Lessons in cooking - Cupcake (Tutti Frutti)

So having a lot of time on my hands this weekend I have managed to expend time on the following activities

1.Free Multiplayer Weekend to play Halo -

    I don't buy Xbox Gold or else I will do nothing useful in life.

2. I made Tutti frutti cupcakes and cakes - both of which weren't awesome. 

While Sharmi's passion might have been butterless eggless cupcakes, I didn't mind either of those ingredients. However, in our family our recipes are driven by a single unusual ingredient at home which happened to be Tutti Frutti. This has been at home for the past 1 year. It even survived an apartment move. Tutti Frutti in Italian means "All Fruits" which of course commercially translates to only candied Papaya with preservatives. It was the title of a famous song that has lyrics such as

"Tutti Frutti, good booty

If it don't fit, don't force it

You can grease it, make it easy"

Sharmi is wrong on the quantity of sugar. We need at least 1.5 times more than what is stated in her recipe. This is what I did and works OK.

Final outcome after 1 day of consumption. Said recipe is enough for 6

Mix 1:

Maida - 3/4 cup
Baking Powder - 1/2 tsp
Tutti Frutti - 1/4 cup
Salt - a tiny pinch

Mix 2:

Sugar - 1/3 cup Sugar - 2/3 cup
Oil - 1/8 cup + 1 tbsp
Vanilla Essense - 1/2 tsp
Water - 1/4 cup

Mix 3:

Thick Curd - 1/4 cup
Vinegar - 1/2 tbspVinegar - 1/4 tbsp
Baking Soda - 1/4 tspBaking Soda - 1/8 tsp

While the consistency was good, the taste was that of regular white bread. So much for that - it at least looks tempting.

Well the cake was a different affair. More on that later.