Baking cupcakes with kids
April 16th, 2020
Making cupcakes is always super fun to do and with that it is even more fun to decorate the cupcakes together with the kids. There are endless possibilities to decorate the most delicious cupcakes, for example a tuft of buttercream or enchanted cream to icing and different cupcake fillings. Let the kids' creativity run wild and make various combinations for a dazzling end result. In this blog we will tell you more about baking cupcakes with kids. Read the blog and get inspiration to make the tastiest cupcakes!
Cupcakes mix
To make it easier, you no longer have to make cupcakes from scratch. Make cupcakes easily with the baking mixes for cupcakes in our assortment. With these baking mixes you only need to add butter and eggs, ideal! So the kids can quickly start decorating cupcakes with edible decorations, edible sprinkles, bright colors and flavorings of their choice.
Baking gluten-free cupcakes
Are you or someone you know not allowed gluten? Then you can bake cupcakes with the FunCakes Mix for Cupcakes Gluten Free! With the FunCakes mix gluten-free you can get to work worry-free. This is because the gluten-free mixes of FunCakes are produced in a gluten-free facility and thus can be guaranteed to contain less than 20mg / 20ppm gluten per kg. The vast majority of people with celiac disease or glutensitivity do not experience any symptoms from this low amount.
Even decorating the cupcakes can also be done gluten-free! Decorate for example with tufts of the FunCakes Mix for Buttercream Gluten Free and the FunCakes Sugar Decoration Farm Animals. Are you looking for other gluten-free decorations? Check them out here!
Baking cups and cupcake pans
While baking cupcakes, baking cups and a cupcake pan are of course essential! We have a wide assortment of baking cups, both in small and large sizes from Wilton, PME, FunCakes and House of Marie, among others. Besides the paper baking cups, there are also several silicone cups. These silicone cups are washable and therefore reusable.
For example, do you want to serve something sweet on your birthday, but don't want to make big cupcakes right away? Make cute mini cupcakes in mini baking cups! While baking cupcakes, you want your cupcakes to stay firm, not sag and all have an even shape. Therefore, use a cupcake or muffin baking pan while baking.
Preparation cupcake baking mixes
For the regular FunCakes mix for CupCakes, preheat the oven to 180°C (convection oven 160°C). Ingredients need to be at room temperature. For 20-24 cupcakes: 500 g mix, 250 g (cream) butter and 5 eggs (250 g). Mix the ingredients on low speed for 4 minutes to a smooth batter. Line a muffin pan with paper baking cups, use an icecream scoop to half fill the cups with batter. Bake the cupcakes in the oven for approx. 18-20 minutes. Going for mini cupcakes? With 500 g Mix for Cupcakes you can make approx. 40-48 mini cupcakes. Bake the cupcakes for approx. 12-15 minutes.
For the FunCakes Mix for Cupcakes Gluten Free, preheat the oven at 170°C (convection oven 150°C). Ingredients need to be at room temperature. For 20-24 cupcakes: mix 500 g mix, 200 g butter and 250 g eggs (5 pcs). Mix at low speed for 3 minutes into a smooth batter. Line a muffin pan with paper baking cups, use an ice-cream scoop to half fill the cups with batter. Bake for 30-35 minutes.
Do you prefer making mini cupcakes? With 500 gram Mix for Cupcakes you can make approx. 40-48 mini cupcakes. Bake the cupcakes for approx. 12-15 minutes, this applies to all our cupcake mixes.
Want to make your cupcakes even more delicious? Then give the cupcakes an extra delicious flavor by adding flavor pastes or flavorings to the cupcake batter, or place a delicious filling into the cupcakes before you bake them.
Making cake with the cupcake mix
The cupcake mixes of FunCakes you can also use to bake delicious cake with the kids. For example, bake a cake of 25cm baking pan in about 60-70 minutes at 150-160°C (hot air oven). Tip: Add a pinch of salt and/or a FunCakes flavoring of your choice, for example lemon meringue or white chocolate to give the cake an extra delicious taste.
Decorating cupcakes
A cupcake deserves a dollop of cream! You can use buttercream or Enchanted Cream to decorate your cupcakes by creating beautiful tufts and rosettes on cupcakes. Using the different icing tips from Wilton, PME and JEM, you can make beautiful buttercream decorations on the cupcakes. Decorate the cupcakes using some sprinkles and you'll have an unique cupcake. To decorate a cupcake you can also use sugar decorations, fondant, marzipan or candy. Check out our cupcake recipes page to get inspiration for your cupcakes and learn how to make these cupcakes. We have recipes for the holidays such as Kingsday, Easter, Mother's Day, Valentines day, Christmas and Saint Nicholas, but also recipes that fit into different seasons of the year.
Video's waarin onze bakster Annemieke uitlegt hoe je cupcakes kunt versieren
In addition to these video's above, Annemieke also made a handy video in which she shows how to decorate cupcakes with a blade of grass (of buttercream) and a video in which she makes vegetable garden cupcakes. These vegetable garden cupcakes are super fun to make in the spring or summer together with the kids (or super funny to make as an April Fools joke!)
Share your cupcake creations with us
Have you started baking with the kids and made fun cupcakes? Or are you planning to make a delicious cake with the kids? Share your baking creations with us through social media using our hashtags:#deleukstethuisbakker and #deleukstetaartenshop, and maybe we'll share your creation on our page and your cake and/or cupcakes will be baked by many more children!
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