Crumbly Cupcakes

mmm...

There was a cake sale at my school a few days ago to support the Nepal earthquake. I decided to make some little cupcakes for people to buy and eat. I also wonder why I've never put some of the simplest things to bake on my blog.

Ingredients:

• 4 oz soft margarine
• 4 oz caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 4 oz self-raising flour
• 1 tsp baking powder

For the icing:

• 2 tbsp cocoa
• 3 tbsp hot water
• 6 oz butter, softened
• 12 oz icing sugar, sifted

My tips:

• Before you add the icing sugar for the icing, soften the butter in the bowl a little to make it easier to make into buttercream.
• When you are making the icing, make sure you have a big enough bowl (I didn't).

My review
This recipe was from Mary Berry so there pretty much no doubt that it wasn't going to be good. It was very quick and simple so it didn't take me that long which I liked. Sometimes recipes go on and on and you just want to get them over with. But not the cupcakes! They were delicious. Even though they were for a cake sale I still had a bit of one (and one at the cake sale). My sister helped me make the icing which I didn't really want at first, but it was ok in the end. I would definitely make these again. I loved them.

Millionares Shortbread

About 2 weeks ago I made some Millionaires' Shortbread from Mary Berry's Ultimate Cake Book. They were absolutely delicious. I loved it.

Ingredients:
For the Shortbread:

• 250g plain flour
• 75g caster sugar
• 175g butter, softened

For the caramel:

• 100g butter or margarine
• 100g muscovado sugar
• 2 x 397g cans of condensed milk

For the topping:

• 200g plain or milk chocolate, broken into pieces

My tips

• You can always use chocolate cake cake covering
• Make sure you have the right sized tin
• A faster way to make it set is to put it in the freezer

My review
First up I had to make the shortbread, that wasn't too hard because I have already made shortbread before. Then I had to make the caramel. We only had one tin of condensed milk, we used that and it turned out very good indeed. So one tin of condensed milk does work. Last of all was the chocolate which is always going to be easy because all you have to do is melt it. By the way you have to let the caramel set before you pour on the melted chocolate. Once I had poured the chocolate on it had to set. It was taking too long so we froze it then had a piece. It was extremely nice mm. I wasn't given scores but I expect they all thought 10/10 because it was just too good for words. I only got about 3 pieces when there was 20.(NOT FAIR) I hope you will make some.

Chocolate brownies

Yum!

On Monday the 2nd I made some chocolate brownies. They are from Tana Ramsay's family kitchen.

Ingredients:

• 250g unsalted butter
• 425g golden caster sugar
• 4 large free-range eggs, beaten
• 65g plain flour
• 40g cocoa powder
• 400g plain chocolate (either chips or bar broken into small pieces)

Makes 24 brownies

My Tips

• Try smashing up the chocolate before starting.
• Remember to read the recipe through before you start.

My Review
I think the Chocolate Brownies were scrumptious. Anybody would like them. Sometimes you get a really big piece of chocolate when it is melted mmm. My family thought they were delicious too, Daddy gave me a 10/10 and so did Mummy and Ruby my sister. They were so scrumdiddlyumptious they were gone in about 3 days flat!!! Do you want some?