Recipes for delicious and easy-to-prepare baked goods
How to make cupcakes that you won’t be embarrassed to take to work as a snack and are always easy to surprise your guests with. Recipe with photos step by step for you!
1 hour 30 minutes
335 kcal
3/5 (2)
Initially, cupcakes are an American dish and to a certain extent can be considered an American counterpart. By the way, in some ways the cupcakes resemble miniature ones or something similar.
Actually, the name came from a combination of two words: cup (cup) and cake (pie, cupcake, cake). Thus, the dish is literally translated as a cupcake or cupcake, but in order to understand the essence of the name, one should turn to the meaning of the word cup, which, in addition to a cup, can also mean a measure of volume, which is used in America. Indeed, if you look at recipes in American magazines, for example, then in the recipes opposite the ingredients you will see in the quantity column a designation like: 1 cup or ½ cup.
This measurement may vary depending on the product as cup measures volume. If the situation with milliliters is more or less clear, there are about 240 milliliters in a cup (although opinions vary), then you cannot say exactly how many grams of a certain product there are in a cup. It is different for each product, for example, rice 185 grams, raisins 165, and flour only 125 grams.
So, let's return to cupcakes, which began to gain popularity with the spread of American coffee chains around the world. In general, cupcake is a traditional sweet drink and is a combination of the bottom base layer, which is dough and the top layer-filling, which is custard , caramel, chocolate, sweets, icing or something similar. Eating cupcakes is now fashionable, so every self-respecting housewife needs to master this recipe.
How to make cupcakes
By the way, mastering this dish will not take much more time than reading this article. In fact, these muffins are easy to prepare, but you can always add to the recipe and improve the dough or filling.
This recipe provides a base on which you can string your additions.
For the test you will need:
Let's start preparing the cupcakes:
Cupcake cream - recipe
Ingredients for buttercream:
- cream – 200 ml;
- sugar - tablespoon;
- pack of delicious yogurt.
Making buttercream
In fact, it is quite possible to use almost any interesting component as additives to this cream. For example, you can take syrups or chocolate cream.
Forming cupcakes
Once you have completed preparing each layer, all that remains is to form the cupcakes. Ideally, you should use pastry bag, but in general it’s quite possible to just take a plastic bag and cut off a corner through which to squeeze the cream.
One way or another, you need to beautifully squeeze the cream onto the cupcakes. Kakpeiki are cremated in several layers, creating multi-level delicious filling.
Cupcake Decoration
Of course, an integral part of this dish are a variety of tasty treats that complement top part. Here the choice is limited almost only by your imagination, since in modern stores it is easy to find a wide variety of decorations for desserts.
You can put some cakes on the cream:
- chocolate chips;
- glazed powder;
- crushed nuts;
- coconut flakes;
- small pieces of marmalade.
The most ideal thing is when you know how to combine every element (dough, filling and cream, decoration) of this dish. You will learn these combinations over time. What filling can you make for cupcakes? For example, if you prepare chocolate dough, then it is best to put a little mascarpone cheese inside and make a cream with this cheese. It could also be creamy caramel with banana: for this you need to take a banana, 100 grams of cream and sugar to taste. Stir everything until smooth, preheating the sugar in a frying pan.
There are many such combinations and these recipes are easy to master. However, you can invent your own combinations. Bon appetit everyone!
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Add sugar to softened butter (or margarine).
Place paper cups in a cupcake pan and fill them almost to the top with dough.
This dough does not rise much, the finished classic cupcakes are obtained with a smooth top, without a cap. Bake pancakes in an oven preheated to 175 degrees for 25-30 minutes.
Cool the finished cupcakes completely and decorate with any cream. I have butter cream with condensed milk: add 100 grams of condensed milk and 1/4 sachet to 100 grams of softened butter vanilla sugar, beat with a mixer until smooth and fluffy, then add dye (I used dry) and thoroughly stir the cream until bright color. My decoration is in the form of a flower, which can be made using a cooking bag with a nozzle (I have a nozzle for roses). I also decorated the top with confectionery powder in the form of silver balls.
Place the delicious and very bright, beautiful classic cupcakes in the refrigerator to let the cream harden. You can serve them for tea at home or on a holiday table.
Enjoy your meal!
