Hey Guys 🙂
It’s the day that any single ladies , including me , dreads , including me…. Valentine’s Day.
so I thought some of you might enjoy this post , which is one of the other passions , baking.
i baked some vanilla cupcakes with some buttercream icing on top , which I attempted to do a ombré rose effect since its Valentine’s weekend.
the recipe I used for the cupcake mixture was:
- 110g unsalted butter
- 110g caster sugar
I mixed these together with the electric mixer and then added
- 2 eggs
- 1tbsp vanilla essence
I mixed these together with the electric mixer again and then added
- 110g plain flour
- 1tsp baking powder
I then separated them into the cupcake cases and put them in the oven, preheated at 180 degrees Celsius , for 15 minutes, or until they are golden in colour like the picture below and checking that they are cooked by piercing the middle of one of the cupcakes with a knife.
I then made the butter icing while the cupcakes were cooling , using
- 140g unsalted butter
- 280g icing sugar
- 1-2tbsp milk
i mixed these together with the electric mixer until the mixture became thick and nearly white in colour.
To get the ombré effect , which as you can see worked really well on some of the cupcakes , I split the icing mixture in half into 2 separate bowls , and added red food colouring to one of them , and spread that around the edges of the piping bag , and then scooped the White icing into the middle of the piping bag , with the result on the red icing being on the top of the White icing , leaving a ver pretty ombré rose effect.
I’m no professional baker or anything but I’m pretty happy with how they turned out in the end , so I’ll leave some photos below.
I hope everyone has a lovely Valentine’s Day / weekend , hope you enjoyed this post. There will be another post tomorrow as I didn’t post during the week.
let me know if you try out these cupcakes and send me photos of how yours turn out on Twitter @CallMeLauraaaa 🙂
thanks for reading , hope you’re enjoying my blog so far !
Laura x
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