Ingredients

Flour

Cake flour is a low gluten flour with a smooth texture and pure white color. Cake flour was designed for cakes and other delicate baked goods requiring a flour with low gluten content.

All-purpose flour, available in any supermarket is used in kitchens around the world to create cupcakes. Slightly weaker than bread flour, all-purpose flour does not have the same high rising qualities as bread flour, and is good for making many cupcakes.

Sugar

White sugar, and confectioner's sugar are the ingredients used every day to make cupcakes.

White sugar adds flavor and sweetness, they give cupcake exteriors a nice crust, and they act as creaming and foaming agents.

Confectioner's sugar is primarily used in frostings. Finely ground granulated sugar is combined with conrstarch, resulting in a sugar that dissolves easily in liquid and thickens nicely.

Fat

The addition of fats like butter, margarine or shortening are to add flavor, moistness, richness, and assiist in the leavening process. Fat helps to tenderize the upcake and soften its overall texture.

Milk

Whole milk is expected when a recipe calls for milk. Whole milk being 90% water, is essential in the development of gluten, a key component in batters rising and craeting a cake like texture. Milk contributes to the cupcakes flavor and texture and the crusts color.

Other milk products such as buttermilk, heavy cream , half-and-half and whipping cream play important roles in the making of cupcakes

Eggs

Eggs act as a binder and add proteins necessary to the baking process. Unless specified in your recipe, choose fresh, large eggs.

Chocolate and Cocoa

Dry cocoa powder, dutch process cocoa, baking chocolate, and chocolate chips are used to flavor batters and frostings for the most
popular cupcake flavor in the world.

Vanilla

Vanilla is an important ingredient found in many more recipes than just vanilla cupcakes. Vanilla adds brightness and flavor to batters, and is a key ingredient in many frostings. Available in several forms, the higher quality fresh vanill a bean and pure vanilla extract are the best choices.