Orange Chiffon

I made these orange chiffon cupcakes on Friday for my Mom to take on an evening out. They were my first attempt at this flavour and I think they turned out pretty well! I may have over-whipped the egg whites slightly, but otherwise they were light and zesty :) xo

Wedding Cupcakes!

Here are some lovely shots of my September wedding cupcakes from our photographer Zoe Collyer (zoecollyer.co.uk). Thank you Zoe!

xo

coming up...

no new baked goods to report, i am saving all of my baking energy and ideas for my next bonnie gordon class on May 1st, cupcake bouquets! i will learn piping techniques to make frosting look like real flowers, i can hardly wait! xo

last but not least from the weekend...

i had to do something with the left over chocolate butter cream from the mini cake filling :) xo

happy birthday kk!

happy birthday kk! these are banana cupcakes with cream cheese butter cream frosting for tomorrow's post birthday lunch dessert :) i hope you had a fab birthday day off, see you back at work tomorrow! xo

noix de coco

spring is in the air :) and tonight we had some friends over for dinner, so for dessert i baked these coconut cupcakes with vanilla butter cream frosting. they were really good! definitely a contender and will be making it into the next voting round. i toasted the coconut myself for the topping and swirled on the frosting instead of piping it. deciding to use vanilla frosting rather than coconut frosting is key in this combination, the cake was lovely and light so adding more coconut may have over done that flavor. i am hoping to do a bit more baking this weekend as well as enjoy the weather!

chocolate cheesecake cupcakes

they're an alliteration! i baked these this evening due to pressure to deliver cupcakes at work this week haha you know who you are! these chocolate cheesecake cupcakes, also known as black bottom cupcakes, are really quite unusual. chocolate cupcake surrounding a chocolate-chip cheesecake centre, unfrosted. we just sampled one for the first time and i think the cheesecake component might be a bit on the sweet, cloying side. it will be interesting to see what the reaction tomorrow at work will be...

m

UPDATE: these were much better the day after baking them, the cheesecake had set a bit better and the sweetness was dialed down. on the whole these are really a dessert cake on their own, quite heavy and filling. with this in mind i don't think they'll be in the running for september, with all of the delicious snacks people will have enjoyed before sampling our dessert i think a lighter treat would be better appreciated.

birthday meringue cakes

happy birthday mom!

these are the lemon meringue pie cupcakes i made today! recipe can be found on the recipe page. they are tasty little cakes, but could use some improvements. there wasn't quite enough filling in them, and the cake was a little dry, but other than that they were good. i ended up browning the meringue in my oven, and that worked much better than i had expected. i really wanted to use my new kitchen torch, but the fuel we bought wouldn't fill our torch due to some 'safety' design flaws. i really like how different the meringue looks on top of the cupcakes compared to just piped frosting. i may try this again with a few tweaks.

m

gung hay fat choy!

happy new year and may prosperity be with you!

these are some cupcakes i baked last year for a Chinese new year party, it took for-ev-er to pipe on the characters but it was worth it in the end. my fingers are crossed for another party this year as i have some new ideas!

happy valentine's day as well! today i will be busy baking some vanilla-vanilla cupcakes as well as making the lemon curd for the lemon meringue cupcakes i will be baking tomorrow. birthday party at our place tomorrow :)

xo m

early valentine's cupcakes

here are the devil's food cake cupcakes with white chocolate buttercream frosting, so far they're getting great reviews. i made an attempt to use shimmer dust on them and have come to the realisation that shimmer dust is for fondant or royal icing applications...duh! so there is one cupcake for my valentine that has big clumps of shimmer on it ;) that is love xo

an oldie but a goodie...

i made these pink lemonade cupcakes with lemon meringue frosting back in university and found the old pictures today. they are not a flavour currently being considered for the wedding party, but might be if people want to try them :)

m

...testing...testing...

first post!

this is the first of the great cupcake recipe taste test challenge! these were vanilla cupcakes with chocolate buttercream, enjoyed at nanny's birthday lunch :) no complaints yet. next challenge recipe will be the double chocolate, chocolate cupcake with white chocolate buttercream, perfect for valentines!

this weekend my baking exploits will include my first attempt at a red velvet cake with cream cheese icing, yum! wish me luck...

m