Since last week was such a successful baking session, we decided to keep the theme of cakes/cupcakes. We tried out a recipe from Real Simple - "Easy Yellow Cupcakes." The batter had all of the suspect ingredients [flour, sugar, baking powder and soda, salt, butter, eggs and vanilla] and it had one unusual ingredient - plain, low-fat yogurt. When we saw that this ingredient was in the recipe, it actually drew us to the recipe because usually an ingredient such as yogurt or sour cream makes a really moist cake.
The batter came together easily, no fuss involved, and it baked for 18 minutes. We noticed that when the cupcakes came out of the oven, they were slightly more golden brown then usual - but definitely not burnt. We cooled the cupcakes and decided to use a store bought tub of frosting [actually we had both vanilla and chocolate].
While the cakes cooled, we made an instant vanilla pudding to fill a few of the cupcakes with - as an added, fancy element. We personally aren't huge fans of vanilla pudding, but a friend told us that their favorite cake was a yellow cake with a pudding filling [and if we planned on making it for their birthday, we had better try it out!]
When the cakes were cooled, we filled a few with the pudding [using a piping bag and small round tip] and left a few plain [the batter only made 16 cupcakes]. Then, we filled the piping bags with each of the frostings and frosted each of the cupcakes.
We cut into two cupcakes to taste [one plain and one filled with pudding] and they were delicious! Besides the top of the cupcakes being slightly over-cooked, they were extremely moist and actually the one with the pudding was quite delicious too!
Stay tuned for next week!
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