Cupcake ingredient
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With the right cupcake ingredients, you can bake light, fluffy cupcakes with toppings that hold their shape and still look good hours later. This category offers cupcake baking mixes, topping mixes such as Enchanted Cream and Swiss Meringue Buttercream, mixes for buttercream and pastry cream, as well as flavourings, flavour powders, vanilla, cocoa and matcha to refine your bakes.
Batter and frosting: quick or from scratch
To save time, use a baking mix: the cupcake mix comes in 500 g and 1 kg, and there is also a vegan cake mix and a mix for gluten-free cupcakes. You will find more quick options in Quick mix for cupcakes. For toppings, these products are particularly popular:
- Enchanted Cream: a topping mix that you whip according to the instructions on the pack and that pipes beautifully. Available from 200 g to 10 kg, also in chocolate.
- Swiss Meringue Buttercream: as a mix (800 g) or ready to use in sizes up to 4 kg, for a fine, silky buttercream.
- buttercream mix in 500 g and 1 kg, also in a gluten-free version
- pastry cream mix in 500 g and 1 kg for filling cupcakes, tarts and custard slices
- creamy fillings with coconut or cookie pieces for the centre of your cupcakes
More creams and frostings are in Buttercream & frosting.
Flavours and colours for your cupcakes
For flavour, choose liquid flavourings such as strawberry, raspberry, pistachio or passion fruit, and natural flavour powders such as vanilla, pistachio, strawberry, coconut or tonka bean. They can be stirred into both the batter and the frosting. Organic vanilla paste, Madagascar Bourbon vanilla pods, cocoa powder, cocoa nibs and matcha powder complete the range. Find more flavourings in Food flavouring. For coloured toppings, gel food colouring is the best choice, as it barely changes the consistency of the cream: Food coloring gel. To pipe, you will need piping bags and star nozzles from Cupcake tip & piping bag. The gingerbread spice mix is a seasonal favourite for Christmas cupcakes.
Frequently asked questions about cupcake ingredients
How much frosting do I need for 12 cupcakes?
For a tall piped swirl, allow about 400 to 500 g of finished frosting. For mixes, follow the instructions on the pack.
Enchanted Cream or buttercream?
Enchanted Cream is quick to prepare and ideal for piping. Swiss Meringue Buttercream is richer and also suitable for covering and filling cakes.
When should I colour the frosting?
Add the gel colour drop by drop after whipping. Colours often deepen over time, so wait a few minutes before adding more.
See also: Baking cup · Edible cupcake decoration · Cupcake boxes