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Pine-Orange Cupcakes

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Mar 162011

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Pine-Orange Cupcake

Cupcake Ingredients

Adding Cake Mix

Eggs!

Adding Crushed Pineapple

Adding Vegetable Oil

Adding Pine-Orange Juice Mixture

Blend

Blended

Ready for the Oven

Out of the Oven

Cooling

Frosting Ingredients

Butter

Creaming the Butter

Adding Powdered Sugar

Adding Crushed Pineapple

Adding Orange Juice

Frosting

Cupcakes!

Cupcake Close-Up

Rows o' Cupcakes

Pine-Orange Cupcakes

1 18.25 ounce box orange cake mix
1 8 ounce can crushed pineapple in juice, drained, juiced reserved
3 whole eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 1/3 cups orange juice, mixed with remaining pineapple juice to mease 1 1/3 cups
Pine-Orange Frosting
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 8 ounce can crushed pineapple in juice, well drained
2 tablespoons orange juice, upto 4 tablespoons
5 cups powdered sugar, sifted

Preheat oven to 350. Line two cupcake trays with paper. Drain one can crushed pineapple with a cup underneath to catch juice. Add enough orange juice to make 1 1/3 cups. Set aside.

Blend cake mix, eggs, oil, crushed pineapple and pine-orange juice mix at low speed until moistened (about 30 seconds) Beat at medium speed for 2 minutes. (Batter will be lumpy because of crushed pineapple.)

Pour batter into lined cupcake pans and back about 17 – 19 minutes. Allow to cool in pans 5 minutes, then remove to wire rack to cool completely.

Pine-Orange Frosting: Cream butter, slowly adding powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time. Add crushed pineapple and juice to reach desired consistency.

These cupcakes are very moist (hate that word!) and taste like heaven! The frosting in a bit lumpy (no piping!) and I a little runny, which I could have fixed by adding more powdered sugar, but I didn’t want to ruin the delicious taste!

Lemon Cupcakes

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Feb 042011

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Lemon Cupcakes

Cupcake Ingredients

Adding Flour

Adding Cake Flour

Adding Baking Powder

Adding Baking Soda

Adding Salt

Mixing

Butter

Creaming the Butter

Adding Sugar

Adding Lemon Zest

Adding Lemon Juice

Mixing in Eggs

Adding Flour Mixture

Adding Buttermilk

Mixing the Batter

BATTER!!!

2 Trays of Cupcakes Ready for the Oven

Plus 6 Extra Cupcakes

Slightly Caved in Cupcakes

Frosting Ingredients

Butter

Added Shortening

Creaming

Adding Vanilla

Adding Powdered Sugar

Adding Lemon Juice

Beating the Frosting

Yummy!

Rows of Cupcakes

Lemon Cupcakes

1 cup butter
4 whole eggs
2 cups flour
1/2 cup cake flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons lemon zest
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 cup buttermilk
Lemon Frosting
1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/3 cup shortening
1 16 ounce box powdered sugar
3 drops yellow food coloring
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons lemon juice

Allow butter and eggs to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Meanwhile in a medium bowl stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.

In a large mixing bowl beat butter on high speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar lemon peel, and lemon juice; beat until will combined. Add eggs 1 at a time, beat well after each addition. Alternately add flour mixture and buttermilk. Beat on low speed after each addition until just combined.

Bake in a 350° oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted near center comes out clean

Let cool completely.

Frosting: Cream butter and shortening. Add vanilla. Then alternate between powdered sugar and lemon juice. Add food coloring.

This recipe was found here.

Pretty yummy. I over mixed them a bit and they caved slightly in the center, but that just means more frosting!

Golden Layer Cake

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Dec 222010

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Cake Ingredients

Adding the Flour

Adding the Baking Powder

Adding the Salt

Whisking

Butter

Adding Sugar

Mixing

All Creamed Up

Adding Eggs

Adding Vanilla

Adding Flour Mixture

Adding Milk

Greased and Floured Pans

Ready for the Oven

Fresh Out of the Oven

Frosting Ingredients

Butter

Creaming the Butter

Adding Powdered Sugar

Mixing

It Turned PINK!!!

Adding Vanilla

Adding Milk

Pretty Pink Frosting

(Leveled) First Layer

Frosted First Layer

Naked Second Layer

Frosted Sides

All Frosted

Missing Pieces!!!

Golden Layer Cake

Cake
2 3/4 cups flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 sticks unsalted butter (8 ounces) at room temperature
2 cups sugar
5 whole eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/3 cups whole milk

Vanilla Frosting

2 1/2 sticks unsalted butter (10 ounces) at room temperature

5 cups powdered sugar

1 tablespoon vanilla

1 tablespoon milk (1 to 2)

Preheat the oven to 350°. Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt.

In a large bowl, using a mixer, beat the butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Scrape down the bowl. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla. With the mixer on low speed, alternately add the dry ingredients and milk in three parts, mixing until just incorporated.

Divide the batter between the prepared pans and smooth the tops. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of each cake comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Transfer the pans to a rack and let cool for 10 minutes. Run a knife around the pans to release the cakes and invert; let cool completely.

Slice the cakes into 2 layers each (I skipped this part and left is at a 2 layer instead of 4!). Stack and frost with the vanilla frosting.

Frosting: In a large bowl, using a mixer, beat the butter on medium speed until creamy, about 1 minute. Add the confectioners’ sugar, 1 cup at a time, beating until smooth after each addition. Add the vanilla and 1 tablespoon milk. Beat at high speed until fluffy, adding an additional 1 tablespoon milk if necessary.

Recipe for cake found here. Recipe for frosting found here.

This cake is very heavy! Almost like a pound cake. Still very good. We definitely did a good job finishing this one off!!!