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Wonders never cease! Bakery publishes recipe for cupcake from Sex and the City

18.1.2021

Translation: Veronica Bielawski

«Sex and the City» is back. And, right on time for the series reboot featuring three of the four original actresses, a bakery has released the recipe for the original Carrie cupcakes. Plus: drama between Kim Cattrall and Sarah Jessica Parker.

New York, Bleecker Street, Magnolia Bakery, 9 July 2000: Carrie and Miranda are sitting outside the bakery discussing the aesthetic merits of Carrie’s crush, Aidan. As they fathom the profound mystery of Aidan – Carrie believes him to be «very cute» – they eat a cupcake.

And now, 7499 days later, we know exactly what Carrie, played by Sarah Jessica Parker (side note: best acting ever), was eating when she realised that she had a crush on Aidan.

Magnolia Bakery has published the recipe. Carrie’s chomping a «Vanilla Cupcake with Pink Pastel Vanilla Buttercream», the bakery informs the online magazine Insider. There’s even a marzipan flower on top of the cupcake, the bakery admits.

Fortunately, we only had to wait 7499 days for this. Just like for the reboot of the show.

The Carrie Cupcake: make it yourself

The mythical cupcake that once established the relationship between Aidan and Carrie is easy to make. The legendary pastry, like any cupcake, is made of two components: the cake base and the frosting.

But we're more ravenous than the Manolo Blahnik-wearing archetype of a generation that likes to express its female independence in the form of screeching and materialism. So, we're making not one cupcake, but 24. That way, you should be all set for the reboot launch party.

You’ll find a shopping list at the very bottom of the article.

The cake base tastes like vanilla

Here’s what you need for the cupcake batter:

603 g white flour
13.67 g baking powder
1.95 g baking soda
3.9 g salt
240 ml whole milk
120 ml sour cream
226 g butter, unsalted, room temperature
187.5 g sugar
13.67 g vanilla extract
4 egg whites

Once you’ve got over the shock of the ingredient list converted from U.S. units of measurement, you're ready to go:

Preheat oven to 167.225 degrees Celsius.
Place cupcake paper liner thingies in 24 cupcake baking cups.
Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl and set aside.
In a second bowl, whisk together the milk and sour cream until no lumps remain.
Beat the butter, sugar, and vanilla extract in a kitchen machine (for example, the KitchenAid) with the flat paddle attachment on medium speed until the mixture is light and fluffy. This should take about three to five minutes. Make sure you mix in any deposits around the edge of the bowl as well.
On medium speed, slowly add in the egg whites and blend until uniform. Make sure you mix in any deposits around the edge of the bowl as well.
On slow speed, slowly add in the flour mixture. Then add the milk mixture. Mix until a uniform mass is formed.
Divide the batter among the 24 cupcake moulds.
Bake for 20 to 22 minutes

The frosting... also tastes of vanilla

Now that we have our cupcakes, we still need what actually makes the cupcake a cupcake. Namely, the frosting. This buttercream frosting is supposed to be creamy and sweet.

226 g butter, unsalted, room temperature
1 tsp vanilla extract
402 g powdered sugar
3 to 4 tbsp whole milk
Pink food colouring
Marzipan flowers

Here's how to make it:

Using an electric mixer, beat the butter in a bowl until creamy. This should take 3 to 4 minutes.
Add vanilla extract and mix for one minute.
Scrape off any residue on the bottom and sides of the bowl and stir in.
With the mixer on low, slowly add in the powdered sugar.
Once you’ve added about three quarters of the sugar, the mixture will become thicker and less wet.
Add the milk. Be careful: start with less milk rather than just emptying all the milk into the bowl. The rule is: as much as necessary, as little as possible. The goal is to end up with a stiff cream.
Mix for another 1 to 2 minutes.
Add the food colouring.
Stir.
Spread the frosting on the 24 cupcakes using a piping bag.

Serve, enjoy, and please don't start screeching with your mouth full.

«Sex and the City» is back

Magnolia Bakery ships to all states in the U.S., but not overseas. That means you must make the cupcakes yourself. Yes, must. Because it's time to get those dusty Manolo Blahniks out of your shoe cabinet again, invite your girlfriends over and screech materialistically together with Carrie, Miranda and Co.

Yup, «Sex and the City» is back.

Here are two men talking about the show.

Little is yet known about the series. But we do know that three of the four main actresses are reprising their roles. According to Good Morning America, the series will have to do without Kim Cattrall. Apparently, the actress, who plays Samantha in the series, has fallen out with Sarah Jessica Parker aka Carrie.

Ten episodes will be released on the streaming service HBOMax. The story follows up on the lives of the three women, who are now no longer in their shoppin’ 30s, but in their 50s.

We’ve all grown old.

Let's eat some cupcakes.

Indulge in materialism and buy stuff you need for this thing here

«Sex and the City» just wouldn’t be complete without a shopping spree. So buy all this and you'll be set.

Buy these DVDs whether you still have a DVD player or not

Buy this baking stuff that you’ll hopefully use more than once

Kitchen machines

KitchenAid Jubi-Set KSM200 Swiss-Edition

300 W

Hand mixer

CHF46.70

Bosch Hausgeräte Mfq40302

500 W

Piping bags

CHF18.60

Kaiser Profi Set Perfect

Piping bag set, 500 ml

Cake molds

Birkmann Paper baking cups

Cake molds

Kitchen Craft Baking tin

Flour

Quantity discount

CHF5.20 per piece for 4 units CHF5.20/1kg

Schär Flour

1000 g

Sugar + Sweeteners

Quantity discount

CHF5.30 per piece for 2 units CHF5.30/1kg

Neutral Fine crystal sugar

1000 g

Baking ingredients

Decocino Vanilla extract bourbon

20 g

Baking ingredients

Quantity discount

CHF2.30 per piece for 4 units CHF109.53/1kg

Pural Reinweinstein

21 g

Spices + Salt

CHF2.90 CHF5.80/1kg

Schweizer Salinen JuraSel

500 g

Milk + Cream

CHF4.30 CHF2.86/1l

Prima Whole milk UHT

1 x 150 cl

Food colouring

CHF7.90 CHF790.–/1l

Patis-Color Food colouring

10 ml

Powdered sugar
Baking soda
Sour cream
Butter
Eggs
Sugar or marzipan flowers

Buy this stuff to be totally in on it

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Manolo Blahnik - Obsession and passion

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