i (heart) vanilla and chocolate

this is not a new recipe, but it is a good one! vanilla cupcakes with chocolate swiss meringue buttercream. i added the hearts even though it's not valentines, just because i love cupcakes ;) awwwww haha

xo

official easter cupcakes

better late than never! here are the easter cupcakes i made last weekend for our easter sunday dinner. i decided on two flavors, coconut and lemon and made regular size as well as mini cupcakes. they were good, even though i messed up the coconut ones and forgot to add the third egg ;) i had more fun with my grass piping tip and i attempted to 'stripe' the piping bag for the lemon cupcakes and it turned out alright. i am on the waiting list for the next decorating class so fingers crossed and we may have some cupcake bouquets in the future! xo

spring/easter cakes!

here are some easter egg cupcakes, i had lots of fun using my new grass piping tip :) and my new mini cake pan! there will be more baking fun all week, i can't wait! these are chocolate buttermilk cupcakes with vanilla swiss meringue butter cream.
here's another great pic by lionel :
http://greenteaandicecream.blogspot.com/2010/03/meag-brought-over-more-delicious.html

baking & butter cream class

i am finally posting about my amazing weekend :) 

i had an amazing time at my baking and butter cream class at bonnie gordon. it is really nice to be supervised by a le cordon bleu trained pâtissier and told what you do wrong. i learned a lot about ingredient combination techniques that i was unaware of and my cake masking skills have definitely improved. the first picture is the final product of my whole day's work on saturday, a vanilla cake with a layer of mango swiss meringue butter cream and frosted in vanilla swiss meringue butter cream.

now that i had such a great time at bonnie gordon i can hardly wait to take another class but i know i need to pace myself. which class should i take next: preserves and fillings for cakes or cupcake bouquets??? decisions decisions!

this second picture is of my cake in action on saturday night alongside a fabulous tarte tatin, yum! xo