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It's probably why this recipe asks only for 1/2 tsp baking powder, rather than 1-2 tsp baking powder and/or baking soda. A better beginner's recipe should probably ask for all-purpose flour and baking powder, though. Also, milk and vanilla extract are pretty basic ingredients for most baking recipes,
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Clearly these little cakes are delicious, but do they have enough in common with the muffin to be considered one? If this arguement can be made, then could one state that a cake is also a loaf of bread? A serious debate has been raised on this topic and I was hoping to get a third party evaluation.
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I was just meaning that the very simplest recipe that pretty much defines most cupcakes/fairy cakes would be 2 eggs, 100g self-raising flour (why use plain flour and raising agent?), 100g caster sugar, 100g butter/margarine/vegetable shortening. Milk and vanilla extract may make a better cake, but
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Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? I doubt that any person who has ever wanted information on cupcakes has wanted or needed to know that, and Knowledge should be more about useful
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Why does this recipe call for both self-raising flour AND baking powder? The point of self-raising flour is that you don't need a raising agent. And personally I think it's complicating it, adding the milk and vanilla extract, although it likely makes it work
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