food tech lesson #4- cupcakes ' all in one method

Before you ask we don't just make cakes in food technology this is just the section where we learn about the cake method. this week we make cupcakes using the all in one method they we meant to be Halloween style but in the end i opted for chocolate orange cupcakes. i used butter cream on top but i think gauche would work well or a darker chocolate butter-cream.

ingredients 

• 2 eggs 
• 100g sugar
• 100g self raising flour 
• 100g margarine/ butter (stork is what i use)
• 1 tsp roughly of orange extract(could use orange zest)

butter cream 

• 200g margarine/ butter
• 400g icing sugar
• 2 tbsp rougthly of coco powder
• piping bag with star nozel (or what ever one you can find)fitted on it
• 12 cupcake cases placed in cupcake tray

Method 

1. Preheat a fan oven at 180 degrees.  
2. Put all the ingredients for the cupcake in a bowl and mix together either by electric mixer or wooden spoon. (remember the orange extract)
3. Once mixture is combines using a tbsp, spoon the mixture into the cases. ( i normally place a table spoon in each on first then if i have enough to go round again) try to get the even.
4. Place in the oven for about 15-20 minutes
5. While there cooling make the buttercream. by putting the margarine and icing sugar together and mix using an electric mixer.
6. When the buttercream had formed, add the coco powder( add more or less depending on you preference) 
7. Place the butter cream in the piping bag and push to the bottom twisting the bag to keep it tight.
8. Once cupcake is cool. this is where it gets fun! 
9. I attempted roses and flowers, but its up to you get creative 
10. To make the roses start in the middle and pipe in a circle round and round till you are on the outside of the cupcake ( sorry not a very good explanation) 
11. to make the flower things ( don't not what to call them) pipe small dots of mixture around the outside of the cupcake. then pipe the dots in the middle. to make them look more like flowers. using some gold balls put one in the middle of each flower like the center of a flower

sorry not good at explaining i you would like a tutorial of piping techniques comment below!! 

(these are my friends cupcakes using fondant icing :) )