Santa Claus Cupcake Fun!

I was asked to design Santa Claus cupcakes for a client’s office party, as luck would have it Sydney was home for Thanksgiving break. I must admit it was  exhilarating to be baking along side Sydney. I love when we work as a team and I take full advantage of our family time!

The Santa Claus cupcakes were inspired by the movie “Santa Claus is Coming to Town.” Originally I had sketched out for elves and the big man himself (Santa Claus);...

Bobbie's Vanilla Cupcake

•  150 gram cake flour/ 1 1/2-cups cake flour, sifted (Not self rising)
• 180 grams/1 1/2-cups all-purpose flour
• 400 grams/ 2-cups sugar
• 9 grams/2-teaspoon baking powder
• 1-teaspoon salt
• 200 grams/4 eggs, at room temperature
• 226 grams/2 sticks, softened
• 244 grams/1-cup milk, at room temperature
• 122 grams/1-cup buttermilk, room temperature
• Vanilla bean, scraped for seeds
• 1-1/2teaspoon almond extract, or vanilla

Equipment:

• Standing mixer or hand mixer
• rubber spatula
• 50 mm ice cream scooper, medium
• 2 muffin pans
• 24 liners of choice

Prepare your mise en place, spray and flour 2 8×2 pans top with parchment paper. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees C/ 325 degrees F.

 In a medium bowl whisk eggs, 122 grams/ 1/2 -cup of buttermilk and extract.

Use the 2-stage method.

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