I am very pleased to anounce that I have officially seen the light! I have been making vactoria sponge for as long as I can remember, religiously following the 'bero' cook book that my mum always used. The results were always reliable - lovely, light and spongy - everything you would expect from a victoria sponge - however......... I decided to take a risk and branch out and try a new tactic.
Swapping most of the butter for milk and controversially exchanging self raising flour for plain flour and baking powder left me with 11 perfect vanilla flavoured cupcakes - there were supposed to be 12 but I slightly over filled the cupcake cases! They were as light as air and with an interesting pale golden 'crust' on top - perfect for taking a good dollop of butter cream.
Im still at the novice level when it comes to cake decorating, but armed with some butter cream whipped into a frenzy for five minutes and various hand crafted sugar flowers, i think i did a pretty good job. All in all, a successful afternoon in the kitchen!
Next on the agenda - lemon cupcakes.
About Me
- Antonia Fusaro-Topping
- Macclesfield
- I am expreiencing a constant and all consuming desire to bake and felt the need for something to fill those gaps in my baking schedule where I run out of butter and have to return to the real world for half an hour. I thought blogging would be the perfect answer - although maybe housework would be the more sensible one!!
Cupcakes
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