sponge no. 1

fresh from the oven:


with necessary toppings:

i'm so happy that this worked out! for some reason i was nervous to make sponge. something about the egg separating and the very few ingredients that it involves. the simplicity was intimidating! haha but it turned out really well - first of many sponge cakes! xo

super kid cupcakes!

sorry for the lack of posts! i haven't been my usual self since the long weekend, but luckily on Canada Day we went for a picnic with some very special friends! this called for some super cupcakes for some super kids, whose favorite colours are yellow and purple (in that order). i took another crack at the confetti cupcakes, this time without the almond extract. they were still very tasty, and here is a snap of what they look like on the inside! i didn't manage to get a picture before we left, so this is what they looked like after being knocked about a bit in our picnic bag. yum! xo

happy father's day!

what a day! 30 degrees and sunny, can't ask for much more....except for maybe a toblerone cupcake?! these were my very own creation and they were a success! first i made a chocolate cupcake batter and included pieces of chopped up toblerone. for the frosting i melted an entire dark chocolate toblerone bar and mixed it into the buttercream and it had to be topped off with a toblerone triangle :) i went a bit crazy with the frosting but everyone got out of here alive haha

happy fathers day dad! xo

chocolate fudge!

these were some super chocolate-y fudge cupcakes that i made this past weekend for a delightful bbq! this are most likely going to be the chocolate representative in september.

travel safe tong & keith and good luck in Australia! 

xo

a flock of hummingbirds

finally! i have been wanting to make hummingbird cupcakes for ages but something always came up! hummingbird cupcakes, based on hummingbird cake, are a unique flavor made up of banana, pineapple, cinnamon and pecans topped off with cream cheese frosting. yum! i think of them as an alternative for carrot cake. very dense and moist, and naturally a vehicle for cream cheese frosting :) these are a serious contender for september due to their uniqueness and deliciousness! xo

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

new poll :)

check out the new poll in the right hand column! please vote if you have had any/all of these cupcakes! also, there is a new feature as you can now choose more than one if you just can't pick one favorite xo (totally unrelated vanilla/chocolate pic attached)

rainbow bit! (aka funfetti)

i made these lovelies yesterday for a bbq-turned-dinner party (what happened to the weather?!?). my inspiration was my fave box mix, rainbow bit. these were good, not quite to the level of real rainbow bit, but what are the 'bits'??? if anyone knows, please tell me! i just substituted rainbow jimmies into the batter and sprinkled them on top of the frosting. definitely a fun recipe xo

retire to dessert

happy retirement dad! i made these 'golf inspired' cupcakes for a party at Cirillo's Culinary Academy on Dundas West. it was a great night and the cupcakes went down really well! there were three flavors; the 19th hole (chocolate stout cake with chocolate whiskey ganache and chocolate whiskey frosting), it's a gimme (vanilla cake with raspberry curd swirl and vanilla swiss meringue buttercream with raspberry curd drizzle), and sand trap (chocolate stout cake with caramel frosting). there wasn't too much that screamed 'golf' about the flavours, just the names :) 

xo

its a cupcake bouquet!

my piping skills have definitely improved and i was able to work with modeling chocolate for the first time :) i was very happy with how my bouquet turned out in the end, even if one cupcake kept falling off and the frosting completely slipped off another haha it must have been all that humidity...i can't wait to make more of these very soon!!! xo