I've made cupcakes for Hugo to share with his labmates today. Actually most Americans like cupcakes (usually topped with icing sugar/cream or actually every 'sweet' thing). They will decorate cupcakes in many different ways and some are really adorable.
For me, I'd prefer a plain cupcake without any toppings. Today, I just made three varieties: plain butter, filled with Grape Jam and one with granola.
For the Basic Cupcake:
Ingredients
- 4 oz--110 gm--1/2 cup sugar
- 4 oz--110 gm--1/2 cup unsalted butter or margarine
- 4 oz--110 gm--1 cup plain flour
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- 3 eggs
- 1 tablespoon of milk
Method
- Cream the butter and sugar
- Add the eggs one at a time and mix in well.
- Add milk
- Sieve in the flour and baking powder
- Mix gently together
- Put into cupcake cases (2/3 cup full)
- Bake at 350F for 20 minutes
