Good old Women's Weekly vanilla cupcake recipe

90g butter
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup caster sugar
2 eggs
1 cup SR flour
2 tbl milk

The original recipe said to chuck everything in a bowl and mix but last time I made these I creamed the butter and sugar first then added eggs and flour and milk etc.  I beat the mixture on low speed until mixed and then on high for a few minutes until it had lightened.  I actually doubled the mixture to make a dozen fairly decent sized cupcakes in muffin cases.  For the lemon curd cupcakes I added the grated rind of one lemon - delish!

Cupcakes for Car Boot Sale

Finally I'm blogging about this - probably because I should be doing report cards lol.  I was v excited about how cupcakes went at the car boot sale and am thinking of doing the next arts and crafts markets which I think works out to be on my holidays. 

So on the menu for the car boot sale were:
Lemon Curd cupcakes - these were very popular and got lots of compliments about these.  Need to make them a bit smaller though.  And I'm thinking that I can do lemon curd well in advance.  I've already collected some jars off people at work so I can make up a bit batch, sterilise the jars and voila!

I also stole your idea and made a Vanilla Cupcake but definitely think they need a little hidden strawberry surprise - maybe a strawberry mousse filling or something.  But people definitely liked the look of them and they were so easy to make.  I just whipped up a vanilla batch of cupcakes and used leftover choc ganache.  I wanted to add some toasted chopped almonds but was worried about having nuts.

I also did up some Choc Mud Cupcakes since I had been experimenting to see if that choc cake recipe would work as a cupcake.  I would like to find a recipe that rises a bit more on top though.  I iced these ones with vanilla frosting but hid a choc ganache filling as a surprise.  I had people come back and tell me that they loved it cos it was so rich.  I think next time though I might try it with a choc mousse filling which would be a bit lighter.  I don't have a photo of these ones.

Cupcake Stores Brisbane

Couture Cupcakes - Bardon
Expensive cupcakes ($4.25-$4.75), average cakes and not enough icing. I hated the toppings, shop bought sugar flowers, pieces of chocolate bars and whole ferrero rochers.
Colours - Pink and White stripes. Nice store but very few cupcakes on display, also serve breakfast. Large outdoor seating area. Only four or five flavours available and no basics. Flavours were all in the icing, cupcakes only vanilla or chocolate.

The Cupcake Parlour - West End
Good price $3.50 each. Regular sized cupcakes rather than muffin sized cupcakes. Strawberry sundae was at least one if not two days old. Sprinkles had bled and the cake was a little stale. Average vanilla cake. Delicious chocolate mudcake, very rich. Had a caramel centre which was yummy but with the rich cake was a little too much.
Colours - Pink and White stripes. Good store but very cluttered with other things they are selling (accessories like stands and aprons etc, way too many on display). Lots of different flavours. A few awards on the walls. A bit more hippy and well suited to West End.

Tabiltha's Place - Hamilton 

Carousels Cupcakes - Chermside

My sweetopia - Southbank

JudyC - Ashcroft (not specifically cupcakes)

Nourish - Ascot  no website but facebook page

I will update this list as I visit each one.