Lucy's Homemade Cupcakes

14/05/2020

Hi cupcakes!

I hope you’re all keeping well? 🍰❤️

Whilst I’m not taking on orders, I thought I would share a lil idea for a treat you can all make from home 🍫

🍫Gooey chocolate mug cake with melt in the middle Nutella and chocolate frosting🍫
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~I had to convert and alter an American recipe slightly but will post converted recipe below~
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INGREDIENTS
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~for the cake~
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🍫 Plain flour- 33g
🍫 Granulated sugar- 2 Tbsp
🍫 Cocoa powder- 2 Tbsp
🍫 Baking Powder- 1/4 Tsp
🍫 Salt- a generous pinch
🍫 Vegetable oil- 2 Tbsp
🍫 Milk- 65ml
🍫 Spoonful of Nutella
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~for the buttercream~
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🍫 Cocoa powder- 1 Tbsp
🍫 Icing sugar- 3 Tbsp
🍫 Soft butter- 1 Tbsp
🍫 Milk- to required consistency
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~optional~
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🍫 M&M’s, chocolate chips, peanut butter to drizzle etc
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METHOD
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1- In a large mug (to allow rise) add all the dry ingredients and mix with a fork.
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2- Add in the wet ingredients in and mix until smooth.
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3- In a separate mug/ramekin, mix the icing sugar and cocoa powder with a spoon, then cream in the butter and milk (if required)- set to one side.
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4- Put a dollop of Nutella on top of the cake mix in the mug- don’t push down or mix in as it will sink during cooking. (or sprinkle chocolate chips/ leave plain if you want plain chocolate cake)
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5- place mug in microwave on a piece of kitchen roll (in case of any spillages) on FULL power for 75 seconds (may require up to 90 seconds).
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6- spoon on chocolate butte cream and sprinkle with any toppings of your choice and enjoy warm ❤️
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It had very positive reviews and from initial cake request to my step-dads tummy was no longer than 4 minutes- a super easy one for the kiddos to help with or a quick treat for you!
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Happy caking 🍰🍫

~Lulu xo

29/08/2019

Hello you cutie patootie cupcakes who came here for the baked goods.

To bring your cake quota up- here is my birthday cake made earlier in the year.

Similarly to proving dough, I too have had some growing of my own to do.

I will be back to posting pictures of cakes and creations again when I am ready and able to, and would also like to thank you for your ongoing patience during my long hiatus.

If you wish to keep updated, or learn more about what’s going on and my journey,

Feel free to follow.

FACEBOOK: Lucy’s Blooming Life
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I hope to welcome some of you there.

Love as always,

Lucy 🍰🌻🐝

“Today, it is chocolate for snack.” says the nurse, somewhat reassuringly.
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“Today, I’m going to make sure I’m even more unkind than usual.” says the unkind mind, smugly.
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“Today, I’m going to feel the fear but do it anyway.” says the timid, terrified Lucy.
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🍰🌻 This is my birthday cake. 🌻🍰
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I designed it...I baked it...but I never ate it.
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I have spent so much of my life baking cakes, sweet treats and confectionary for others- everything and anything you could possibly imagine and I never once said “no” to a soul.
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This was because I could always see the joy it brought others whenever a captured idea would become a tasty reality.
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The smile on a child’s face, the happy tears of a bride, the surprise of a grandmother as they express “we had nothing like this back in our day!”
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But I never felt the joy myself. For my mind would not to allow it to myself or would feel such intense remorse and guilt which would oven lead to compensatory behaviours.
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I have always felt safe around cake when I pick up a spatula but never when I pick up a piece and bring it to my mouth.
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But I know people enjoy it.
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I know that I can open up the possibilities of enjoying it too, if only I could be gentler to my mind.
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Chocolate is no different- Cadbury, Lindt and such would not be so easily accessible if people didn’t want to purchase them and enjoy them.
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My aim for today is not to enjoy the chocolate, for I am scared out of my wits.
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But it is to eat the chocolate regardless and to live in hope that one day I will choose it because I can proudly say “I want to choose and enjoy this.”
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Everything is good in moderation.
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Even fear.
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Even chocolate.
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3.30pm to the second...snack time.
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Here goes...
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~Lucy 🌻

29/09/2017

Hello lovely lot.

Sorry for my lack of posting- this year has had a few unexpected blips which have meant I've had to put baking on hold. BUT I'm hoping to be back in action for the new year, and have been working on an exciting project I will reveal when I'm back 🎂🍰

With love,
Lucy 💕

PS: it's national coffee day, so thought I'd share an old pic of some coffee mocha cupcakes ☕️

21/05/2017

Proud of this one- 9 layers/three tiers of lemon Madeira cake sandwiched with sharp lemon curd buttercream 🍋🎂 congratulations to the beautiful bride and groom 💍👰🏼🎩🎂 that's me done for a while, I will be back before you know it- hopefully with some exciting news ❤️

21/05/2017

🌹❤️

21/05/2017

Individually glueing edible pearls onto a cake 🎂

21/05/2017

Vanilla, Eton mess, jammy dodger, coconut and jam, chocolate fudge and carrot cupcakes 🍰🍰🍰🍰

21/05/2017

Eton mess cupcakes- strawberry cupcakes, jam core, strawberry frosting and meringue 🍰🍓

21/05/2017

Carrot cake with a cream cheese frosting 🥕🍰

21/05/2017

Coconut and jam cupcakes; coconut cake and frosting with a jam core 🍓🍰

21/05/2017

Chocolate fudge roses 🍫🍰🌹