Bibliography/Reference

http://www.cupcakerecipes.com/easyrecipe.htm - this was accessed 8th june, for future reference.

New Recipe/Method

Last time i made my first batch of cupcakes, i failed miserbly :

1. the muffins were burnt as heck

2. they were not edible, tasted like bread crust

3. one side was WAAAY higher than the other side

so today im going to use a new recipe and i won't half the ingredient amounts so this time if i screw up then i waste a lot of ingredients.

i will be using this recipe : http://www.cupcakerecipes.com/easyrecipe.htm

but instead of using shortening i will be using butter because basically thats what shortening is anyway. i will use 100grams/150 grams.

for the diff amounts of baking/bicarb soda, i will use ; 3 teaspoons, 1 teaspoon, none and 5 teaspoons.

Failed Experiment

The first experiment failed because i tried to put too less of muffin mixture4 into the muffin tins and they all turned out to be weirdoed and wonky. also they tasted gross and they were inedible and the baking time was too long so i will retry the whole experiment again. i will have to do it another 4 times minimum. damnittttttt.

edit#1

i lost the results t

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his experiment but i will add the pictures here.

pictures:

Final Method

Materials & Equipment

• electric beater
• cupcake mold
• sifter
• flour (1 cup)
• sugar (3 tablespoons)
• bicarbonate soda
• salt (1/4 teaspoon)
• eggs (1 egg)
• milk (1/2 cup)
• butter (55 grams)

1. Prepare all the ingredients for the first experiment, 1 cup of flour, 3 tablespoons of sugar, 1/2 tablespoon of baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, 1 egg, 1/2 cup of milk and 55 grams of butter.

2. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius. Sift the flour, bicarbonate soda, sugar and salt and mix together in a bowl.

3. Beat the eggs and mix with the milk and butter until even.

4. Put the flour, bicarbonate soda, sugar, salt, egg, milk and butter together in a bowl and beat with an electric beater for 3 minutes exactly.

5. Put the mix into 12 cupcake molds and bake in the oven for exactly 20 minutes.

6. When the 20 minutes is over, take the tray out of the oven and let it cool for 10 minutes.

7. Measure the height of the muffins and record

8. Repeat the experiment, except change the amount of bicarbonate soda to 3/4 of a tablespoon, 1 table spoon and 1 1/2 tablespoons.

Climate Graph

My Climate Graph thats due:

Method

I'm going to repeat my experiment about 3/4/5 times, each time with a different amount of bi carbonate soda.

I can't do all the diff levels of bi carb soda in one day because when mixing the batters, the amount of bi carb soda cannot be controlled as there could be extra amounts of bi carb soda on the equipment used for the different batches, so to be able to control the amount of bi carb soda I'm going to bake it at totally different times. The only error is that the temperature/humidity during the time i make it could change and affect the results.

so the method is so far:

1. get all the ingredients and equipment prepared for the experiment

2. bake the muffins using the recipe, don't change anything yet

3. bake for _____ amount of time
4. take the muffins out and leave to cool for 10 minutes

5. measure the height of muffins and record

6. repeat the experiment but change step 2 and change the amount of bicarbonate soda

annoying internet

the recipe that i found on the internet that i was gonna use is know gone away somewhere the page is not working or something

i have to find a new recipe

yay me

update 1:

found another website with recipe

http://dinnercoop.cs.cmu.edu/dinnercoop/Recipes/jody/Muffins.html

and another

http://dinnercoop.cs.cmu.edu/dinnercoop/Recipes/jody/Muffins.html