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Ira I used wilton yellow cupcake recipe had sour cream, whole egg, and other basic ingredients etc. It was my first time baking cupcakes, so i messed up :( i used all purpose flour (maida) indian brand instead of cake flour, so cupcakes were hard like rock didn't rise either.. could you please share your recipe here.
oh btw i made swiss buttercream and it came out great, so i m good at buttercream..lol.
recipie for swiss butter cream please:)
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thanks sgc
please recommend good brand cake flour mix.
i use the robin hood line of flours usually but thats because its easily available. i dont think the brand matters, to be honest.
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Do these look scrumptious or what?? And that icing technique is so simple and genius! http://www.goodlifeeats.com/2011/03/cupcakes-with-nutella-almond-butter-and-vanilla-frosting.html
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Best thread to find wives, fellas.
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What an awesome and mess free technique! And i have never made cupcakes with nutella IN them! I must try these soon!
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Wow!!! Thank you..I love the tip about frosting. I will try a nutella and vanila flavored frosting when I get a chance to make cupcakes again!
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i have read reciep of brownie ala mode. and wahn likha hua hai.
Heat uncovered in microwave for 6 minutes. that means micro main kro yah oven main karen.
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are bakers secret pans good quality for a beginner baker? I've heard everyone talking about Wilton but Wal Mart has a sale on bakers secret pans and it would be a good way for me to collect a bunch so I can start using them for baking. Or should I pay a little more money for Wilton?
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oh and also michaels are having a 25% off sale till friday so I wanted to pick up some basic decorating items. I’m going to start off with just a chocolate cake with pretty icing and of course work my way up to more complex decorations but what would be some good basic tools to start with? I also really wanted to make those nutella cupcakes with the triple frosting that SGC had posted, what tools would I need for that frosting? Ps for the cake I want to do just simple decorations like this pic:
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Question for you guys, do you ever try to reduce the amount of sugar in a recipe, or use sugar substitutes? Some of the recipes I"m looking at, ask for ALOT of sugar and im not comfortable putting so much of it in there.... but in the past I"ve made substitutes/usedless and it didnt come out so great :( any tips/suggestison?
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Question for you guys, do you ever try to reduce the amount of sugar in a recipe, or use sugar substitutes? Some of the recipes I"m looking at, ask for ALOT of sugar and im not comfortable putting so much of it in there.... but in the past I"ve made substitutes/usedless and it didnt come out so great :( any tips/suggestison?
I agree and have done the same thing as you. I just reduce the sugar and so far they have all turned out fine. I am not sure what the experts have to say about that.
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^ So by how much do you reduce the sugar?
I bought this sugar sub called “Stevia” its supposed to be better than sweetnlow/equal etc…and has the same exact taste as regular sugar?.. it says 1 packet equals the taste equivalent of 2 teaspoons of real sugar, so if my recipe calls for 1.25 cups of sugar, 24 packets would be enough? 
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^The conversion of cups to teaspoons is 1 cup = 48 teaspoons so going by that 1.25 cups = 60tsps so that's 30 packets
I think you can try adding in 24 packets and check if its sweet enough and go from there...........I haven't used substitutes so I don't know for sure but I think that it shouldn't be a problem
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I just kind of estimate…so for example if the recipe calls for a cup and half I will only put 1 cup. I have never used substitutes though and as far as I’ve read and heard the best substitute for sugar is the splenda brand.
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i would use splenda instead of sugar if you really must switch it up. otherwise, i don't recommend cutting back in recipes for anything other than frosting where i usually just go by taste. baking is a very precise art and the minute you start tampering with quantities, thats when things get wonky.
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Thanks guys!!
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My first ever made from scratch cake with filling,icing, poor decorating et all, hehe. It was a chocolate cake with a dark chocolate ganache, absolutely delicious.
I got all my know how from this page so thanks guys!
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Looks yummy!
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is this your first cake ? 
