Wednesday, 2 July 2014

Vanilla cupcakes with chocolate frosting and boboo's

Jonathan turned 3 last week and he had to bring treats at daycare. The crowd was between 2-4, so what better than cupcakes with chocolate booboo's*?


*Booboo's; anything on wheels that makes noise and is impressive to Jonathan :)

Vanilla cupcakes with chocolate frosting and booboo's

ingredients for the cupcakes (makes 24)
  • 250 gr butter
  • 300 gr sugar
  • 2 vanilla
  • 5 eggs
  • 1/2 tea spoon salt
  • 350 gr flour
  • 2 table spoons corn flour
  • 2 table spoons backing powder
  • 125 gr sour cream
ingredients for the chocolate  frosting
  • 125 gr sour cream
  • 150 gr powder sugar
  • 1000 gr butter
  • 1-2 table spoons cacao powder
  • Candy in form of cars/trucks...etc.

instructions for the cupcakes
  1. Leave the butter and the eggs out of the fridge.
  2. Beat the egg-whites with the salt and one vanilla until stiff and put aside.
  3. Beat the butter with the sugar for 5 minutes.
  4. Add the yolks and sour cream to the mix and beat for a couples of minutes.
  5. Ads the flour, which already includes the corn flour and backing powder.
  6. Gently old the mix into the egg-whites.
  7. Divide the dough into 24 cupcake forms. They should by 3/4 full.
  8. Bake for 20-25 minutes in pre-warmed oven 180C.
instructions for the frosting
  1. If you don't have powder sugar you can make your own in the blender.
  2. Add the butter and beat until smooth.
  3. Add the cream and beat for a minute. Keep a 4-5 table spoons of the mix for the decoration.
  4. Add the cacao and beat  for a minute.
  5. Keep cool and spread the frosting before serving.
  6. Decorate the top of the cupcakes with the chocolate and make road stripes with the white folder.
  7. Add a car candy for the booboo effect.
Make sure to beat the egg-whites until stiff.


Fold the mix gently.


You can use an ice-cream spoon to serve the dough into the cup-cake forms.


Cover 3/4 of the forms.


They will rise :)


Take them out and let them cool down.


Cover with the chocolate frosting and make a road with the white frosting.


Add the car candy, and there you go... A booboo cupcake!



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