Queen Elizabeth II turned 94 years old on Tuesday, and the Royal family is allowing you to celebrate, too.
What’s the news:
- The royal family shared a chocolate cupcake recipe from the Royal Pastry Chefs.
- The account said: “If you or a loved one are celebrating a special occasion during isolation why not treat yourself to some #RoyalBakes? Remember to share your creations with us!”
Here’s the recipe:
Ingredients for the cake sponges — (serves approximately 15)
- 15 grams vinegar
- 300 milliliters milk
- 50 milliliters vegetable oil
- 60 grams butter (melted and cool)
- 2 eggs
- 5 milliliters of vanilla essence
- 250 grams of self-raising flour
- 75 grams of cocoa powder
- 300 grams caster sugar
- 10 grams bicarbonate of soda
- 100 grams white chocolate chips
- cupcake cases
Ingredients for the buttercream topping:
- 90 grams of high percentage dark chocolate
- 100 grams butter
- 125 grams icing sugar
- Option to also use Royal icing, instead of buttercream:
- Royal icing available premade in shops
- Add food coloring at your discretion.
Cake sponge method:
- Preheat the oven to 150 degrees Celsius (302 Fahrenheit).
- Combine the flour, sugar, cocoa powder and bicarbonate of soda into a mixing bowl.
- Whisk the eggs in a separate container, with the vanilla essence, melted butter, oil, milk and vinegar.
- Add wet mixture into dry mixture, little by little.
- Make batter smooth. No lumps.
- Add chocolate chips (or nuts, dried fruit).
- Lay the cupcake cases onto a tray.
- Use a metal spoon to equally divide the mixture into the cases.
- Bake for around 15-18 minutes, take out of the oven when golden and springy on touch.
- Leave to cool.
Buttercream icing method:
- Cream the sugar and butter together, until light and creamy.
- Add in the warm melted chocolate.
- If you have a piping bag, pipe the icing on the top of cakes for decoration (otherwise gently use a teaspoon or small spatula to ice).
Royal icing method:
- Roll icing out and cut into circular disks.
- Lay the disc over the cupcake and mold to required shape.
Note: To convert to ounces, multiply by .035. Thirty milliliters equals 1 fluid ounce.
More recipes released amid COVID-19 outbreak
- Multiple companies have released recipes as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. For example, Disney has released recipes for the Churro Bites, the “frozen pineapple treat” that is like a Dole Whip, the Toy Story Land grilled cheese and some banana peanut butter French toast.
- McDonald’s released the recipe for the McMuffin, and DoubleTree released the recipe for its famous chocolate chip cookies. Most recently, IKEA dropped the recipe for the Swedish meatballs.