Wild About Cupcakes: Over 130 Recipes
Sep 8, 2010 Baked Cakes
- ISBN13: 9780764162770
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
As a dessert or as a snack, cupcakes are one of America’s favorite comfort foods—and there’s virtually no end to the different kinds that cupcake lovers can make. The secret to imaginative cupcake creation is having a good cupcake cookbook, and Wild About Cupcakes is precisely that! Recipes galore include—
Beautifully illustrated with full-page color photos accompanying each cupcake recipe, this book presents easy-to-follow, kitchen-tested recipes, each of them including directions for making the appropriate frosting. Here, for example are chocolate coconut cupcakes with a chocolate gananche frosting. . . children’s party cupcakes each topped with a big rosette of pink butter frosting. . . vanilla cupcakes with figs topped with a honey frosting and fig quarters. . . and frosted nutty cupcakes with coarsely chopped nuts topped with milk chocolate frosting and a pecan. Even cupcake aficionados on restricted diets will find wonderful cupcakes to please them in Wild About Cupcakes. A special health needs section includes approximately 30 recipes that are gluten-free, egg-free, sugar-free, or dairy-free. Large color photos on every two-page spread.
Lighten Up Any Cupcake Recipe With These Healthy Cooking Tips
Apr 19, 2010 Chocolate Cupcakes Recipe
According to the media, millions of Americans are overweight. There are many diet plans aimed at helping people lose weight, but they all focus on an important fact–to lose weight, a person needs to decrease calories consumed. Staying on a diet plan can be a struggle, but the end result is worth the struggle. There are many ways to stay motivated while dieting, including not depriving yourself of your favorite treats. Cupcakes are a sweet indulgence that can be enjoyed while sticking to a healthy diet. Try these five tips for healthier cupcakes that will fit within your diet guidelines.
To enjoy cupcakes on a diet, try substituting healthier ingredients to cut calories and increase nutrients. For instance, use applesauce instead of oil, sugar substitute instead of regular sugar, and whole wheat flour instead of white flour. These changes will give your cupcakes a nutrient boost while cutting calories. If you are hesitant of these changes, try starting out by only substituting half of an ingredient until you get used to the flavor change.
Think outside of the traditional cupcake flavors when creating healthy cupcakes. Try angel food cupcakes instead of chocolate. You can even flavor these cupcakes with cocoa to create a chocolate cupcake with a fraction of the calories a traditional chocolate cupcake would have. Other healthy flavor options include carrot cake, banana, zucchini, or raspberry. These flavors are delicious and allow you to indulge your sweet tooth while staying within your allotted calories.
If you just want a traditional cupcake, try miniature cupcakes. These can provide you with the taste and texture of cupcakes, but with fewer calories due to the small size. Miniature cupcakes can be packed in lunches, providing portion control while allowing you to have your sweet treat.
Frosting is a major source of calories on cupcakes. An easy way to lighten up cupcakes is to eliminate frosting. For vanilla or angel food cupcakes, try sprinkling the top of the cupcake with a dusting of cocoa powder. This will add a hint of chocolate without adding many calories. Another healthy frosting alternative is a homemade cream cheese frosting. By creating this frosting from scratch you are able to use reduced-fat cream cheese, thereby reducing calories. This cream cheese frosting can be flavored with canned pineapple tidbits, crushed strawberries, or whichever fruit that you prefer.
The last tip for creating healthier cupcakes is adding nutrients. While mixing cupcake batter, try folding in shredded zucchini or mashed bananas. This creates moist cupcakes with added vitamins. Adding a few tablespoons of flaxseed or protein powder will not noticeably change the flavor of cupcakes, but will increase the nutrients. Adding healthy nutrients to cupcakes will not decrease the calorie count, but will make your cupcakes a healthier alternative for a sweet treat.
Eating healthy foods does not have to mean depriving yourself. It is easy to make changes to a recipe in order to have the recipe fit your dieting needs. Cupcakes are a fun way to celebrate special occasions and can be a part of a healthy diet, if they are modified to your dietary needs and eaten in moderation.
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Cupcake Decoration Ideas: Designing Cupcakes to Fit Every Need
Apr 1, 2010 Baked Cakes
The beauty of cupcakes lies on the fact that you can make twenty different types of cupcakes at the same time without putting in all your time and effort in the kitchen. Cupcakes are easy to prepare, yet they are so versatile that you can actually serve them on different occasions in several unique ways. From the usual family gathering to the formal dinner, cupcakes are sure not to disappoint. All you need are a few good cupcake recipes and plenty of creative decoration ideas.
Party Cupcakes for Every Occasion
Making cupcakes that match your party theme is the best way to add your personal touch to the event. If your party celebrates the birthday or the recent success of a member of the family, you can add his favorite object or favorite fruit as a topping.
A son who loves basketball so much would appreciate cupcakes with orange candy balls on it. You can also write letters on each cupcake using icing and then arrange them accordingly to spell the celebrator’s name.
Cupcake toppers like animal-shaped candies, chocolate sprinkles and other sugar shapes can instantly make your cupcake a work of art. Plus, they make the cupcakes even more mouth-watering.
Even more formal social gatherings such as weddings have also adopted the use of cupcakes. A tower filled with cupcakes designed according to the bridal motif has been a favorite choice. Unlike traditional cakes, your guests can appreciate the cake designs better because it is not only a slice of a bigger cake they are getting, but the entire cupcake. You can even use the decorated cupcakes as party favors for your guests.
Before getting to the wedding, a proposal comes first. Any girlfriend will surely find it romantic to find her engagement ring on top of her favorite cupcake. Who could say ‘no’ to such a dreamy proposal, or at least, to such a yummy cupcake?
Healthy Cupcakes for Your Kids
If you are a mom who is working on training your kids to eat healthy without depriving them the joys of eating a good serving of cupcakes, there are several ways you can do to ensure that you achieve this win-win situation.
Almond cupcakes and carrot cupcakes are great-tasting desserts or snacks that your kids can bring to school or eat at home. You may also give your children chocolate-zucchini cupcakes. The chocolate will mask the taste of zucchini, but its nutritional value is kept intact. Your kids will not feel like they are missing out on the cupcake fun as they have their own, too.
If a little swirl of whipped cream can make your kid eat your pumpkin cupcakes, then go ahead and make this trade. You would later realize how agreeing to this deal can help your child appreciate healthier options. This gives him the idea that healthy foods are also delicious.
Personally decorating your cupcakes makes them extra special. At home or in parties, as a healthy snack or as a guilty pleasure, to be eaten now or taken to go, cupcakes are sure to bring extra cheer to your family meals and social gatherings.
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