Pakistan's Independence Day : Bake a Hidden Star in a Cupcake

Bake a Hidden Star in a Cupcake ... Don't judge from the outside, beauty lies within!

I came across this recipe a few months ago. The original recipe makes a very large batch, so I used my favorite cupcakes recipe to make a small batch. And the result was great for a first attempt. Please pardon my poor frosting skills, I rarely do frosting on baked goods :)

They look a bit difficult to make, but they're quite simple. You can use your favorite recipe for cupcakes and butter-cream. Use this technique with any shape you like, make sure it is small enough to fit inside a cupcake. So if you want to impress your family and friends, make these and let them wonder how you did it :)

Bake a Hidden Star in a Cupcake

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Source : Bake it in a cake

Ingredients :

For Cupcakes :

• 4 oz.  butter, softened
• 4 oz.  castor sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 tsp.  vanilla essence
• 4 oz.  plain flour
• 1 tsp.  baking powder
• 1 - 2 tbsp.  milk, as required
• Green food color

For Butter-cream  :

• 1/8 cup unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
• 1 cup icing sugar, or more if required
• 1/4 tsp.  vanilla extract
• 1 tbsp.  milk
• Few drops food color

Method :

For Cupcakes :

• Preheat the oven to 180 C.
• Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl until light and creamy.
• Add the eggs, one at a time and beat well after each addition.
• Add the vanilla essence and beat again.
• Sieve in the flour and baking powder. Gently fold in or beat on low speed until well combined.
• Add milk, if the mixture is very thick & mix well.
• Pour enough batter for two cupcakes in a small bowl. Add food color to get your desired color. Cover the remaining batter and leave aside.
• Fill two cupcake liners with this batter. Bake at 180 C until it is done and firm enough to cut.
• Remove from the oven, allow to cool completely.
• Remove the liner and slice each cupcake horizontally to create three layers.
• Use a small star-shaped cookie cutter to cut out cake stars that are small enough to fit into cupcake liners.
• Using a marker or a pencil, make a small dot on the outside of the cupcake liners, then place them in your cupcake pan. 
• Spoon a heaped tablespoon of the plain batter into paper lined cupcake tins. 
• Put one star into each tin and press it point down into the batter. (Keep all the stars facing towards the dot you drew on the cupcake paper, so you remember which way the star is facing after the cupcakes are baked.)

• Spoon another spoonful on either side of the star. Cover with another heaping teaspoon of batter so the star is completely covered and bake until the cupcakes have turned golden brown.
• Allow the cupcakes to cool completely before frosting. Then top with your favorite butter-cream or icing.

For Butter-cream  :

• Beat the butter in a large bowl until soft. Gradually add icing sugar and continue beating until fluffy.
• Add vanilla and milk; beat the mixture until creamy and smooth.
• Stir in the food coloring, if using until well combined.
• If the mixture is too thick, add a little more milk. If it is too thin, add more Icing sugar.

Notes :

• Do not use microwave to soften butter for butter-cream as this will make your butter-cream runny and grainy like mine :(
• You’ll have to keep the cupcakes facing forward, so you get the right cross-section of the star when you cut or bite into the cupcake ( to get the full star effect ). That’s where the little dot on the cupcake paper comes in handy. After frosting, put decorations on them that can also face forward. This will help you to cut the cupcake in right order to see the star shape inside ( if you cut the star in the wrong direction, you just get a rectangle shape ). 
• Serve these with one cupcake cut in half, so they know what lies inside these cupcakes. 

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Happy Pakistan's Independence Day
Wishing a very happy Independence Day to Pakistanis all around the world. May this year ahead bring peace and prosperity to all!

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