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Ah, delicious cupcakes topped with frosting.
They’re the perfect individual-size treat for birthdays, weddings, or an afternoon snack.
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prior to beginning, choose acupcake recipeand preheat your oven, ensuring even and accurate baking.
Turn anycake recipeinto cupcakes by using 14 cup of batter for each cupcake.
Step 1: Prepare Ingredients
Allow the butter and eggs tostand at room temperaturefor 30 minutes.
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This will make the butter easier to blend.
Be sure to notoverbeatthe mixtureif the butter starts to separate, you’ve mixed it too much.
Depending on the recipe, you may addwhole eggs, just egg yolks, or just egg whites.
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Some recipes include other ingredients to add along with the eggs, such as vanilla or other flavorings.
Test Kitchen Tip
Break eggs individually into a custard cup or small bowl first.
Don’t be tempted to add everything at once.
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Adding all the wet ingredients at once can cause the batter to separate, resulting in a heavy cake.
Adding all the dry ingredients at once can make the batter too thick, leading to overmixing.
They’re also easier to grasp for frosting or decorating.
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Test for doneness by inserting awooden toothpickinto the center of a cupcake.
If the toothpick is clean when you remove it, the cupcakes are done.
If wet batter or several moist crumbs cling to the toothpick, they need to bake longer.
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Cool the cupcakes for 5 minutes in the pan before moving them to a wire rack to cool completely.
It’s the easiest way to spruce them up for special occasions.
From there, use apiping bag($9,Michaels) todecorate your cupcakes.
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Don’t have a piping bag handy?
Use a resealable plastic bag with the corner snipped off or spread the frosting with a knife.
For an easy frosting out of the gate, try ourno-cook fudge frostingrecipe.
For an unforgettable dessert, go wild withholiday toppings, sprinkles, nuts, or whatever your heart desires.
This one-bowlchocolate cake recipeis easy for filling your prepared cupcake pan.
Remember that standard size calls for 14 cup batter.
Spoon the filling into the bag and insert the tip into the top of the cupcake.
Squeeze the filling into the center.
Don’t worry if you leave a hole, since the frosting will cover it.
Make dessert even sweeter this week by whipping up a quick batch of cupcakes.
Then keep working on thosedecorating skillsfor a stunning display everyone will think came from a professional bakery.
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