Plain Butter Cupcake

Back to basic making a plain buttery cupcake. Although is plain but it bring out the natural flavour.

I had mention before that I wish the cupcake / muffin bake out with a mushroom shape and I try searching in google for the recipe and yet I can't find any. But this time I manage to bake out a batch of mushroom shape cupcake. I'm so thrill when I saw the cupcake form a mushroom shape during the baking process.

There is a trick to make that. I will elaborate more on the method step below. I wish to make the cupcake with a more obvious mushroom shape, shall try it again next time making other flavour.

This recipe yield 6 cupcake. Just nice for my 6 muffin tin which I don't need to bake a second batch. The cupcake give a fluffy buttery taste and sweetness just right. My family give a thump up for this.

Ingredients:

• 100gm unsalted butter
• 90gm Sugar
• 2 eggs
• 100gm cake flour (sift)
• 5gm baking powder
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Method:

1. Preheat the oven at 180°C.
2. In a bowl, using a hand whisk and beat the butter until creamy stage.
3. Add in the sugar bit by bit and mix. (Divide into 3-4 times adding in the sugar)
4. Add in the eggs bit by bit and mix. (Divide into 3-4 times adding in the eggs)
5. Add in the vanilla extract.
6. Add in the sieve flour and baking powder and using a spatula to mix.
7. Mix until the batter become smooth.
8. Prepare the muffin tin, pour in the batter until it reach the top pan. Using a spatula or knife to spread the surface of the batter even. 
9. Bake it for 15-20 min,  or until insert a toothpick in and come out clean.

香腸与蘑菇咸蛋糕 aka Sausage with Mushroom Savoury Cake

This is different from the usual sweet pound cake we see. I bought a book name call 美味滿點的法式鹹蛋糕。This book is all about savoury recipe cake, I find it special which we don't usually get to see it.

In French, this cake is name as Cake Sale which mean Savoury Cake. 法文 salé 是咸味的意思。cake salé 意即因为咸蛋糕。The different in the ingredient are replaced with cheese over sugar, meat or fish over fruits or chocolate. Is not a necessary to bake the cake in a loaf pan, it can be bake in a muffin pan too.

Ingredient:

• 6 pieces mini sausage (Cut into slices)
• 4 to 5 pieces button mushroom (Cut into slices)
• 20gm of tomato sauce 
• 1/2 tbsp olive oil 
• 100gm cake flour
• 3gm baking powder
• A pinch of garlic powder (I omitted this)
• A pinch of salt
• 2 eggs
• 100ml milk
• 40gm parmesan cheese
• 25gm mayonnaise
• 60gm cottage cheese

Method:

1. Prepare a loaf pan by brushing the butter around the pan, dust with flour and invert the pan, tapping out any excess flour. Preheat the oven at 180°C.
2. On the stove, pan fry the sausage and mushroom with the olive oil and add in the tomato sauce. Set aside.
3. Sift the flour, baking powder, garlic powder and salt into a large bowl, add in egg together and whisk. Follow by the milk and mix together.
4. Add in the parmesan cheese and mayonnaise together and mix until incorporated. 
5. Pour the batter into the prepare pan, add in the pre-cook sausage, mushroom on the top of the batter evenly. Lastly top the cotton cheese evenly on the surface of the pan. 
6. Bake it for 30 to 40 minutes at 180°C. Cool on wire rack completely before removing the cake out of the mould.