Cupcakes

By GORKA ORTIZ ALEGRIA

•THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MUFFIN AND A CUPCAKE

•ORIGIN OF CUPCAKES

•RECIPE

•VIDEO

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What’s the difference between a cupcake and a muffin?

•First mention in 1796

•A cake to be baked in small cups (American Cookery by Amelia Simmons)

•Cupcake=any small cake that is about the size of a tea cup.

•In the beginning: called "number" cakes

measurements of ingredients One cup of butter, two cups of sugar….

CUPCAKES

ORIGIN OF THE CUPCAKES

ICING (FROSTING)

•Sweet creamy glaze made of sugarwith a liquid (water, milk...)

•Often enriched with butter or flavourings

•Used to cover or decorate baked goods

•Elizabeth Raffald documented the first Icing recipe in 1769

Nowadays

•After the Second World War (US)

•During the 1950s paper baking cup gained popularity.

• 1969 (left artillery manufacturing and consolidated paper compañy)

•Flexibility (for baking cupcakes or muffins)

CUPCAKE LINERS

RECIPEIngredients

110g butter or margarine, 110g caster sugarsoftened at room temperature

2 free-range eggs, lightly beaten 1 tsp vanilla extract

110g self-raising flour 1-2 tbsp milk

Preparation method

1. Preheat the oven to 180C

2. Cream the butter and sugar together.

3. Fold in the flour (the mixture is of a dropping consistency)

4. Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes. Set aside to cool for 10 minutes, then remove from the tin.

HOW TO DECORATE “COOKIE MONSTER” CUPCAKE

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