Saturday 21 October 2017

Recipe Post 2017 N0.20-Little Fig and Almond Cupcakes

Salutations, collègues boulangers!

Another day, another recipe post! As you're fully aware, the days have grown somewhat colder, the daytime has swiftly switched to darkened evenings and Christmas is growing nearer and nearer,by the hour. I surmise this recipe as my way of saying "Bring on the cold,longer evenings, and blustery windy days. Bring on the snug blankets, knitted scarves and mitten gloves. Bring it on,it's fine by me!😁".

To concoct this rather simple cupcake recipe, you'll need:

175g of self-raising flour

175g of butter,softened

130g of golden caster sugar

170g of ground almonds

1tbsp of rosewater

3 large eggs

5 ripe figs

a handful of flaked almonds

*OPTIONAL* Piped icing recipe:

140g of softened butter

2801g of icing sugar

1-2tbsp of milk


Method:
Pre-heat the oven to 180℃/160℃/Gas Mark 4. Line a 10-hole muffin tin with muffin cases. Tip the flour,butter,caster sugar,ground almonds,rose water and eggs and mixed until completely combined.

Divide the batter between the muffin,halving the figs through their stalks and finely slicing each half. "Fan" a slices fig half over each and press down gently.


Scatter flaked almonds across the cake. Bake for 40 minutes until the cakes are puffed up and golden.

Remove from the tin and leave to cool on a wire rack.


In the meantime, make the buttercream icing. Firstly,beat the butter in a large bowl until soft. Incorporate half of the icing sugar,beating once again until smooth.


Add in the remaining icing sugar plus one tablespoon of milk. Beat the mix until creamy and smooth. Beat in the vanilla and milk,to loosen the mixture.


And volia!


Snapshots 


       
Fresh from the oven

         

Prior to this post ending:

Quote of the month:


















Autumn craft ideas:





Books I'm currently reading:


Throne of Glass- Sarah J.Maas                                    Love Hurts -Malorie Blackman

                                 
 Random photo because I feel it's so beautiful!!













Γ€ plus tard!
#sweetreats xxx

14 comments:

  1. These sound really tasty! I also like the quote of the month :)

    http://pinksmartiesblog.blogspot.co.uk/

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    1. Cheers!😊😘 I'm glad you favor a feature where I like to express my personality. When maintaining a baking blog, I feel you don't exactly get to see the individuality of the blogger so thanks for your comment.

      #sweetreats xx

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  2. Right, so, I just might salivate! xx I absolute love a good cupcake and the combination of fig and almond sounds as if it would be stunning. Unfortunately, your girl happens to be incredibly allergic to almonds, so I might have to leave those bad boys out when making this! xx The addition of rosewater is such an interesting concept to explore - I've never put it into a mixture before! Amazing and delicious recipe as usual hun! xx
    Marina xx
    http://marinawriteslife.blogspot.fr/

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    1. Thank you so much. I haven't actually baked cupcakes in so long and I was beginning to miss it. And that's when these come in. It's a rather fabulous recipe. Marina, it's super easy to make. It requires no technical skill or really any time. I'd recommend you making this. I concur when you say this is an amazing and delicious recipe because it genuinely is. 😊😘

      #sweetreats xxx

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  3. Yummmyyy!!! That sounds delicious!! Waiting for the pictures! :) Hope you are having a great day! <3
    xx
    Shivangi
    www.outoncatwalk.com

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    1. Hey! First of, thanks SO MUCH for your compliments-I thoroughly appreciate it.😊😘 My pictures will be uploaded shortly. I'm having difficulties with uploading photos at the moment but hopefully I can find a way to get them up there.

      #sweetreats xxx

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  4. Oooh wow! This looks amazing. I need to try this recipe!

    X Merel
    www.andathousandwords.com

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    1. Thank you.πŸ˜ƒπŸ˜˜ It's super easy to bake which is a plus.πŸ˜ƒ

      #sweetreats xxx

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    1. Thank you so much, Suvarna!πŸ˜ƒπŸ˜˜

      #sweetreats xx

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  6. These are all so cute and autumnal, I would love to try making those cakes! Thank you so much for your lovely comments on my blog, they are sweet as pie! :D xx

    elizabeth ♡ ”Ice Cream” whispers Clara

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    1. No problem! Your blog is so sweet, who can resist!πŸ˜ƒπŸ˜˜ And thank you so much,they were quite cute from the recipe photo.πŸ˜ƒπŸ˜˜

      #sweetreats xx

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  7. These look so yummy!! Thanks for sharing.

    http://missymayification.blogspot.co.uk

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    1. Thank you so much! And no problem. πŸ˜ƒπŸ˜˜

      #sweetreats xx

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