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Tuesday, January 01, 2008,4:20 PM

cupcakes!

This is my mum's 1st attempt and definitely mine too!
We made plans to make cupcakes but of coz mummy did all the hard work of preparing the ingredients and all I had to do was to be there! haha...

The original recipe was for almond cupcakes but mum tot plain cupcakes will do. but of cos, kapo jane had to suggest something to replace the yucky taste of almonds.. so I rummaged through the fridge and found a few packets of raisins! so I convinced mum that raisin cupcakes would be very tasty!

so first we poured 2 cups of plain flour & a teaspoon of baking powder into a bowl.. and then we put a block of butter, 1.5 cups of sugar and a teaspoon of vanilla extract into a separate bowl. According to recipe, we are supposed to beat until light and creamy. well supposed to use a blender or sorts to do it.. but we dun have it.. and so we had to resort to the primitive way of doing it... BY HANDS!

and so the 2 of us ladies took turns to beat and blend and stir and beat again... omg.. it was truly a great arm workout for us!

and when finally it appeared to be kinda light and creamy, we added in 6 eggs, one at a time.. beating well between each addition. and by the time we were done, our tired and flabby arms are about to give way liao...

but the job's not done yet! gotta 'fold' the flour and raisins into the batter and mix until the flour DISAPPEARS! and this is the worst! haha.. so we took turns to beat and fold the flour and stir everything together.. haha... and when we're about done and to start baking, we couldn't find the paper cases! after kicking up a fuss by rummaging thru the kitchen for it, daddy confessed that he threw it away thinking that the paper was yellowish and dirty. haha... and so we punished him by asking him to go and buy more paper cases for us and also to dabao lunch back.. :)

and when dad's finally back home with the paper cases, we started pouring the mixture into them. Mum made 6 and so did I.

Can guess who made which ones? haha... I made those with the little M&Ms placed on top! cute hor...

after about 15-20min in the oven, the cupcakes are finally done! but looking at the final product, I think they look more like bowlcakes to me instead! They're HUGE! nevertheless.. they taste absolutely yummy!

soft and absolutely sweet!!!!

now i'm looking forward to the next baking adventure!

:)

signing off~
the baker duo~