Friday 3 September 2010

Raspberry Cupcakes



Here kids go for summer job for a month from when they are 16 years.
And when Shyama turned 16 she coudn't go as we went to India for holiday, and she was always complaning that her friends are doing summer job and she coudn't.

So from last year she has been doing summer job in a private owned shop and there are 4 women who works there and they all are really nice to her and they like her a lot.

And this August she also have been working in the same shop and some morning she ask me Mama will you make a cake for me to take for coffee ( the shop is just 5 minutes walk from our home and she comes for lunch) and on a short notice the one thing I always makes are cupcakes as they are easy and fast to make.
And the ladies there just love cupcakes of course S loves it too.So this is one of the cupcakes I made for her to take for afternoon coffee.
A tip I got from my sister, for getting the butter cream shiny add 1 tsp corn syrup)


Took a picture with Shyama's new instrument Viola d'amora (Love violin)

Raspberry cupcake : (Cupcakes by Janet Smith)
18 regulare size cakes

1/2 cup (4 oz/126 g) very soft butter
1/2 cup (4 oz / 126 g) vanilla sugar or normal fine sugar
2 eggs
1 tbsp milk
1 cup (4oz / 126 g) self raising flour
1 level tsp of baking powder
hand ful of fresh rasberries plus extra to decorate

For the Vanilla butter cream
3/4 cup ( 7oz / 200 g) soft butter
2 1/2 cups ( 14 oz /400g) icing sugar
1 tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tso corn syrup (optional)

Preheat the oven to 350° F ( 180° c/ Gas 4 ) and put 18 regular paper case into the muffin tins.
Put the butter in a bowl and beat to make sure it is really soft.
Add the sugar, eggs milk, the flour and the baking powder and continue to beat vigourously until the mixture is well mixed and cream.
Fold in the rasberries.
Divide the mixture among the paper cases and bake for 15 to 18 minutes untill nicely risen and golden brown.
Remove the cakes from the tin and allow to cool on a wire rack.

To ùake the butter cream , put butter in a bowl beat until really soft.
Add the icing sugar and enough milk to make light and fluffy butter cream.
Add vanilla extract .
Swril or pipe onto the cooles cakes and decorate with teh raspeberries.

43 comments:

aipi said...

Cute cupcakes..love the picture with them on the guitar!!
Looking forward for the recipe:)

US Masala

Nithya said...

looks fantastic :) yummy to the core. well decorated and love the pics again :)

Divya Kudua said...

Yum..the icing looks so elegant...I am sure the cupcakes would have disappeared in no time!!

Bong Mom said...

HC

These are absolute beauties. Can I use AP Flour ? Do I need to spray the paper case ? Also stupid question how do you swirl the frosting ?
Sorry for so many questions !!!

Priya Suresh said...

Such a cute looking cupcakes, irresistible icing and feel like grabbing one from the click, very tempting..

Finla said...

Bong Mom You have to use self raising flour otherwise it might not raise, if you don't get it there you can look on the net they hav einfo how much baking powder one had to add to AP flour to get self raising flour. About the swrils I start from the end do a circle , and then come to the center.

~Lisa~ said...

Beautiful cupcakes. And how sweet of you to make them for your daughters summer job. I used to play the violin too (=

Priya dharshini said...

Wonderful cupcakes with great clicks..i am also recently obssessed with cupcakes as it is handy to take..

Namitha said...

Fabulous they look...Lovely clicks and the Violin looks beautiful too :-)

Shabitha Karthikeyan said...

Flavorful and cute cup cakes.. Feeling taking one from the screen !!

Gloria Baker said...

Happy Cook these are the most beautiful cupcakes I seen the last time!! beauty pics too! I love the violin/cupcakes pic! xxx gloria

Home Cooked Oriya Food said...

looks so yum and nice!

Dori said...

They look so pretty :)

Maria♥ said...

Wow, those cupcakes are so cute! How lucky is your daughter and the ladies she works with?! ;o)

Maria
x

Kalyani said...

wow the cupcakes looks yummy .....

Anna Johnston said...

I do love cupcakes, they look so pretty don't they.

Aparna Balasubramanian said...

YOur cupcakes look gorgeous, Finla.
I'm not surprised those ladies enjoyed them so much.

Raks said...

Looks so pretty! lovely picture too!

Akila said...

looks fantastic.... really going to try...

http://akilaskitchen.blogspot.com

suma said...

Such pretty looking cupcakes!! The color of the butter cream is a lovely contrast to the pink. Your daughter must have been delighted!!

sra said...

Nice post, cute cupcakes and I like the viola decorated with them!

indosungod said...

HC, you are a wonder with these baked goodies. I love them on the violin :)

Barbara Bakes said...

How lucky she is to have you to make fabulous cupcakes for her. I like the corn syrup tip.

notyet100 said...

such cute cupcakes

Rachel said...

Love the way you frosted it!I can see why S favours them.

Angie's Recipes said...

Very very very beautiful cupcakes!

Daisy Roshan said...

yummy cup cakes!!

Bombay-Bruxelles said...

These look great!

Unknown said...

Loved the presentation....lovely cupcakes....

Unknown said...

they look pretty, Finla. YUM!

Jayashree said...

What gorgeous looking cup cakes, F...

Gouri Guha said...

The cupcakes are so cute and inviting.

Sunitha said...

Lovely recipe and tip too. Thanks to you and you sister. I am sure your daughter and her friends enjoyed the cake...

Larissa said...

Those look perfect!

Reeni said...

Your raspberry cupcakes are so pretty! What a treat to share with your daughters co-workers. I bet the loved them! I really like the pictures with the violin.

Nithu said...

It looks so delicious and inviting. Nice click.

Unknown said...

Hi,

wow...yummy cakes...they look so beautiful too!!!

Sameena@

www.myeasytocookrecipes.blogspot.com

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lissie said...

You are such a sweet Mama and Shyama is such a lucky daughter... :)
Loved the cupcakes...yummy!

Kathryn said...

Yum! I wish my baking creations looked that pretty! You should try these banana chocolate chunk cupcakes. They are incredible!

Jess Joseph said...

I just took these out of the oven & then are fantastic. Light & fluffy cupcakes. The recipe only made 13 for me , so next time i'd probably double the quantity.

Jess Joseph said...

My buttercream didn't turn out as white as yours - it was more yellow. :(

Finla said...

Jess Happy to hear youmade this cupcake here we love it. Maybe the color of the butter cream depends on the butter.