I declared to Wifey, "I wanna make Spiderman cupcakes for Sonny. I've checked out some videos on Youtube and it doesn't look all that difficult."
This lady made it look so easy...
At the baking shop, I bought the Chocolate Muffin Mix (it's my first time baking so I'm taking the easy way out), salted butter, vanilla essence, food colouring (red and black), icing sugar and muffin cups.
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| Property of Mr Flabby Less All that's required is to mix this packet with 4 eggs, 130ml of water and 135ml of oil before putting it into muffin cups until 3/4 full and bake at 190C for 25 minutes. Simple! |
I got home and quickly (I can be rather "kan cheong" at times!) got all ingredients and utensils ready for baking...
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Ingredients for chocolate muffin |
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Utensils for Spiderman cupcakes |
Ingredients for buttercream icing are as follows:-
1 cup of salted butter
3 teaspoons of vanilla essence
4 cups of icing sugar
4 tablespoons of milk
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Ingredients for buttercream icing |
Once I got all the ingredients and utensils ready, I starting baking...
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Muffin mixture ready for muffin cups |
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| Property of Mr Flabby Less Sonny helped applying oil in the muffin cups so that the muffins won't stick to the cup when ready |
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Muffin mixture makes 13 muffins |
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Muffins rising after about 5 minutes |
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Cooked muffins, removed from the over after 20 minutes and not per the recommended 25 minutes |
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Muffins were too "full" and large so I had to cut and remove the top, should have just filled up to 1/2 full and not per the recommended 3/4 full |
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Buttercream icing, just mix all the ingredients using an electric mixer |
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Spider webs, almost complete Spiderman muffins |
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Made only 6 Spiderman cupcakes |
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My humble Spiderman cupcake, looks more like Freddie Krueger IMO *chuckle* |
Lessons learnt:-
1. Don't buy muffin mixes. Make from scratch.
2. Fill the muffin cups half full.
3. Steady hands are required when decorating muffins.
It was fun baking and making these Spiderman cupcakes. Definitely plenty of room for improvement!
you just fell with a loud thud from my pedestal after i read you used MUFFIN MIX. but top marks for the valiant decorative efforts though, i wouldnt dare try at all....i have parkinsons like hand movements when it comes to decor.
ReplyDeleteOh well, unlike FatBoyBakes who's the God of Baking (his durian cheese cake and chocolate peanut butter cake are to die for!!!), I'm just a mere mortal :-p
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have another shot at making cupcakes again this weekend. This time around it shall be Mickey Mouse cupcakes and the muffins will be made from scratch!
Btw, any yummy recipe for cupcakes to share with me so that I can show off to Wifey and Sonny?
cute.. unlike FBB, i would use muffin mix becoz i am an ignoramus in the kitchen! hehe
ReplyDeletebtw, let's exchange blogrolls! I've added you here.. cheers! :) http://cikipedia.com/blogroll
ReplyDeletei guess we are practical mortals! lol ;-)
ReplyDeletepls don't buy this brand...the muffins were dry and hard and honestly rather tasteless without the icing.
i should be making mickey mouse cupcakes for sonny this weekend. shall post something on that too if time permits.
blogrolls duly exchanged!