Some people think of a cupcake as a cupcake that's baked in a cup. It happens, but today cupcakes mean airy cakes with cute creamy caps of different colors.
These desserts are the size of a tiny coffee cup, so they are called “drip” in English. Cupcake recipes are varied and on the Internet there are an unimaginable number of options for preparing them, and one master class is not like the other. Now let's talk about the most interesting and delicious ones.
Timeless classic
Cupcakes are one of those baked goods whose ingredients are always in the kitchen cupboard. They are easy and simple to prepare at home. Maybe that's why they have become so popular lately.
Required Products
To make cupcakes according to the classic recipe we will need:
- 100 g butter
- 200 g flour
- 150 g sugar
- 2 eggs
- 120 ml. milk
- 1.5 tsp. baking powder or soda
- a little salt and vanilla to taste.
Trick: in order for the cakes to turn out airy, all ingredients for the dough must be at room temperature!
We will decorate the dessert protein custard, for this prepare:
- Egg whites - 2 pcs.
- Sugar - 130 g.
- Vanilla extract - 1/4 tsp.
- Lemon juice - 1/2 tsp.
If you want to make the hats colorful, you will need food coloring. I like to use Americolor brand (gel), just one drop is enough to get the color. 
Classic cupcakes: master class
- Turn on the oven at 180 C.
- Start preparing the dough by thoroughly beating the soft butter with sugar. The mass should be airy and fluffy.
- Add eggs, salt and vanilla to the cup. Whisk thoroughly.
- Pour in the milk, add baking powder and flour. Mix everything until smooth. Follow the recipe and be careful not to over-flour, otherwise the cake will not rise properly.
- Now you can pour the dough into molds and place in a hot oven.
Cupcakes are baked for about 30 minutes; you can check for doneness with a wooden stick.
You'll love the delicious and aromatic flavor just as much as the cupcakes, so take note of the recipe!
- In order to prepare the cream, you need to separate the whites from the yolks.
- In a small metal bowl, mix the whites with sugar, vanilla extract and keep the mixture in a water bath until the sugar is completely dissolved (literally a couple of minutes). In this case, the mixture must be constantly stirred.
- Add lemon juice to the whites and beat the mixture until snow-white peaks form.
- Divide the cream according to the number of flowers, add food coloring and put everything in the refrigerator for an hour.
- Remove the finished cupcakes from the oven, cover with a towel and let cool slightly.
- Decorate the dessert using a pastry bag and shaped nozzles.
Cupcake assortment: multi-colored variations
There are many cupcake recipes to suit every taste and budget. Let's take a look at the most popular options that you can easily prepare with your own hands.
Chocolate
It differs from the classic one only in that 30 g of cocoa powder should be added to the dough. But the cream will be different. For it you will need:
- 150 g sugar (powdered sugar can be used)
- 100 g butter
- 35 g cocoa
Beat the sugar well with the butter and cocoa powder. Mix everything thoroughly until the cream becomes smooth and shiny.
Chocolate cupcakes from the oven:
Additionally, you can sprinkle the cream caps of the baked cupcakes with chocolate chips.
Merry orange
Prepare the dough according to standard recipe, but add the zest and juice of two large oranges.
As a cream, you can use cream cheese based on Mascarpone curd cheese, which is given below in the recipe for curd cupcakes, but add 1-2 drops of gel coloring to the cream for color, decorate with multi-colored confectionery sprinkles or small candies like M&M's. 
With boiled condensed milk
I wonder if the American, from whose country the recipe for this dessert came to us, will be surprised when he tastes a cupcake with boiled condensed milk. Such a delicacy is unlikely to be prepared in any other country besides Russia.
You need to add about 20 g of cocoa to the cupcake dough for a beautiful color. And the recipe for the cream has long been known to every Russian housewife: beat a can of condensed milk with a stick of butter.
To prevent your delicacy from becoming cloyingly sweet, the amount of sugar in the dough can be reduced.
Curd
Baking with cottage cheese is not only healthy, but also more tender. For cottage cheese cupcakes in classic dough add 130 g of cottage cheese. Choose a product that is not very fatty or completely low-fat, as there is enough oil in the recipe.
The cream will be exquisite, you will need:
- 300 g Mascarpone cheese
- 100 g butter
- 100 g powdered sugar
Beat the mascarpone with powder and butter and put it in the refrigerator for a while. A dessert with such cream instantly melts in your mouth.
