Recipes-
A standard cupcake uses the same basic ingredients as standard size cakes: butter, sugar, eggs, and flour. Almost any recipe that is suitable for a layer cake can be used to bake cupcakes. Cake dough used for cupcakes can have a flavor or have other added ingredients, such as raisins, berries, nuts or chocolate chips.
Because its small size is more efficient for heat conduction, cupcakes are baked much faster than a normal layer cake. During cooking, the volume of the dough increases initially due to the production of carbon dioxide and then decreases upon cooling due to the release of fermentation gases.
Cupcakes can be covered with frosting or other decorations for cakes. They can be filled with glaze, fruit or custard. For bakers who make a small number of filled cupcakes, this is usually accomplished by using a spoon or knife to pull a small hole in the top of the cupcake. Another method is to simply insert the pastry bag in the middle of the cupcake. In commercial bakeries, the filling can be injected with a syringe. You can make elaborate cupcakes for special occasions.
Variants-
- In a cup, a cake is a type that receives popularity in many cooking forums and Internet mailing lists. The technique uses a cup as a cooking utensil and it can be done in a microwave oven. The recipe often takes less than five minutes to prepare. The cake is picked up by mixing flour oil (usually olive oil or sunflower oil) in the mixture of flour and other ingredients because the oil in the mixture becomes heated and makes air pockets in the mixture which allows the cake to grow Is quickly.
- There is another way to make a cake cupcake in jars. Baker uses glass jars instead of muffin molds or cupcake molds.
- A butterfly cake is a type of cupcake, It is also called angel cake for its angel “feather”. They can be made with the taste of any cake. Cut or spoon is carved out of angel cake and cut in half. Again, the buttercream, whipped cream or other sweet stuffing (for example, jam) is spread in the hole. In the end, two cut butter is stuck in the cream to look like butterflies. Cake feathers are often decorated with frost to make different patterns.
- You can create detailed and frozen cupcakes for special occasions, such as baby shower, graduation or holidays.
- A ball of cake, round like a chocolate truffle, is a part of the cake, which is covered in chocolate. These are usually made from sliced cakes, which are cooked in the form of a sphere, but rather mixed with the glass.
- A gourmet cupcake is a recent version of Cupcake. Gourmet cupcakes are large cupcakes and fillers, which are based on different types of flavors, such as Tiramisu or Cappuccino. In recent years there has been an increase in shops which sell only gourmet cupcakes in metro areas.
- As an alternative to a plate of individual cakes, some bakers put the standard cupcake in a pattern and freeze them to make a great design, such as a flower basket or turtle.
Pans and liners-
Originally, the cupcake was cooked in heavy ceramic cups. Some bakers still use different ramekins, small cup coffees, big cup tea or other small utensils-resistant dishes to bake cupcakes.
Muffins are usually baked in muffin molds. These trays are usually made of metal, with or without a non-stick surface, normally, there are six or twelve depressions or “cups”. They can also be made from stones, silicon rubber or other materials. The diameter of a standard size cup is 3 inches (76 mm) and it contains approximately 4 ounces (110 grams), although there are trays for short and jumbo cupcakes. Special trays can offer different sizes and sizes.
You can use different cases for cupcakes or lining, baking for cupcakes. In general, these thin paper sheets are pressed into round and cup. Liners can provide easy removal of cupcakes from cans after baking, keep Cupcake moister and reduce the effort required to clean the pan. The use of coatings is considered to be a more clean option when the cupcake is hand-handed. Like cupcake trays, different types of paper liners are available, from small to jumbo.
In addition to paper, cupcake liners can be made of very thin aluminum foil or, in a non-disposable version, silicone rubber. Because they can stand on their own, aluminum and silicone liner can also be used on a flat baking sheet, which makes them popular with those who do not have a special mold for muffins. Some of the large paper coatings are not fluted and are made from thick paper, often rolled over the top edge for extra power, so they can be baked freely without cupcakes. Some bakers use two or three thin paper liners together to simulate the strength of a cup of aluminum foil in a nest.
Coatings also called paper cases, come in different sizes. Slightly different size is considered “standard” in different countries. Small cases are usually around 27 to 30 millimeters (1.1 to 1.2 inches) in diameter and 20 millimeters (0.79 in) height. On a case of standard size, there are 45 to 53 millimeters in diameter (1.8 to 2.1 inches) and at 30 to 35 millimeters (1.2 to 1.4 inches) in height. Australian and Swedish bakers are accustomed to long paper boxes with a large diameter at the top compared to American and British bakers.
Shops-
At the beginning of the 21st century, a trend developed in muffin stores, which are specialized bakeries that sell little or nothing, with the exception of muffins, in the United States and that avoid the feeling of nostalgia that the cakes evoke. In New York City, pastry shops such as Magnolia Bakery gained publicity in their appearances on popular television shows such as HBO’s Sex and the City.
Crumbs Bake Shop, a publicly traded company that manages the largest chain of muffin stores in the US. Reached the maximum price of its shares in 2011. Decrease in sales, due to localized ownership of specialty stores of moms and pop of the competition, as well as to grocery stores due to increased competition. , caused a sharp decrease in the company’s outlook and share price in 2013.
Georgetown Cupcake was the first cupcake that opened in Washington, D.C. The cupcakes store received wide publicity following the 2010 premiere of TLC’s DC Cupcakes, a six-part reality show about the store and its owners, sisters Sophie LaMontagne and Katherine Kallinis.
Based in Beverly Hills, California, Sprinkles Cupcakes is owned by Candace Nelson, who is also a star judge of Food Network’s Cupcake Wars, and her husband, Charles Nelson. Sprinkles is the first cupcake store to present a cupcake ATM, which could hold up to 350 cupcakes at a time.
