Special occasion cakes

Mud cupcakes with fondant icing.

Everyone loves cupcakes and what could be more appealing than covering the cakes with gorgeous sugar paste flowers. I have used white chocolate mud cupcake recipe.

So what do we need to know about making excellent mud cake? The recipe gets all its volume from the beaten eggs and not from baking powder or baking soda. So one has to make sure that your whipping bowl is grease free and dry. It is important to use the best milk chocolate of your choice because all the flavour comes from the chocolate used.  It is very important not to over bake your cupcakes. The cake almost melts in your mouth.

A few tips on what to do after the cakes are baked and ready to get dressed.

Covering your cupcakes with fondant.

Levelling: The mud cupcake recipe which I have used gives an even surface to decorate and rarely needs levelling. However if you have had a mishap, any spots or overflowing edges can be trimmed with a small sharp knife.

Butter cream: Butter cream gives a soft surface for applying fondant on top of the cakes. It helps concealing any little lumps and bumps that would otherwise show through the fondant. It is best to coat the cupcakes with butter cream and then fondant immediately as fondant will stick better to the butter cream that has not yet set. With a small palette knife, place a little smear on the cupcake working outwards being careful not to go completely to the edge.

Fondant: You can roll your fondant on the surface lightly dusted with corn flour . Place a round on top of the cupcake smoothing to the outer edges with your thumb or finger. Using the buffer polish up the icing until you have a perfect finish.

Complete your cupcakes with your chosen decorations. 

Happy Baking

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Chica's Bakehouse.