COMFORT FOOD - A Pink Birthday Cake  

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What better gift for a birthday girl and the perfect dessert for a Sunday Church Luncheon tomorrow if not a yummy cake? If I had not secretly whipped this pink darling up in the kitchen , Henry would have attempted to devour all the little coloured pearls. Sam was of course thrilled to bits and squelled to know why I have not included her in this baking project. Richard, as quirky as ever, demanded his usual request, " I want to eat cake, Mooooom ! "

Recipe
Use the one for Vanilla Cup Cake (double portion of the ingredients ) with Butter Cream Frosting (single portion is enough ) in my earlier post. Bake mixture in round or square pan of your choice at 180oC for 45 mins. Test the middle of the cake with a wooden pick by sticking it in. When it is cooked, it should come out clean. Decorate with just anything under the sun that you fancy ! For this cake, I used M&M Crunchy Chocolates and coloured choc rice. Keep it chilled after the icing.
Happy baking !

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COMFORT FOOD - BANANA YOGURT CUPCAKES  

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This is another of our favourites as we've always loved anything bananas - Banana Split, Post banana cereals, keropok pisang, banana fritters, HL banana milk, banana yogurt etc. etc. etc.
Recipe
Ingredient (18 cupcakes )
125 g butter
225 g caster sugar
300 g self-raising flour
1 tsp vanilla essence
80 mls natural yogurt
2 large eggs
3 large bananas , peeled and mashed
120 g fresh blueberries or 1 can blueberries, drained ( available at supermarket)
Tip : If blueberries are not available, try cranberries, cherries, or even a local fruit like pineapple.
Method
1. Preheat oven at 180oC. Meanwhile, place butter, sugar and vanilla essence in a mixing bowl. Beat until light and creamy.
Add eggs one at a time; beat well.
2. Fold in yogurt and mashed bananas.
3. Fold in self-raising flour, then blueberries.
4. Place 18 paper cases into muffin tins. Spoon batter to fill half of each case.
5. Bake in oven for 20 mins or until golden brown.
This recipe is from The Malaysian Women's Weekly, October 2005 issue.

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COMFORT FOOD - VANILLA CUP CAKE  

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21/07/08 9pm. Tomorrow will be a busy morning as I promised Soon Siang to conduct a preschooler baking lesson at Championkids Kindergarten and I can't wait to see the children's thrilled little faces. An excellent teaching opportunity to expound on the origins of their flour, sugar, eggs and butter ! ( No, Henry, flour is not talcum.... )

Tonight's experiment would hopefully guarantee an impressive attempt tomorrow.

Recipe for Vanilla Cup Cake
Ingredients ( 12 cakes )
150 g Butter
150 g Castor sugar
175 g Self-raising flour
3 Eggs
1 tsps. Vanilla extract
Method
1. Pre-heat oven to 180oC.
2. Line a 12 cup cake pan with cup cake papers.

3. Crack the eggs into a cup and beat lightly with a fork.

4. Place all the ingredients in a large bowl.

5. Beat with an electric mixer for 2 min, until light and creamy.

6. Divide the mixture evenly between the cake cases.

7. Bake for 18 - 20 min until risen and firm to touch.

8. Allow to cool for a few min and then transfer to a wire rack.

9. Allow to cool fully before icing.

Recipe For Butter Cream Frosting
Ingredients ( 12 cup cakes)
150 g Butter - softened
250 g Icing sugar
1 tsp. Vanilla extract
2 tsp. Hot water

Method
1. Beat together the butter and sugar with an electric beater.

2. Once well combined, add the vanilla and hot water. Beat until smooth and creamy.

3. Decorate the top of the cup cakes as desired.

Sweet success !

For more cup cakes recipes http://www.cupcake-creations.com/

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