Yellow Cupcakes and Family
Father's Day has always been a very special holiday for me. While I love both of my parents very much, I've always had a special connection with my dad, as many daughters do.
This year was extra special because we got to celebrate with my half-sister, Cassie, whom I had never met before.
The day started out with everyone, I think, feeling a little wary, but that feeling quickly faded as we all fell into continuous laughter at each other's stories.
Needless to say, it was a good day, made even better, by cupcakes.
When I told Cassie I loved to bake we quickly decided to bake cupcakes while she was here. It took me a while to decide what we should bake, but I soon decided on yellow cupcakes. The recipe is slightly adapted from a favorite recipe of mine (found here) for perfect yellow cake. It's absolutely wonderful, soft, melt-in-your-mouth, delicious cake, but I had never used it to make cupcakes.
The baking itself isn't difficult. The recipe does call for cake flour which I never have, but the original post where I found it has a quick conversion to make your own using all purpose flour and corn starch (found here). It also tends to rise quite flat or even sag in the middle when I've made it in the past, so I highly recommend increasing the baking soda as listed in the recipe below.
Beyond the amazing cake, I did have some issues with the frosting. The recipe calls for cream and I put in milk like the silly goose I am and it was BAD. DO NOT USE MILK; the frosting started to separate and it didn't pipe on as smoothly as I would have liked. The purple frosting did have a very blueberry appeal that way, but the rest just looked sad. (It wasn't even hot!)
Despite the frosting looking a little melted, Cassie and I had a great time trying out my new piping tips. It was her idea to use different colors of frosting and I think they came out pretty good. I would say we both made some pretty fantastic cupcakes! I know our dad and her husband were both very impressed with us!
Overall, I had a pretty good Father's Day celebrating with Cassie. It was such a fun day and I learned some valuable things about myself, my family, and my baking, so I'd say it was quite productive.
So here's the recipe! Tell me how you like it!
This year was extra special because we got to celebrate with my half-sister, Cassie, whom I had never met before.
The day started out with everyone, I think, feeling a little wary, but that feeling quickly faded as we all fell into continuous laughter at each other's stories.
Needless to say, it was a good day, made even better, by cupcakes.
When I told Cassie I loved to bake we quickly decided to bake cupcakes while she was here. It took me a while to decide what we should bake, but I soon decided on yellow cupcakes. The recipe is slightly adapted from a favorite recipe of mine (found here) for perfect yellow cake. It's absolutely wonderful, soft, melt-in-your-mouth, delicious cake, but I had never used it to make cupcakes.
The baking itself isn't difficult. The recipe does call for cake flour which I never have, but the original post where I found it has a quick conversion to make your own using all purpose flour and corn starch (found here). It also tends to rise quite flat or even sag in the middle when I've made it in the past, so I highly recommend increasing the baking soda as listed in the recipe below.
Beyond the amazing cake, I did have some issues with the frosting. The recipe calls for cream and I put in milk like the silly goose I am and it was BAD. DO NOT USE MILK; the frosting started to separate and it didn't pipe on as smoothly as I would have liked. The purple frosting did have a very blueberry appeal that way, but the rest just looked sad. (It wasn't even hot!)
Despite the frosting looking a little melted, Cassie and I had a great time trying out my new piping tips. It was her idea to use different colors of frosting and I think they came out pretty good. I would say we both made some pretty fantastic cupcakes! I know our dad and her husband were both very impressed with us!
Overall, I had a pretty good Father's Day celebrating with Cassie. It was such a fun day and I learned some valuable things about myself, my family, and my baking, so I'd say it was quite productive.
So here's the recipe! Tell me how you like it!
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