I use the previous vanilla cupcakes recipe. Just add 3 tablespoon of ground almond. The recipe requires almond essence but I replace it with vanilla essence.
Basic Vanilla Cupcakes March 15, 2009
This is nice cupcakes. Just a bit sweet even though I have cut by 20g. I didn’t follow the method as I don’t have mixer. I mix sugar and butter then put in the eggs and vanilla eseence, follow by the flour.
Recipe from 500 Muffins and Cupcakes by Fergal Connolly
Ingredients
110g unsalted butter, softened
110g caster sugar (I use 90g)
110g self raising flour, sifted
1/2 tsp baking powder, sifted
2 egggs
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
Method
- Place all ingredients in a medium bowl and beat with an electric whisk until smooth and pale (almost as light & fluffy like whipped cream), about 2-3 min.
- Place baking cases in muffin tins. Spoon the mixture into the cases (about half filled).
- Remove the tins from the oven and cool for 5 min, then remove the cupcakes and cool on the rack.
Chocolate Whirls March 14, 2009
It has been quite sometime I never try to bake new stuff. Moroeve the school holiday is coming and my boys will always look for cookies to eat. This recipe is taken from the 500 cookies book.
Ingredients :
225g softened unsalted butter
50g icing sugar
25g dark chocolate, melted
225g plain flour
2 tbsp Dutch process cocoa powder
3 tbsp cornflour
Method : -
- Preheat the oven to 175 deg C.
- Beat the butter and icing sugar together until light and fluffy.
- Stir in the chocolate.
- Sift the flour, cocoa powder and cornflour and stir into the creamed mixture.
- Pipe the mixture using a 1-1/2 cm fluted nozzle into 5 cm rosettes spaced 5 cm apart on a non-stick baking sheet.
- Bake for 10 to 12 min until golden.
- Allow to firm up slightly before transferring them to a wire rack to cool.
Coke With Ginger December 25, 2008
Today I am down with flu and headache. This is my 1st time falling sick on Christmas day even though I have no program for today. I make coke ginger to cure my flu as it keeps on flowing. I get a can of coke and some ginger. Put to boil and let it cool down to drink. Next time I must remember to add some water as it is sweet for me. I went to a resturant and drank this drink before. It is nice and the colour is not so dark. I believe they add water into it.
