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Made my liking for cookies and cream into a brownie, but turned out rather cake-ish.

I need to make it fudgier next time.

Anyone wants a piece? :unsure:

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me want.....

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I have a Question.  Many years ago I bought 50 cupcakes for a family party.  My cousin took a bite and said this is not a cupcake.  I always thought cupcakes are just cakes in a paper cup.  Are there any different?

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Where would you all meet to hold a baking session? If there ever would be one, that is.

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Ah a lot of people here love to bake, haha I think next weekend I will bake some apple pie for my friends

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Try "marinating" Granny Smith apples with brown sugar, lemon zest, raisins and cinnamon and a bit of lemon juice before baking the pie. Awesome!

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Try "marinating" Granny Smith apples with brown sugar, lemon zest, raisins and cinnamon and a bit of lemon juice before baking the pie. Awesome!

Sure. Add some apple juice in it, and some pan roasted peanut to add more texture and cruchines and it will be perfect, can be use with pineapple too, or u can mix the fruit, make the filling is very easy, the trick should be in the crust

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I have a Question.  Many years ago I bought 50 cupcakes for a family party.  My cousin took a bite and said this is not a cupcake.  I always thought cupcakes are just cakes in a paper cup.  Are there any different?

Based on what I eat before, I think cupcakes are the ones with frosting( cream cheese, butter cream etc). Then the "cake-like" cupcakes are actually muffins. Like blueberry, banana etc. Thats how I differentiate it.

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Based on what I eat before, I think cupcakes are the ones with frosting( cream cheese, butter cream etc). Then the "cake-like" cupcakes are actually muffins. Like blueberry, banana etc. Thats how I differentiate it.

Thks for your insight.  The cupcake I got comes with cream make into red and white roses with green petals, very pretty.  Looking at them, they are cupcakes.  I believe my cousin was refering to the cake under the cream itself.  They taste like normal pound/butter cake, with less butter because it is not so oily. :unsure:  :unsure:

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As I know cupcakes use basic chiffon cake, and use lots of frosting.

Muffins is not use in cupcakes making, becaus muffins have harder texture

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I have a Question.  Many years ago I bought 50 cupcakes for a family party.  My cousin took a bite and said this is not a cupcake.  I always thought cupcakes are just cakes in a paper cup.  Are there any different?

I think the original terms are slowly being loss in our modern anything-goes society. Lots of time to be more creative or in the process of creating something new, people have criss cross recipes or ideas and hence harder to clearly define the two. https://www.facebook.com/CakesBakes/posts/480933451955456

Thks for your insight.  The cupcake I got comes with cream make into red and white roses with green petals, very pretty.  Looking at them, they are cupcakes.  I believe my cousin was refering to the cake under the cream itself.  They taste like normal pound/butter cake, with less butter because it is not so oily. :unsure:  :unsure:

base on history terminology than the pound/butter cake like cupcake you got is still cupcake as it also have sweet frosting. Other than being more bread-like in muffin, usually it doesn't contain top frosting and usually have fruits, nuts or other ingredient mixed into batter instead.
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So there is no different between cupcakes and regular pound cake.  Thks for the insight.

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If you follow some cooking shows, sometime they will suggest to bake in individual cupcake/ muffin pans if perferred for a small bite sizes for party. Actually I search and read up after seeing your question. Curiosity as well. Good to know too.

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Actually cupcake base can be any type of cake - chiffon cake, pound/ butter cake, sponge cakes, oil based cakes, flourless cakes, high-ratio cakes etc. Any cake batter baked in a cupcake liner yields cupcakes. However in our context, we tend to associate cupcakes with frostings. 

 

Muffins can be mixed by two methods - the wet and dry method and the beating method. The wet-and-dry method yields the "traditional" quickbread type of muffin. No beating is required and when batter is overmixed it will give very tough muffins. This is the same method used to make spiced carrot cakes. The muffin texture has big and small holes throughout when it is done via this method. 

 

The other muffin method is the cake method but it calls for much less butter compared to butter cakes. It is less rich compared to a pound cake. 

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The best thing i baked is.... i guess white chocolate cake ? haha... it's an experiment gone wrong i guess... coz i don't have any dark chocolate around, so i replace with milk powder and white chocolate :)

I am interested in baking too :) haha

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Anyone has tips for the cream cheese icing for red velvet cupcakes? Did a batch and it turned out too watery and "melts" way too easily.. Prefer something a bit more stiff without losing the creaminess..

