Molly Muffin

Visit my blog at www.overthekitchencounter.com for more info on cooking and crafts. Simple and delicious, here is a quick and easy recipe for Vanilla Cupcakes and Vanilla Butter Cream Frosting. Vanilla Cupcakes 1-3/4 cup flour 1 Tbsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 cup butter 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla 3/4 cup milk 350 degrees F (180 C) 20-25 minutes Vanilla Butter Frosting 1/4 cup butter pinch of salt 2-1/2 cups icing sugar 4 Tbsp milk 1/2 tsp vanilla

www.chow.com Gabrielle Feuersinger, owner of San Francisco’s Cake Coquette, demonstrates the proper way to use a piping bag (also known as a pastry bag) to frost a cake or cupcake. You shouldn’t grab it from the middle, since that will just cause frosting to fall out of the back of the bag. Give the bag a twist for the most control.

Part 1: Cupcake baking basics Fun + Fancee = Funcee! Don’t have a whole lot of time to make fancy cupcakes from scratch, or just don’t feel like doing as much clean up work? New to cupcake baking? I’ll show you how I’ve used the store-bought Betty Crocker cupcake and frosting mixes to bake some fun and and fancy cupcakes that your friends and family will love. A series of 3 parts (about 5 min. each). This is my first time baking cupcakes, but I’ll also show you some fast and easy tips …