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⌈ Secret Post #2580 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Chile / Food / Literature

[(Anonymous)]

Do you have any tips for making cupcakes for a beginner? I really want to get into baking, but I'm not a natural cook by any means, and I want to make an awesome batch for my mother on her birthday. I bought a book and everything, but the instructions are so confusing. :( Maybe a recipe suggestion would be awesome too! ^^

Re: Chile / Food / Literature

[lynx]

Indeed, I have some! :D

- Never, ever fill the cupcake pan. Fill it to 1/2 for more "flat" cupcakes, or 2/3 for "dome" cupcakes, but if you fill it to the brim the dough will spill everywhere once they're in the oven.

- Follow the instructions. Honest, after one has learned the rules well, only then it's a good idea to start experimenting hard with recipes.

- Practice makes perfect. Interestingly enough, what gives me more trouble nowadays is the frosting, not the actual cupcake, and that's because I don't have a pastry bag to decorate. Hard to make nice-looking cupcakes without that. Make some tries with the frosting at the pastry bag over some paper towels before lauching yourself to decorate the actual cupcakes.

- I bake everything from scratch, but I know most people in other countries use mixes. If you're baking from scratch, look at your recipe: If it's all flour and no starch of any type, I'd really rec replacing from 1/3 to 1/2 of the instructed flour with some. Potato starch works wonders. I haven't used corn starch, though, so I can't speak of it. The thing is, some starch in the flour really makes your cupcakes extra spongy and light.

I've got no problem with looking for a more simple recipe for you :3 Tell me if there's any specific kind of cupcakes you'd like to make.