Colourful Cupcakes

I am really bad at cupcakes and frosting. But I ran out of ideas to what to bake for my girl's class party. Came across this easy cupcake recipe at Rasa Malaysia. I make same changes to it.

Coloueful Cupcakes

Serves 12 | Prep Time: 25 Mins | Cook Time: 20 Mins
Adapted from: Food Network

Cupcake Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups (180 g) all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons (7.5 mL) baking powder
1/4 teaspoon (1.25 mL) salt
2 large eggs, room temperature
2/3 cup (130 g) sugar
12 tablespoons (180 g) salted butter, melted
2 teaspoons (10 mL) cempadak essence
1/2 cup (120 mL) milk

Frosting Ingredients:

110g salted butter
60g powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp milk
red food gel
blue food gel

Method:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line a muffin tin with cupcake liners; set aside.
Make the cake by whisking together the flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Set aside. In a stand mixer, beat the eggs and sugar for 2 minutes. Add the butter and vanilla extract. Then beat in the dry ingredients and milk. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix until combined. Divide the batter evenly into the muffin tin, and bake for 18 to 20 minutes. Allow the cupcakes to cool for 10 minutes before transferring them to a rack to cool completely.

Prepare the frosting by beating the butters and shortening together in a stand mixer on low-medium speed. Slowly beat in the powdered sugar, vanilla extract and milk. Divide the frosting into three bowls. Mix red food gel in one bowl and blue food gel in another until the desired color is achieved. Fill a piping bag with all three colors, ensuring each frosting stays on its own side. Attach an icing tip and frost the cupcakes.

Cook’s Note:

If you want to avoid colors mixing, you can place each frosting in plastic wrap and create long tubes to insert into the piping bag. Snip off the end and pipe as usual.


http://rasamalaysia.com/red-white-and-blue-cupcakes/2/