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How to make the ultimate Cupcake Grazing Board

This Cupcake Grazing Board should be on your list to do if you are into baking and want to do something spectacular for special occasions. This cupcake platter here has six different kinds of cupcakes - a sweet lover's dream! Here in this post I will tell you how to make your PERFECT platter along with the recipes for all the six varieties of cupcakes I have used here to make my own sweet Cupcake Grazing Board.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Dessert Recipes, Grazing Board Ideas, Party Food
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings 18 Cupcakes
Calories 190kcal
Author Priyanka

Equipment

  • Mixing Bowl
  • Electric Hand Beater
  • Convection Microwave Oven
  • Baking Tray
  • Measuring Cups & Spoons
  • Cupcake Tray
  • Cupcake Liners

Ingredients

To make the base cupcake batter

  • 1 cup All Purpose Flour With 2 tbsp of it replaced with equal amount of Cornflour
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1/3 cup Refined Oil
  • 1/3 cup Granulated Sugar
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • ¼ cup Milk

Cupcake Flavours

  • ½ tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 2 tbsp Cocoa Powder
  • 2 tbsp Chopped Walnuts
  • 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
  • 1 tsp Lemon Zest
  • ½ tsp Lavender Extract
  • 4 Oreo Cookies
  • 2 tbsp Dark Chocolate Chunks
  • 2 tsp Funfetti Sprinkles

For Buttercream Frosting

  • 4 tbsp Butter
  • 2 tbsp Granulated Sugar
  • 1 tsp Fresh Cream

Instructions

To make the base cupcake batter

  • Take a bowl and mix all the dry ingredients together. Sieve them through and keep them aside.
  • Now, in another bowl, whisk the eggs with a pinch of salt, till light and almost 2 times in its volume.
  • Add oil to the eggs and whisk them vigorously till light and airy.
  • Now, add the dry ingredients in three parts, alternating with milk and mix gently. Once you see that the dry ingredients have incorporated nicely, stop mixing.

To make the cupcakes

  • Line your cupcake tray with liners. Pre-heat the oven at 180c
  • Now, divide the batter into 6 equal portions. Add different favours into each of these portions.
    For Classic Vanilla Cupcake, add 1/4 tsp Vanilla Extract and mix. Divide the batter into the cupcake liners. You should get 3 out of each portion.
    For Birthday Funfetti Cupcake, add 1/4 tsp Vanilla Extract and the Sprinkles. Keep some aside for the topping. Divide the batter into the cupcake liners
    For Double Chocolate Cupcake, add 1 tbsp of Cocoa Powder, chopped Dark Chocolate and a little bit of milk to loosen the batter. Fill the cupcake liners.
    For ChocoWalnut Cupcake, add rest of the Cocoa Powder and chopped Walnuts along with some milk. Mix and divide into cupcake liners.
    For Cookie & Cream Cupcake, coarsely chop the Oreo cookies and mix it into the batter. Pour into cupcake liners.
    For Lavender Lime Cupcake, add the Lavender extract, lemon juice and lemon zest into the batter. Mix and divide into the cupcake liners
  • Bake the cupcakes at 180c for 35-40 minutes if you are baking these together. Otherwise, if you are batch baking then reduce the time to 20 minutes. Check if done, otherwise continue baking for another couple of minutes till done. Check with a toothpick inserted in the centre for doneness.
  • Take them out and allow them to cool first before frosting.

To make the Frosting

  • Take the chilled Butter in a bowl and whisk it till it becomes pale. Add the granulated sugar gradually and whisk till it becomes completely dissolved. It should take somewhere between 4-5 minutes.
  • Add the chilled cream and whisk till it gets a spreadable consistency.
  • Use this to frost the cupcakes and then decorate them with the ingredients before serving.