Showing posts with label Cupcakes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cupcakes. Show all posts

Baking spray with wheat flour-Homemade

Whenever we need to bake cakes, we need to coat the tin with butter and add flour, dust it and remove excess flour. It's a big process and to reduce the time i searched for a baking spray.

Baking spray that is available in stores is expensive. And when I searched for the recipe, i got an amazing one from iambaker. That recipe uses all purpose flour and shortening. Now I have replaced with whole wheat flour and butter. I got the same result as of all purpose flour. I am using this spray in all my baking now.




Ingredients needed:

Coconut Oil/Sunflower oil - 1/2 cup
Unsalted butter - 1/2 cup
Whole wheat flour - 1/2 cup


How to make it:

1. If coconut oil is frozen, melt it in microwave for 1 min and measure the required quantity.

2. Let butter be in room temperature.

3. In a mixing bowl, add oil, butter and whole wheat flour.


4. Using hand mixer, mix it such that no lumps are formed and the consistency is smooth.



5. Transfer into an airtight container and refrigerate it.



Can be used as a grease for cakes, cupcakes when you don’t need paper for lining them. Don't grease for bread tins.



Note:

* You can use it to grease your tin by taking directly from the fridge. No need to cool to room temperature.
* If using coconut oil, you don't need to freeze it. Coconut oil will be frozen if it is kept in fridge.
* If you use sunflower oil, oil will be settled down if you don't use for a long time. At that time use a spoon to mix it in the container and then grease your tin.
* Can be stored for nearly 1 year.
* If you are baking occasionally, then take lesser quantity ingredients such that all measurements are equal.

How to make buttermilk at home

If a recipe asks for buttermilk in baking, it is easy to prepare at home.

What I need:
Milk-1 cup
Lemon juice/Vinegar-1 tsp

Makes - 1 cup

How to prepare:
To room temperature boiled milk just add lemon juice and stir. Rest it for 10 minutes. You will see curdles of milk. That's it. Done. You can straight away use them which calls for buttermilk in baking recipes. 

Vanilla Cupcakes

Since long back I am in search of cupcake recipes. Yesterday I got this recipe from Joy of Baking. As soon as i get it, I collected the ingredients and baked it today. Woow.. The cake was tasty and yummy. My kid loved it a lot.

Recipe Source: Joy of Baking

Ingredients:

Maida - 1 1/2 cup ( The Original Recipe has All purpose Flour. As I didn't have with me, I substituted Maida ).

Butter -1/2 cup

Eggs - 3

Sugar - 2/3 cup

Milk - 1/4 cup

Baking Powder - 1 1/2 tsp

Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp

Lemon Zest - 1/2 tsp ( I used Orange Zest)

Salt - 1/4 tsp

Method:

1. Sieve in the dry ingredients.

2. Beat butter and sugar until creamy and smooth.

3. Add eggs one by one and beat well.

4. Add Vanilla essence, Lemon zest and beat for 1 min.

5. Now add dry ingredients with wet mixture alternating with milk. Mix well for 2 min.

6. Bake at 180 deg C for 18 - 20 min or until the cake tip is browned and a toothpick inserted into the center comes clean.

7. Cool and Serve.

Makes about 12 cupcakes.