Mud Cake?

Mudcake is a very moist, dense cake. I mostly do a dark chocolate mudcake and occasionally a white chocolate mudcake, but i've had an order for caramel so I'm testing recipes. This isn't a cake that needs filling as its so heavy the filling would squash out! I just put the batter into cupcake patty tins and out came cupcakes!!

Care to share your recipe? Sounds delicous!

here's the caramel mudcake recipe I was making....

250g butter
200g white chocolate
1 1/4 C brown sugar
1/2 C golden syrup

place in a saucepan over low heat, stir until the choc is melted and the sugar dissolved. transfer to a large bowl and cool.

3 eggs- lightly beaten
1tsp vanilla essence

add and beat into choc mixture

2 C plain flour
2/3 c self raising flour
300ml sour cream

sift in flours, add cream and beat with electric beaters until smooth

Makes a 8" square or about 24 cupcakes

bake at 160 C

enjoy !!!

kstan, that sounds really delicous! Thanks for posting that!

does sound very yummy. Im not a fan of dark chocolate, but I do love caramel! Thanks for sharing!

Okay this cupcake bussiness is really a science. My cupcakes always come out looking bumpy and all funky around the bottom. I can't get them to keep a nice clean shape. Could it be the type of liners or pan I'm using?

Currently on page 115 on this thread. I am determined to read every page. Crazy I know. But anyway Someone way back (I'm sorry if I don't remember your name or if it has been answered) asked if anyone had tried any recipes from the Hello Cupcake book.

I tried their banana one (from scratch recipe) and paired it up with their marshmallow recipe. It got great reviews from my friends and family. It tasted like banana bread and the icing had a light taste to it and it wasn't too sweet.

If its allowed I will post them if anyone is interested.

Linda

Ive had that happen a couple of times if they are in to long, sometimes Ive learned that just because a recipe says 18 minutes, doesnt always need 18 minutes, Ive cut some down to 15 or 16 minutes & they are perfect. Like GrandmaG says though, it's hard to know for sure without knowing what your doing step wise

I finally found the malt syrup in Weis! (I know this was an old conversation in the beginning of the posts but I was excited ) Now if I can only find an equivalent to the bettercreme I hear so much about up here in New Jersey. Thank you guys for all the recipes and ideas you have shared with the rest of us

Linda

Dawn as a similar icing called Velve Top. They have an 800 number for New Jersey. Give them a call and they can tell you where to find it.
http://www.dawnfoods.com/Public/Dynamic/Products/ProductsCategory2.asp?itemid=63689&init=1&cat0=21&cat1=145&PTid=2

Okay, sorry if this has already been asked, but there are 751 pages, and I'm just not sure I'll ever be able to catch up Now, this also may be a total DUH question, but I have to ask it. I make cakes, and have done cupcakes as a kid. When I've done the cupcakes I've baked them straight in the liners with foil wrappers (I bought them that way) and just line them up on a cookie sheet, but they always bake in odd shapes--like oblong, but since we were just baking them for family it really didn't matter......so to bake a perfectly round cupcake, are you suppose to take a liner (with or without foil) and put it in like a muffin pan? That's what I'm assuming, but I just wanted to ask the cuppie experts out there, and make sure it isn't my recipe. I am trying to get into the mini cake/cupcake work also Thank yoU!!!

Yes, you need to use the muffin pans.

Not silly at all! Don't ever be afraid to ask questions.

Grandma, Did you get to the supply shop to get some velvetop??

IS there a secret to making cake recipes good for cupcakes, or can they all be one or the other. I keep seeing "cupcake recipe".

I didn't get any Velvetop but I got 2 cases of Bettercreme so that will last me for awhile!
Most times you can use cake recipes for cupcakes. The WASC doesn't always work as well if you want domed cupcakes but I use it all the time and actually prefer the flat cupcakes to decorate.
I think the reason you see cupcake recipes is they are probably scaled down cake recipes so you don't make a gazillion cupcakes. I think I've had a harder time taking a cupcake recipe and making it into a regular cake. I've had to scale the recipe amounts up quite a bit to get a big enough batch to make the cake I wanted.

Gotcha Thanks!!

Is there a tutorial on using the Cricut machines to make cupcake wrappers? Is there a cartridge to use?

I have no idea Pat! I'd love one of those machines, but not sure I'd use it as much as I should!

Cassidy, It's so long since I posted ( at my favorite site )...Aren't you the one expecting? Hope everything went well. ( you must have delivered by now ) I must say something " cupcakey "so.. What do you think is the easiest cupcake to assign other people to make?

I'd say chocolate!

Oh look the cuppy thread is coming back to life !!
Anything new going on cuppy lovers ??

Nope, no baby yet! Not till middle of July at earliest!!

I am a HUGE cupcake fan so I was thrilled when I saw this thread definitely going to keep an eye on this!

This is an Awesome thread full of great information and some fun stuff to !

As much as I hate to report, I am really unhappy with Acupcakery's business. I have always bragged about their cupcake liners although it does take at least 2 weeks or more to receive them since they are in Canada. I ordered $20.00 worth of liners that were advertised as 2 1/4" on bottom and they came as 1 1/4" on the bottom. They are more of a large mini. I E-mailed them to let them know of their mistake since you can't phone them and and after 5 days I have had no response. I could dispute my charge since I bought through Paypal but I think I will just not buy from them. I'll stick with Confectionery House!

If you don't have a pan that will fit them, or a need for the teal (they are the teal ones right?), I'd dispute it.