Bellafleur Cupcakes Brazil

These were the first cupcakes ever made by Bellafleur from Brazil, following my chocolate cupcake recipe. Wow they look good and I love the pastel colours of the icing. Bellafleur said she had a problem with cupcakes rising fully . In my experience cupcakes do not rise fully for a variety of reasons,

1. Not enough baking powder in the mixture

2. Over beating the eggs

3. When in the oven the position is too low or the temperature a little bit too cool.

I find that you have to bake a recipe a few times to get in right according to my own oven. So I would make them again and make a few changes. I find that if cupcakes are high in the oven they tend to rise in more of a classic dome shape. Can anyone else offer advice on this problem?

Bellafleur also wanted alternatives to butter cream topping. Does anyone have any alternatives they have tried?

I like to use fresh cream flavoured with a teaspoon of brandy, fresh vanilla, whisky, a fruit liqueur and fruit curds( see the link to CHUTNEY SIT top left) where I post how to make lemon, lime and orange curds. Also plain icing with icing sugar and lots of sweet delights on the top. Yogurt is a good healthy alternative.

If you want to see more of Bellafleur's cupcakes go to her flicker site at Bellafleur on Flicker

If anyone else has tried out my ideas and recipes. Please comment and give me a link to your blog or flicker account so I can post them on here.

Thanks for reading

Crazycupcakes