3 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
I then made a third of the mixture of the Primrose Bakery's vanilla buttercream (recipe here), and coloured it with a drop or two of liquid pink food colouring. I then used a star tip to pipe the icing on top of the cupcakes, and topped each with a ready made sugar flower (I used these Queen brand ones that my Mum gave to me for my birthday - thanks Mum!).
The end result is absolutely delicious, gorgeous little morsels - perfect for afternoon tea.
4 comments:
These cupcakes look really pretty with their crown of pink icing. I hope you had a lovely birthday.
happy birthday cakelaw - your cupcakes look so sweet and pretty - hope that is a sign of a sweet and pretty birthday
Beautiful!!!
Oh, I just love girly cupcakes, and when they involve raspberry and white chocolate, you really have my attention. It's a good thing I wasn't invited, I would have grabbed two off that tray straight off!! lol
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