In this article I have collected all the cream recipes that are perfect for cupcakes.
Carrot
Baking with carrots is not always received with a bang. The carrot flavor takes away from the flavor of the dish itself and few people like it, but carrot cupcakes are a delicious exception to this general rule. This recipe differs from the classic one not only in the cream, but also in the composition of the dough, so there is a separate master class for it.
Required Products
For the test you will need:
- 3 eggs
- 350 ml. vegetable oil (it is important that it is odorless)
- 40 ml. yogurt without sweeteners
- 400 g sugar
- 400 g carrots
- 50 g finely chopped pineapples
- 100 g dried fruits
- 100 g nuts
- 440 g flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- Cinnamon, ginger to taste
Pineapples can be used either fresh or canned. They can also be replaced with apricots or peaches.
For cream:
- 350 g curd cheese
- 120 g butter
- 100 g powdered sugar
- Vanilla to taste
Cooking sun on a plate
Carrot cupcakes are different from classic ones. The recipe contains some ingredients that were never found in plain brownies. But the cooking process itself is simple.
- Turn on the oven at 160 C.
- Peel and grate carrots coarse grater. Squeeze out the juice, we only need the pulp.
- Beat three eggs, yogurt, vegetable oil, sugar, dried fruits, nuts and pineapples. Mix everything thoroughly.
- Add baking powder and seasonings to the mixture to taste, and then add flour exactly according to the recipe.
- Stir the dough and pour into molds.
- The molds should be filled no more than ¾ full, as cupcakes rise well in the oven.
- Bake the dessert for 20-25 minutes.
- To prepare the cream for carrot cupcakes, you need to beat soft butter, add very cold cottage cheese, sugar and vanilla extract. You can add food coloring.
- Decorate the finished cupcakes with cream and sprinkle with brown sugar.
Cupcakes - simple and delicious dessert, which is easy to prepare and a pleasure to try. Such cakes will become a great addition to a regular tea party, and thanks to the variety of recipes, your household will not get tired of this pastry for a long time.
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I recorded a video recipe for you on how to make vanilla cupcakes with cream cheese. Hope you like it!
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- Flour and sugar - a glass each,
- Butter – 100 g,
- Eggs – 2 pcs.,
- Milk – 100 ml,
- Baking powder – 1 sachet (can be replaced with 0.5 tsp soda),
- Vanilla, cinnamon - to taste,
- Chocolate bar for filling - optional.
Cooking process:
Cupcake dough is very similar to biscuit dough, but there is still a difference. In the biscuit, we first beat the eggs and sugar until foamy. But in cupcakes, butter and sugar are first creamed, and then the rest of the ingredients are added.
So, soft (not melted!) butter needs to be ground with sugar to form a paste.
Add eggs, cinnamon and vanilla, stir.
Mix flour with baking powder (soda) and add it to the total mass, mix. At this stage, you can add flavorings (cinnamon or vanilla) to the flour, as well as cocoa if you are preparing chocolate dough. Pour in the milk in a thin stream, while continuously stirring the dough. You should get a homogeneous consistency.
Fill paper molds literally 2/3 full with dough, place a small piece of chocolate in the center and immediately place in a preheated oven. If you fill the molds to the brim, the dough will “escape” from them during baking and the paper form will be damaged. Cupcakes are baked for about 15-20 minutes. gas oven. An electric oven will take a little longer. The baking process and readiness of the cupcakes also depends on the size of the molds. We check by piercing a toothpick or a wooden stick. If it is dry and there is no dough on it, the baking is ready.
How to make cupcakes in a slow cooker
When for some reason there is no oven in the apartment, well, anything can happen in life, a multicooker will come to the rescue. Knead the dough according to the principle described above. We also put it in the molds, not forgetting about the filling volume.
We put paper or silicone molds into the cold bowl of the multicooker, close the lid and cook on the “baking” program.
How long does it take to bake? Since we preheat the oven in advance and use a cold slow cooker, the cooking time will be 40 minutes. The error is plus or minus 5 minutes, it all depends on the power of your multi-pan.
