With our Managing Director, Capucine de Vallée and Charter Director, Mimi Andain at the 2012 Antigua yacht show, inspecting the finest boats in the market, they told us about LADY ALLIAURA, a Privilege 75 Catamaran which they ranked as one of their top 3 favourite catamarans from Day 1 of the show. They were very complimentary about the food that they were served on board, made by LADY ALLIAURA’s Italian chef; this included home-made bread and cupcakes, and the latter made us start thinking creatively…Boating Baking!
Cupcakes are fast becoming a great power in the culinary world; it makes sense that the luxury yachts are going to start serving them on board. If you’re looking to charter a yacht as part of a celebration, whether a birthday, anniversary or wedding, being able to serve mini celebration cakes on board is fantastic! So, to get the process started,
we have had a look around for nautical and yacht themed baking treats.
So, if you’re looking to charter a luxury yacht with us and want something to get you excited, here is a simple recipe to make cupcakes:
- 100g caster sugar
- 100g unsalted butter
- 100g self raising flour
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C, line a cupcake tray with cases
- Cream the caster sugar and butter, until light and fluffy.
- Whisk the eggs in a separate bowl, then add gradually to sugar and butter, making sure they are mixed in well
- Fold in the flour
- Divide between the cupcake cases.
Bake in the oven for 20 minutes, or until they are springy to the touch
For the buttercream icing:
- 250g icing sugar
- 80g unsalted butter at room temperature
- 25ml milk
- A few drops of vanilla essence
- Mix together the icing sugar and butter (carefully!)
- Gradually mix in the milk and vanilla essence, here you can add food colouring if you want (preferably blue to match the nautical theme!)
- Ice your cakes!
If you would like to receive more information with regards to booking your luxury 2013 charter yacht, please enquire through our website, www.boatbookings.com, where one of our Charter Specialists will be happy to help you plan the experience of a lifetime. You can also send your charter enquiries to [email protected], and one of the team will get back to you shortly with some proposals.
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