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Gee.. Thanks!! I think my problem was I beat in my icing sugar and this recipe calls for stir in!! Will go try another batch! =)

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Gee.. Thanks!! I think my problem was I beat in my icing sugar and this recipe calls for stir in!! Will go try another batch! =)

beating is fine bah... i do that all the time just dun overbeat it would do

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It's been a while since my last post because work schedule became too demanding and hectic.

 

Anyway, here's a cupcake I've made for one production outfit from Okto :)

 

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Anyone has tips for the cream cheese icing for red velvet cupcakes? Did a batch and it turned out too watery and "melts" way too easily.. Prefer something a bit more stiff without losing the creaminess..

 

Try this:

 

500g cream cheese, softened at room temp

80g-140g butter, slightly softened (up to 140g)

80g- 150g icing sugar. (add more if desired)

1 tsp good quality Vanilla extract

 

Method:

1) Beat softened cream cheese till creamy. Do not need to beat for long. Once it comes together like frosting consistency can stop. 

2) Add in softened butter to beaten cream cheese.

3) Slowly sift in icing sugar. After 80g is added. Do taste test. Add in more to taste. 

4) Add vanilla and beat till combined. Do not overbeat.

 

 

Tips:

1) Do not overbeat the cream cheese. The texture will turn grainy.

2) The lower the amount of butter used, the less watery the texture is. can increase the amount after 80g to 120g if desired. 

3) Slowly beat in 80g icing sugar. Add in more to taste. Personally I will stop at around 150g total. 

4) Vanilla extract will round out the flavour. 

5) After chilling the frosting will be really firm. eat straight from the fridge without softening the frosting if your red velvet cake is oil based. 

6) If too much sugar is added the frosting will be crusty! Epic failure. 

 

Results:

1) Relatively Low in sugar compared to alot of recipes that call for nearly 1:1 ratio sugar to cream cheese. 

2) Good flavour if good quality of vanilla is used. Eg, Nielsen Massey. 

3) Firm enough to pipe. 

4) Thick texture if chilled properly. 

5) Tested and proven to be welcomed =]

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On a side note, when doing any  sweet recipes from any western authors/ websites, do check out the sugar content. 

 

The first thing I always cut is the sugar because they always use sugar in extreme excess. Some frosting recipes are so ridiculously sweet, especially the typical american buttercream recipes which uses just butter and lots of icing sugar. 

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hhaha can i join too, though haven't baked much recently 

, latest creation was my fave rainbow cupcakes haha

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Sorry. Am very noob. How do I post pics ah?

 

 

Haha.. I wanted to ask the same thing! =P

 

Go to tinypic.com and upload :D remember to select resize to forum/message board :D

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Go to tinypic.com and upload :D remember to select resize to forum/message board :D

Thanks Pineapple! Wootz! Sounds chim.. but let me go explore! =)

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would love to try some ! if you don't mind !!! :D

I don't mind, but we life so far away, not in the same country LoL

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I can provide you screenshots if you want :D

Thank you! I've got it! Should be able to! That is when I transferred my photos fro iPhone yo the pc! Have a fun weekend ahead! Swell baking! =P

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Do you all post your bakes to instagram? Maybe you all can follow each other (if you all haven't already done so haha)? :D

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Do you all post your bakes to instagram? Maybe you all can follow each other (if you all haven't already done so haha)? :D

BIG no... haha my IG only for my photo & fashion work related, no hobbies things allowed LoL

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Made my liking for cookies and cream into a brownie, but turned out rather cake-ish.

I need to make it fudgier next time.

Anyone wants a piece? :unsure:

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That looks so good , i would want one !

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tried to replicate cedele gula melaka cake...

rather unsuccessful... a lot of work and turned out rather crumbly in the end...

can spare some to brave souls who wanna try... :unsure:

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tried to replicate cedele gula melaka cake...

rather unsuccessful... a lot of work and turned out rather crumbly in the end...

can spare some to brave souls who wanna try... :unsure:

 

crumbly as in... the cake texture ? haha i don't mind !

:) just msg me your address haha

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One of my first cupcake creations

 

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It's a chocolate cupcake with vanilla butter cream frosting with baby booties topper. The baby booties are made manually. No cookie cutter. The fondant was cut manually using a sharp paring knife and a "flimsy" pattern then assembled one-by-one :D Since I need to make 50 cupcakes, I need to make 100 booties... Manually. Took me 3 days to complete everything. Whew!

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