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cupcakes

  • Showdown

    Cupcakes – rise and crumb testing

    Using the new ambient temperature oven thermometer and feeding in ideas from the CupcakeJemma video, this is a comparison of my favourite recipe vs hers.‌ It’s following on from the initial investigation: Initial note is that my version of her recipe looks like her under mixed batch with a slightly pointed dome rather than a more even, gradual one, so perhaps I didn’t quite mix enough, however i’d say they are actually extremely difficult to separate and either method works perfectly well. Right is Peyton & Byrne creaming method, left is CupcakeJemma all in one. The thing that interested me…

  • Blog

    Fairy Cakes

    Love this recipe from Peyton & Byrne, it results in cloud soft, moist, flavoursome cakes. However as written in my oven it gives them a bit of an exterior crisp that just won’t do. In an effort to remove this I’ve resolved to identify the cause and refine the instructions. There are three variables that could affect this. 1. Amount of sugar 2. Temperature of oven 3. Position of cupcakes in the oven On this occasion I used the following… 165c 160g sugar Second from bottom shelf position In the size of muffin tin I have this makes 8 cakes,…