Wedding Cupcakes

Last weekend I have the opportunity to bake some wedding cupcakes for my friend's civil wedding. It's just a gathering of about 20 people. Small, simple and intimate. They do plan to have a church wedding next year and they already told me to bake the cake! wow! Can I ever do it? Our circle of friends started since high school and all of them chimed in to help.  But enough for that cake, this post is about the wedding cupcakes I made for them on their civil wedding.

I used this recipe  from my other post about baking. I put the cupcakes in a fancy paper cup and add some frosting using a large star tip and some white sugar pearls to give that wedding vibe to the cupcakes. The bride made those signs for the cupcakes. I made just about 25 cupcakes just enough for all those who came. Actually the recipe itself can make up to 32 not so small size cupcakes. I only made about 25 for medium size.

The pictures below are from the couple. They are not mine, I already asked permission from the bride before I posted them here. I have to put a watermark to prevent anyone from claiming them as theirs. 

 The food!!

My friends for 20 years already! wow! we are no longer young indeed! hahaha.

And this very cute baby girl just can't stop licking the cupcakes! How adorable! 

So that's it. I hope you all learn something and enjoy this post. If you have any questions, comments or suggestion just leave a message on the comment box and I will gladly answer them. Thank you and God bless!

xoxo

Nanay Madel

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Thought of the Day

November 2, 2016

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True faith rests on the promises contained in the Word of God, and those only who obey that Word can claim its glorious promises. - AG 207

Chocolate Banana Cupcakes

This is my own recipe. I did not copy this from anywhere or from someone. But I am not a professional baker, I just experimented on making this one and it  turned out okay, and delicious also. So I am not sure if there is something wrong with this one, all I know is that I love how it taste and my family loves it also. But also, this is the first time I did it with some chocolates. And again it turned out okay.

So, why am I sharing this recipe this one? Most of you would keep the recipe to yourself. But I believe in sharing, so I share this with all of you. And please tell me how it taste, or is there something that I need to add or change to make this recipe better.

Banana Cake Recipe
Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• 3/4 or 1 cup sugar  - depends upon your choice, I usually use only 3/4 cups (a less sweeter.)
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup mashed banana
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 2 tbsp cocoa powder

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 175 degree Celsius or 350 degrees Fahrenheit. In a meduim bowl mix the dry ingredients first, flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
2. In a separate bowl mix the wet ones, mashed bananas, eggs, and milk. 
3. Then slowly add the dry ingredients to the mashed banana mix, using a whisk mix thoroughly and then add the melted butter. Do not over mix.
4. Now this time if you want to make it with chocolate swirl, separate about a half of the ingredients in another container, and mix the cocoa powder on one of the batter.  Note: With this picture I already pour almost all the white batter to the paper cups when I remember that I have to take some pictures   
   
   
   
5.  Now pour first the white batter into the paper cups, then the chocolate batter and using a fork mix it lightly making some chocolate swirls.
   
   
   
   
   
   
6. Now if you are making this as cupcakes, bake this for about 13-15 minutes at 175 degrees Celsius. For a cake, bake this for about 30-35 minutes in the same temperature. Now if this is a cake use a regular 9 inch round pan or a regular rectangular pan about 6 or 8 inch.
7.  Let it cool before serving. Yeilds about 1 and a half dozen or 18 cupcakes. 
   

Enjoy baking and eating!

So that's it. I hope you all learn something and enjoy this post. If you have any questions, comments or suggestion just leave a message on the comment box and I will gladly answer them. Thank you and God bless!

xoxo

Nanay Madel

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Thought of the Day

October 3, 2016

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Ask God to help you to speak words that will inspire those around you with hope and courage, and draw you nearer to the Saviour. - Pr 9

Chocolate Cupcakes

I do bake! Yes I do. I'm a frustrated baker, a graduate from Youtube Academy. LMAO! But there is this one recipe that I've been doing all time. It's a chocolate cake. I forgot where I got this recipe and could not find it anymore in the web. It's in my file for so long already. I am a chocolate lover and this recipe really got me. 

Yesterday was my son's birthday and he asked me to bring some cake for his classmates. And this is what I made.  CUPCAKES!

Everyone was so happy. But most of all my birthday boy was so happy. He was so overwhelmed when I came over to his school during recess and forgot to take one for him, he just roam around and make sure everyone of his classmates is eating. Good thing his cousin won't eat anything offered to him, so he ate his share instead, Ah! Time flies so fast! My eldest is now in Grade 1 and just turned 7 yesterday! 

I might as well share this recipe with all of you and tell me about it. I am not gonna hide it from everyone since it is not my own recipe also. And please if anyone knows who owns this Recipe please tell me so that we can credit the owner. It is called Moist Chocolate Cake! It has a frosting but I don't do the frosting at all. I don't like it. 

When you are making cupcakes just bake it from 13-15 minutes on the same temperature as the recipe suggest. And sometimes when baking this cake I'll add 5 or 7 more minutes if the toothpick doesn't come out clean. It depends, I don't know why, sometimes 35 minutes is just so right, sometimes it is not. And please follow the instructions on letting it stay cool for 10 minutes or letting it cool completely before removing it from the pan. It will be a mess if you will take it out immediately. Enjoy the recipe below!

Moist Chocolate Cake

·         2 cups white sugar Ingredients

·         1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

·         3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

·         1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

·         1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

·         1 teaspoon salt

·         2 eggs

·         1 cup milk

·         1/2 cup vegetable oil

·         2 teaspoons vanilla extract

·         1 cup boiling water

Directions

1.        Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9 inch cake pans.

2.        Use the first set of ingredients to make the cake. In a medium bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla, mix for 3 minutes with an electric mixer. Stir in the boiling water by hand. Pour evenly into the two prepared pans.

3.        Bake for 30 to 35 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to cool completely.

4.        To make the frosting, use the second set of ingredients. Cream butter until light and fluffy. Stir in the cocoa and confectioners' sugar alternately with the milk and vanilla. Beat to a spreading consistency.

5.        Split the layers of cooled cake horizontally, cover the top of each layer with frosting, then stack them onto a serving plate. Frost the outside of the cake.

So that's it. I hope you all learn something and enjoy this post. If you have any questions, comments or suggestion just leave a message on the comment box and I will gladly answer them. Thank you and God bless!

xoxo

Nanay Madel

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I bake Cake

Have I mentioned here that I bake cake also? I do.... yes I do. I love baking and some of my friends love my work so they order some cakes from me. It's not yet a "business" but it is going there. Here are some of the things I had made.  All pictures are posted in my Baking Album on Facebook.  And here is a sample of what we've made.

This is just a cake we made with my sister for her husband. We made it for a short period of time. As you can see it is not prefect yet... I lack so many tools to make it look better. But I am proud of it. So from now on I will also post some of my baking products.

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