I love cake but I got it in my head that I'm a disaster at baking since my failed attempts baking at my grandma's as a kid. She used to give me free reign in the kitchen and let me NOT follow recipes. My cakes always ended up like an oversized cookie that no one else would eat so I'd cover them in honey or molasses and eat them on my own. haha.
Lately I've been trying to get back into baking and I made Martin's birthday cake (a pineapple and caramel cake - my mum's recipe) and now I'm really into baking cupcakes. I'm usually not keen on cupcakes because of the amount of icing they're usually drowned in but since I'm baking I can control just how much icing goes on and what goes in it! (mostly rum).
My latest batch was Piña Colada flavour. I used Bacardi Piña Colada mix and Coco Lopez in the mixture. This recipe made about 24 little cupcakes and they disappeared within 24 hours!
For the batter I used:
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup butter
1 1/4 cup flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
3 Eggs
1 Teaspoon vanilla
2 Teaspoons Piña Colada mix
2/3 cup crushed pineapple - use the juices
Pinch of salt
A little squirt of Coco Lopez
Beat the butter and sugar until the mix becomes fluffy. Separate the eggs and added the yolks to the sugar/butter mix, together with vanilla, Bacadi Piña Colada Mix, pineapple chunks (I shredded these down a bit). Mix everything well. This becomes a yummy wet mixture.
In a separate bowl, at the flour, baking powder and salt. Then combine the wet mixture slowly.
Lastly, beat the egg whites and once they have the right consistency add them to the rest of the batter.
Bake at 175 for about 20 minutes (my oven is pretty hardcore so I had to keep checking - it might vary)
While the batter is in the over it's time to make the icing. Mmmmm.
Piña Colada Butter Cream:
1 1/4 cups butter
2 1/2 cups icing sugar
6 tablespoons Bacardi Piña Colada
Mix everything together and beat until thick and creamy. I ended up having to add more Piña Colada because I really wanted these to taste like a cocktail.
When the cupcake bases have cooled down it's time to get pipin' the icin'. :) I bought my piping set from Wilkinsons for 99p! It comes with 4 tips and works a treat.
I then added maraschino cherries on top and a cocktail umbrella and voila'! Piña Coladas in cupcake form! The cake was light and moist, the pineapple chunks were a nice surprise to bite into. The icing was boozy and not overwhelming. I'll be making these again!
Lately I've been trying to get back into baking and I made Martin's birthday cake (a pineapple and caramel cake - my mum's recipe) and now I'm really into baking cupcakes. I'm usually not keen on cupcakes because of the amount of icing they're usually drowned in but since I'm baking I can control just how much icing goes on and what goes in it! (mostly rum).
My latest batch was Piña Colada flavour. I used Bacardi Piña Colada mix and Coco Lopez in the mixture. This recipe made about 24 little cupcakes and they disappeared within 24 hours!
For the batter I used:
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup butter
1 1/4 cup flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
3 Eggs
1 Teaspoon vanilla
2 Teaspoons Piña Colada mix
2/3 cup crushed pineapple - use the juices
Pinch of salt
A little squirt of Coco Lopez
Beat the butter and sugar until the mix becomes fluffy. Separate the eggs and added the yolks to the sugar/butter mix, together with vanilla, Bacadi Piña Colada Mix, pineapple chunks (I shredded these down a bit). Mix everything well. This becomes a yummy wet mixture.
In a separate bowl, at the flour, baking powder and salt. Then combine the wet mixture slowly.
Lastly, beat the egg whites and once they have the right consistency add them to the rest of the batter.
Bake at 175 for about 20 minutes (my oven is pretty hardcore so I had to keep checking - it might vary)
While the batter is in the over it's time to make the icing. Mmmmm.
Piña Colada Butter Cream:
1 1/4 cups butter
2 1/2 cups icing sugar
6 tablespoons Bacardi Piña Colada
Mix everything together and beat until thick and creamy. I ended up having to add more Piña Colada because I really wanted these to taste like a cocktail.
When the cupcake bases have cooled down it's time to get pipin' the icin'. :) I bought my piping set from Wilkinsons for 99p! It comes with 4 tips and works a treat.
I then added maraschino cherries on top and a cocktail umbrella and voila'! Piña Coladas in cupcake form! The cake was light and moist, the pineapple chunks were a nice surprise to bite into. The icing was boozy and not overwhelming. I'll be making these again!
