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Super Moist Banana Cupcakes with salted caramel.

Who doesn't like cupcakes? I have yet to meet a person you doesn't. Especially if the cupcake is topped with a delicious, rich and smooth icing and filled with a salty caramel goodness.

I was lucky enough to receive a jar of gooey salted caramel homemade by my good friend, Thanh. And what good why to use it up? I used it as a filling in my banana cupcakes. Bananas and caramel are a match made in heaven.

I got the recipe for the cupcakes from one of my women's weekly baking books. As for the salted caramel, I have never actually made them before so you will be able to google the recipe or have a very good friend make it for you :)

Banana cupcake recipe:
  • 90g softened butter
  • 100g firmly packed brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 75g self raising flour
  • 75g plain flour
  • 1/2 tsp bicarb soda
  • 1/2 tsp mixed spice
  • 2/3 cup mashed overripe bananas
  • 80g sour cream
  • 2 tbs milk
  1. Preheat the overn to180degC (160degC fanforced) and line a 12 hole standard muffin pan with paper cases.
  2. Beat butter, sugar and eggs in a small bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
  3. Stir in the sifted dry ingredients and the rest of the ingredients. Divide mixture between the cases.
  4. Bake for about 20 mins. Turn cakes onto wire racks to cool.
  5. When cooled, slice the cupcakes horizontally and fill with your favourite filling. Pipe the top with the cream cheese frosting (recipe below).

 

Cream Cheese Frosting recipe:

  • 30g softened butter
  • 80g softened cream cheese
  • 1 1/2 cups icing sugar.
  1. Beat the butter and cream cheese in a small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy
  2. Gradually beat in the sifted icing sugar. Mix until well blended and smooth.

 

Bon Appetite,

Cherrie

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Cupcake Central Masterclass

I was very lucky to have been one of the food bloggers invited to do a Cupcake Masterclass at Cupcake Central.

Cupcake Central is owned and managed by Sheryl and Tin. It’s a dream Sheryl has been envisioning ever since the day she had her first bite of a famous cupcake sold in New York. Sheryl’s determination on getting the right cupcake recipe was a long and hard road but with trial and error, she was able to find the perfect recipe that has made their little cupcake shop grow into a thriving business.

Their first store was opened in 2010 in Hawthorn and only a short 10 months later, they opened their second store in Melbourne Central. The idea behind cupcake central is that all cupcakes are baked fresh every morning using only the best ingredients. They bake up to 400 cupcakes a day and on a busy day, they can easily double that.  They truly believe in the “quality over quantity” philosophy.

When we arrived for the workshop, Sheryl greeted us and gave us the history, then it was straight into the workshop.  Sheryl and the pastry chefs were very friendly and helpful.  They shared tips on how to achieve a light and airy cupcake and how to decorate and how to pipe frosting. There was a competition on which group had the best decorated cupcakes judged by Tin, but since my group didn’t win, I won’t mention that part :p

We were showed how they make the cupcake batter.

The baked cupcakes ready to be frosted.

After being shown how to roll out fondant and how to pipe frosting, we all got stuck in and started decorating our own cupcakes.

My finished cupcakes.

And this is how they meant to look like.

Thank you so much Sheryl and Tin for letting us all loose in your workshop and sharing some tips on how to make your famous cupcakes. Thank you Thanh for organising such a fun (and tasty) event and for modelling the apron for me so I can take a photo :)

I hope you go and try out their cupcakes. They are amazing.

Cupcake Central on Urbanspoon

Level 2, Dining Hall,

Melbourne Central

Melbourne

 

Shop 7, 672 Glenferrie Road

Hawthorn

http://www.cupcakecentral.com.au/

 

Bon Appetite,

Cherrie