Superman Cupcakes

Hello!
Guess who decided to start a blog? I'll be updating this space with my baking and food adventures and hopefully it won't be a bore to read hahaha.

I've been dying to make something off Nerdy Nummies. So i took my own spin on the  Superman Cupcakes yesterday! I always thought that making these cupcake toppers would be so difficult but after watching NN's video tutorial, the task didn't seem so daunting anymore :)

I used one of my favourite chocolate cupcake recipes because I'm not exactly a fan of box cake mixes. As for the Superman toppers, I piped them out using royal icing using this foolproof recipe that i always go back to. 

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Chocolate Cupcakes
(Yields 12)

Ingredients

• 115g butter,unsalted
• 225g granulated sugar (i reduced this to 170g)
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup milk
• 145g all-purpose flour
• 3 tbsp cocoa powder
• 3/4 tsp baking soda
• pinch of salt (omit this if using salted butter)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 180°C.
2. Sift together the dry ingredients - flour,cocoa powder,baking soda, salt in one bowl.
3. Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy in a separate bowl. Beat in eggs one at a time. Stir in vanilla extract.
4. Combine in dry ingredients alternating with the milk.(flour-->milk-->flour) , mixing until just incorporated. 
5. Pour into cupcake liners and bake for 20-25minutes, or when a skewer inserted comes out clean.
6. Allow cake to cool before frosting.

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I opted for a vanilla buttercream frosting which i tinted blue. Here's the recipe:

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Vanilla Buttercream

Ingredients

• 125g butter,unsalted
• 200-350g confectioner's sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2-3 tbsp milk

Directions

1. Beat the butter in a large bowl until light & fluffy.
2. Add in the sugar, one tbsp at a time. Thereafter add the vanilla extract and milk until a desired consistency is obtained.

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FINALLY FINISHED OK. Bye for now!