All About Cupcakes! (recipes and tips)

[phexchanger]

I'm so excited at dadating na rin yung inorder ko sa Amazon na Cuisinart 9 speed hand mixer. I bought this for only $80, not sure kung magkano dito sa Pinas, pero sa 5 speed palang, over price na. Gusto ko sana KitchenAid Artisan kasi mga 15k lang sa Amazon, dito mga 28k. Kaya lang, di pa ata practical para sa akin kasi di ko naman kinacareer ang pagbabake at malaking space ang kakainin. My other problem is 110V yung kitchenaid, unlike sa cuisinart 220V na sya.

Pwede malaman if magkano or may binayaran ka pa bang taxes pagkareceive mo dito ng binili mo sis?

[leyjylle]

im still a newbie baker, and things that i learned are:

*always preheat the oven..and follow required temperature
*dont be too excited na ma bake yung cupcake mo (parang ako..) ended up hindi nabake ng tama.
*follow exact recipe/ procedure if ur baking for the first time and make some revisions na lang for the second time..(requiring room temp butter=dapat soft n [textspeak!] sya)
*like me who are using handmixer have patience in handling lalo na sa pagbebeat ng eggwhite to a stiff peak..need to attain talaga [textspeak!] peak na yun para hindi bumagsak ang frosting...

***still learning...

[friendlyneighbor]

Pwede malaman if magkano or may binayaran ka pa bang taxes pagkareceive mo dito ng binili mo sis?

Ako na nag order din pinadala ko lang sa address ng sister ko sa US. Kung ishiship mo sa PH, masmahal pa ang shipping fee sa inorder mo sis. wag nalang.

[honeybunny]

i just started making cupcakes. i cannot say na baking kasi i steamed it since wala pa akong oven sa apartment ko.

nakakatuwa kasi nag enjoy ako. i used maya cake mix. pero i know merong recipe out there na swak talaga i just have to find it.

para sa frosting, since first time ko, i used butter and confectioners sugar lang and some vanilla.

what i noticed is grainy yung frosting ko.

i'm also a little confused kasi i read na some recipe merong 2 TBSP milk, some naman half a cup all purpose cream... so i dunno which one to follow..

[heaven_charm]

i just started making cupcakes. i cannot say na baking kasi i steamed it since wala pa akong oven sa apartment ko.

nakakatuwa kasi nag enjoy ako. i used maya cake mix. pero i know merong recipe out there na swak talaga i just have to find it.

para sa frosting, since first time ko, i used butter and confectioners sugar lang and some vanilla.

what i noticed is grainy yung frosting ko.

i'm also a little confused kasi i read na some recipe merong 2 TBSP milk, some naman half a cup all purpose cream... so i dunno which one to follow..

I also steam my cakes and cupcakes. Since nung nag-birthday ako last July, I made my first cake (red velvet cake with creamcheese frosting), naadik na ko sa cakes and cupcakes. Wala pa ko actually oven so I steam all of my cakes and cupcakes. But the recipes are oven-baked recipes. Nagkaroon nadin ako ng page: www.facebook.com/juliesteamedcakes

Naadik na siguro ako sa cooking and baking since nag-take ako ng short courses sa Center for Culinary Arts

Kapag grainy yung frosting, ibig sabihin kulang pa sa halo kaya di pa natunaw yung sugar. As for the milk or cream, you can add a little para lang matunaw ng konti yung sugar. But I never used milk sa buttercream ko, I jjust mix it in high speed for around 10 minutes until mag-melt yung sugar