White Christmas Cupcakes

Merry Christmas, my dears!

I hope you're enjoying the holidays! :)

In Germany we already received our presents and now I want to share some more Christmas cupcakes with you.

Apparently, it doesn't snow so there is no white Christmas this year. 

These are really festive cupcakes and they don't taste too rich, so you can even serve them after diner! (This is not my 'special' but it will come soon)

What you need for the dough to make about 16-20 cupcakes:

1,5cups spelt flour

75g dark chocolate

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

1 teaspoon mixed christmas spice

pinch of salt

1/8cup instant coffe

1/2cup boiling water

100g butter

3/4cup dark sugar

2 eggs

3-4 tablespoons sour cream

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Place the chocolate, the coffee and the water in a small sauce pan which swims in another sauce pan filled with water. Stir continously until the chocolate has melted.

Then mix it all together and bake for 15minutes on 200°C. It will rise a lot!

For the icing you need:

1 egg white

180-200g icing sugar

Just mix it together and then cover the cooled cupcakes with to layers. After that you can sprinkle it with silver balls and paint some silver pearl dust on top after the icing has dried. 

I decided to make some baked apples with nuts, honey and cinnamon for tomorrow. It's not a cake but you bake it so I'll post it ^.^

With best regards,

Francine

Christmas Cupcakes: Apple and Cinnamon

 Hello my dears!

I'm sorry I didn't post for so long, but everything is very stressful at the moment. I scarcely had time to bake... but finally I managed to make some Cupcakes! ^.^

I try to avoid wheat and use spelt instead because it's much healthier. So the following recepies will be with spelt flour but you can replace it with wheat flour easily.

I baked apple cinnamon cupcakes with honey buttercream.

What you need for the dough (to make 28 cupcakes):

400g spelt flour

250g butter

280g sugar

4 eggs

10ml milk

4 apples

1,5 tablespoons cinnamon

3/4 teaspoon lemon zest

2 teaspoons baking powder

First you mix everything together except the apples, cinnamon and lemon zest.

Wash the apples and then grate them. In a seperate bowl stir together the grated apples, the cinnamon and the lemon zest. Add it to the dough and then fill into cupcake papers.

Bake for 15-20minutes (or until a fine skewer comes out clean) on 180°C.

To make the frosting:

250g butter

600g icing sugar

6 tablespoons clear honey

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

3-5 tablespoons milk

Just mix it all together, and then you can use food coloring for the 'christmas'-look! :)

I topped the cupcakes by piping and then I added apple slices (which were dipped in lemon juice to avoid a browm colour) and I spread some red glitter on top <3

Finally I want to ask you wether you have any idea what I shall serve at christmas diner?! Last year we had pears in punsch with cranberries which was really delicious! 

I am looking forward to your advices! ^.^

With best regards,

Francine

Chocolatey, chocolatey cupcakes♥

 Hello my dears!

Warm, flowing light chocolate cupcakes taste the best when you eat them straight from the oven. The rich flavor of chocolate blends gently with the soft texture of the freshly baked dough... I love chocolate and I assume you do too! ^.^
For those who think chocolate is staple food, here is the recipe:

To make 12 adorable chocolate cupcakes, you'll need this:
1.5 cups flour
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1/2teaspoon salt
1/2teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 cup lukewarm water
100g butter
1 cup sugar (you can use a little more sugar, if you like it to taste less bitter and less like coffee)
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-2 tablespoons instant coffee powder (it's the same as with the sugar ^.^)

Mix it all together, then bake the cupcakes for about 20 minutes on 170°C.

You can eat them straight from the oven when it's still warm, or you can set aside to cool for 30 minutes and then add a delicious frosting.
As the topping I use good old buttercream! ♥ For 12 cupcakes you'll need:
4 cups icing sugar
100g butter
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Using flash, so you can see that the buttercream is actually white!

 

I love buttercream, because it's so creamy and sweet so you just want to fall into a huge bowl of pastel blue buttercream! *____________* Well done, you've just created a completely yummy dozen of cupcakes. Enjoy your meal!

With best regards,

Francine

Fruit cupcakes for autumn

Autumn arrived a while ago, so it's time for some rich cupcakes to keep you warm.
For these occasions I love them to taste like fruit tartlets but I use dried berries instead of fresh fruit to create an autumn-like taste.

What you need for 12 Cupcakes:
125g butter
1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
150g sugar
2 eggs
150g dried berries (mixtures of berries taste much better than just cranberries, for example, but actually you can use any berry you like)
70g sliced almonds
100g flour
50g self-raising flour
60ml milk

Just mix it all together and fill into cupcake papers. Bake for about 35 minutes on 160 degree Celsius.

For the frosting:
30g butter
80g creme cheese
240g icing sugar

I spread some raspberries and blueberries on top, but you can also use dried berries. When you're finished sprinkle the whole cupcakes with icing sugar. You're done! ^.^ Enjoy your cupcakes ♥

Sweet and sour Cupcakes ♥ Lemon and elderberry

What's the best thing for cold days? - Sure, freshly baked Cupcakes!
But, what to do when the weather changes on and on?! - Sweet and sour Cupcakes give you the light feeling after the rain even when the thunder is still growling outside.

What you need for 12 cupcakes or 24 mini-cupcakes:
200g flour
225g sugar
45g almonds (ground or splintered doesn't matter)
2 eggs
90ml sunflower oil
250ml Greek yoghurt
1,5 tbsp lemon flavour (these small bottles with lemon essence are just as good as a zest or the flavour of a zest, but be careful with zests, they cause a bitter taste... very quick!)
Bake them for about 20-25 minutes.

For the icing, I just use icing sugar but I take elderberry wine instead of water :) You can also take liqueur or really sweet juice!

Are these silver cups super cool, or what? ;D

 As decoration I spread a bit blue sugar on top.

These are just really simple cupcakes, very quick but tasty! :) The only thing you can do wrong is to use too much or too less lemon flavour, but you can still bring it under control with the right dose of sweetness in the icing!

I hope you enjoy baking or eating or just reading this ^.^! Let me know how it workes out! 

Francine ♥