How to decorate
We must decorate the finished baked goods. Beautiful multi-colored fondant or cream caps are the calling card of cupcakes. In addition to the cream, you can use your own homemade glaze and various confectionery toppings. How to make at home elastic mastic We talked about using condensed milk in one of the cake recipes on our website, but we won’t focus on that. You can go to the recipe itself and study everything in detail there if you like this type of decoration.
We will clearly show in the photo several design options. This universal option is suitable for almost any holiday:
And this way you can congratulate the family on christenings, name days or the baby’s birthday.
Below is the recipe for the cupcake cream.
Protein cream “wet meringue”
The recipe is worthy of attention. Keeps its shape well, shiny, bright (especially when using food coloring), with pleasant sourness, not cloyingly sweet. Raw whipped whites are heat-treated, so it can also be given to children (provided that your child is not allergic to chicken protein).
Ingredients for protein cream:
- 4 chicken squirrels,
- 200 g granulated sugar,
- Crystalline citric acid - on the tip of a knife,
- Food coloring - optional.
Making cream from whites
Separate the whites from the yolks. By the way, you can make good food from proteins custard without flour. Beat the egg whites and sugar with a mixer for 2-3 minutes. Then continue to beat in a water bath for 10 minutes, remove from the bath and beat for another minute so that the cream cools. At this point you can add coloring.
White cream without dyes looks very impressive!
How to beautifully decorate New Year's cupcakes with protein cream according to this recipe, you can clearly see in this photo.
Cupcake “Herringbone”:
The protein custard has green food coloring added to it, the top is decorated with colorful confetti sprinkles, and the top is decorated with a fondant star.
In the main photo, this Christmas tree is decorated with a miniature Santa Claus made of mastic (finished figurine).
By the way, blue spruces also look very original!
- The oven must be preheated to the desired temperature before baking.
- Carefully read the instructions on the packaging for the molds; some of them must be greased with butter. If you add cocoa powder to the dough, you will get chocolate cupcakes.
- If you have little baking experience, you can start with basic recipe, but the next step must be preparing cupcakes with filling, it can be chocolate, berry, banana, etc.
- Protein cream can be applied to hot muffins, but any cream or sour cream cannot. Wait for the cupcakes to cool.
- If you don’t have time to fuss with cream or glaze, buy ready-made ones in a bag and prepare according to the instructions on the package.
Hello my friends!
If you want to surprise your guests with a delicious yet easy-to-make dessert, then this homemade cupcake recipe is just what you need.
Cupcakes are a universal thing: they are prepared simply, quickly, do not require any special skills and are suitable for any celebration. But for me their greatest value is that you can always take them with you. Cupcakes are very convenient to treat colleagues at work or your child’s classmates at school. Essentially, this is the same piece of cake, but for which you don’t need any plates or forks, you don’t have to think about how to cut it so that there is enough for everyone. In short, beauty.
The only thing I want to remind you is: use for cupcakes like this paper molds, having previously placed them in a metal form. If you use silicone molds, then you do not need paper capsules. There are still thick disposable ones on sale paper forms, for these, too, molds are not needed.
Main - do not try to bake cupcakes in simple paper capsules without any support. It will be sad.
This recipe is my lifesaver in those cases when I need to put something somewhere egg whites, since these cupcakes are prepared only with egg whites.
But mascarpone cream is best suited here.
For it we will need:
- heavy cream, cold, 33−36% - 250 ml
- mascarpone cheese, cold - 120 gr.
- powdered sugar - 100 gr.
- vanilla extract - 1 tsp.
- fruit or berry puree - 50 gr. (0optional)
Recipe
- Place all ingredients (except puree) into a mixer bowl and beat at low speed for 1 minute, then at high until stiff peaks form (the cream should hold its shape clearly).
If you have over-whipped and the cream has curdled, add 50 grams of liquid cold cream and mix.
- At the end, if desired, enter fruit puree and mix gently with a spatula until smooth.
Cupcake Decoration
Perhaps my main tip for decorating cupcakes is to please... don't buy plastic tips for a pastry bag and those terrible syringes! This is money thrown away. You won't get anywhere with them. It’s better to cut off the corner of the bag, such a hat will look much neater.
And ideally, of course, you need metal attachments, then your cupcakes will be beautiful even at home.
Decorating cupcakes fresh berries, herbs, cookies, candy, etc., etc.
Good luck, love and patience.
