Raven and Lenore are big foodies! This new Baking section will feature Raven's own recipes with reviews from friends and family. Last night Raven decided she wanted to try her hand at creating her own recipe for cupcakes, she's experimented before but only for fun and not always did it turn out right. The recipe was going to be for cinnamon and sugar cupcakes but a stroke of weird ran through Raven's mind. Last year she tried to make sugar cookies but didn't have enough flour and eggs so she substituted apple sauce and it made thick fluffy sugar cookies that she couldn't roll flat and cut with cookie cutters. The thought occurred that if she added apple sauce to cupcake batter they would turn out just as fluffy, and they did! After posting her plans on Facebook, Lenore texted Raven asking if she would bring some cupcakes by Lenore's work. Lenore has a sweet tooth! The cupcakes were ready and glazed just in time to be delivered right before Lenore clocked out to go home. After Raven returned to the kitchen to clean up she received the following text from Lenore, "OMGAWD SO YUMMY!" and a second message from Lenore saying "The cupcake has the perfect amount of cinnamon with just a hint of the apple and the glaze gives it a burst of sweetness. Love it!"
Cupcakes 3/4 cup of melted butter or margarine 1 & 1/4 cup of sugar 1 tbs of ground cinnamon 2 eggs 4oz applesauce (or 1 package of Mott's applesauce) 1 tsp of vanilla extract 2 and 1/4 cup of cake flour 2 tsp of baking powder 1/2 tsp of salt 3/4 cup of milk Directions: 1) mix butter, sugar, and cinnamon until blended 2) add eggs, applesauce, and vanilla until fully blended 3) now mix flour, baking powder, and salt 4) add milk until smooth 5) bake at 375 degrees f. for 10-15 minutes 6) let cool before adding glaze. |
Glaze
1 cup of powdered sugar
2 splashes of orange extract
2 splashes of milk
Directions:
1) mix together with fork
2) drizzle over cupcakes
*splashes means desired amount remember the glaze is should be some what liquid-like, it will harden on the cupcakes.
1 cup of powdered sugar
2 splashes of orange extract
2 splashes of milk
Directions:
1) mix together with fork
2) drizzle over cupcakes
*splashes means desired amount remember the glaze is should be some what liquid-like, it will harden on the cupcakes.