Swirly Cupcakes
An easy cupcake recipe to entertain and treat the kids.
Swirly Cupcakes An easy cupcake recipe to entertain and treat the kids. |
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 2dozen, vanilla and choc mixed | 10min |
| Cook Time |
| 20min |
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Ingredients
Chocolate Cupcakes
- 1cup cake flour
- 1cup sugar
- 2tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1/4teaspoon salt
- 4large egg yolks
- 2teaspoons baking powder
- 1teaspoon vanilla essence
- 4large egg whites
Vanilla Cupcakes
- 3/4cups milk
- 1/2cup cooking oil
- 3large eggs
- 1cup water
- 1cup flour
- 2teaspoons baking powder
- 5ml vanilla essence
- pinch salt
Icing
- 200gr buttersoftened
- 3cups confectioners sugar
- milkto thin icing out
- 1drop blue food coloring
- 1drop red food coloring
Instructions
Chocolate Cupcakes
- In a mixing bowl add flour, sugar, cocoa powder and salt – mix together.
- To this mixture add hot water and sunflower oil – mix again.
- Then add egg yolks with baking powder and vanilla essence – Mix.
- Beat the egg whites stiff in another mixing bowl with electric hand mixers or use your standing electric mixer.
- Fold the egg whites into the chocolate mix and add spoonful of batter to your cupcake holders, filling them up ¾ of the way.
- Set your oven to 180 degrees Celsius and bake for 15 – 20 minutes. If your tester comes out clean – they are done!
Vanilla Cupcakes
- In a small mixing bowl combine milk with sunflower oil, heat it up in a microwave until hot, and set aside.
- In another mixing bowl add the eggs with white sugar and mix until creamy.
- Sieve flour with baking powder and add this to the sugar and egg mixture together with the milk, oil and vanilla essence. Also add a pinch of salt. Mix.
- Add spoonsful of batter to your cupcake holders, filling them up ¾ of the way and bake them at 180 degrees Celsius for 15 – 20 minutes. If your tester comes out clean – they are done!
Icing
- In an electric mixer beat butter until fluffy.
- Sieve the icing sugar while beating the butter continuously until incorporated
- Gently add a few tablespoons of milk to the icing if it is too thick. (Don’t be hasty now, if you add more liquid your icing will become runny)
- Divide the icing into two separate mixing bowls, adding a few drops of red food coloring to the one batch and a few drops of blue food coloring to the other. Mix thoroughly.
- Use a piping back with a nozzle and pipe the icing on the tops of the cupcakes in a swirly design Top with your choice of sprinkles.