Let’s cook a delicious Anime Cupcake?

Originally named “Fairy Cakes” are becoming more popular every day. Mainly the ones that have a “unique style”. They are famous on series and American and English movies. In Brazil, this “little cake” is making part of some family’s income. If you want to invest in cupcakes brand or just make to have fun, continue reading this post on our blog!

First of all, you’re going to need some ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons of chocolate powder without sugar
• 1 tablespoon of water
• 1 ½ teacup of sugar
• 5 tablespoons of unsalted butter
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons of vanilla
• 2 teacups of flour
• 1 tablespoon of baking powder
• 1 teacup of milk

Now, let’s see the preparation mode:

1. Preheat the oven to moderate (180º C/356º F);
2. Grease the cupcake pans very well;
3. Mix the chocolate powder and the water until it becomes a paste. Reserve it;
4. Mix the sugar and the butter until it becomes a cream. Then, add the eggs to the cream and finally the vanilla;
5. Add the flour and the baking powder gradually. Beat them until smooth;
6. Separate the cake batter in two bowls and in one of the bowls mix the reserved chocolate.
7. Pour the two types of the cake batter in the cupcake pans, but don’t fill them completely because the cake baker will grow;
8. Finally, bake them for 20 to 25 minutes or until passing the toothpick test. Let the cupcakes cool and then you can cover them with your favorite anime.

Ideas to decorate your Anime Cupcake:

To cover your Anime Cupcake, you can use fondant with different colors, so you can create the character you want or you can use some small dolls of your favorite character.

VOCABULARY

Tablespoons – colheres de sopa

Chocolate powder – achocolatado em pó

Teacup – xícara de chá

Unsalted butter – manteiga sem sal

Vanilla – baunilha

Flour – farinha de trigo

Baking poder – fermento químico em pó

Preheat – pré-aquecer

Grease – untar

Pans – formas (de bolo, cupcake)

Mix – misturar

Beat – bater

Smooth – ficar homogêneo

Cake batter – massa

Bowls – tigelas

Pour – colocar

Fill – encher

Grow – Crescer

Bake – assar

Toothpick test – teste do palito

Cool – esfriar

Cover – cobrir / fazer a cobertura

Fondant – pasta americana

Recipe – receita

Fairy Cake – bolo de fada

Bakery – padaria

Curiosities about Cupcakes

• Cupcakes were made to serve just 1 person;
• The first cupcakes recipes were found in the eighteenth century;
• In England, cupcakes are called “Fairy Cakes” because of their size;
• They have this name because of the first ones were made in cups, glasses, mugs and even in small vases;
• The most expensive cupcake cost $150.000,00 because it was decorated with diamonds;
• The smaller cupcake of the World was 3 centimeters high. Maybe it was for someone who was going on a diet…
• In England, there is the “National Cupcake Week”;
• The faster cupcakes eater in the World, ate 29 cupcakes in 30 seconds;
• The first bakery that became famous because of its cupcakes was “Magnolia Bakery” in New York, when it had an appearance on the series “Sexy and the City”.

Knowing almost everything about cupcakes, now tell me… What’s your favorite cupcake flavor?

And to finish, a tip for all of our readers:

Cupcakes matches with coffee, tea, parties, children and mainly with love! ♥

Post escrito por Michelli Cabral, Coordenadora de Idiomas na Evolutime Unidade Diadema.