Showing posts with label cream cheese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cream cheese. Show all posts

Friday, 26 October 2012

Champagne celebrations!



It’s been a while cupcake lovers! Things have been hectically busy, with Christmas looming around the corner...eeek! So much planning to do, so little time. And not to speak of all the red velvet I have been making. Please can this fad pass, I have red velvet coming outa my ears!

Well I have been dying to make champagne cupcakes for ions and finally got the opportunity to try. I found a lovely recipe and all I can say these are indeed scrumptious, bubbly filled cupcakes that are worth a try. I opted for white and pink champagne, going into a strawberry filled cupcake and a chocolate stuffed vanilla cupcake. The recipe calls for lots’ champagne so get your bottles ready, and I found it said you will have one glass left after all the cooking is done...mmm I had a few more, hiccup! I tried to make a strawberry chip for the top of my one cupcake, but it takes 3 hours in the oven to dry ;-(. And I had a lot of champagne and was feeling incredibly sleepy twelve o'clock at night. So mine was slightly floppy and very sticky, but still nice ;-)

Remember to always borrow a bit here, create a new cupcake and love what you do! Recipes to follow soon!




Friday, 8 June 2012

Dreamy Oreo Cupcakes


Cupcakes (12-15 medium sized)

Ingredients:

1 cup               buttercream
½ cup              cocoa
1 ½ cup            flour
1tsp                 baking soda
¼ tsp               baking powder
125 g               butter
1 cup               white sugar
2                     eggs
½ tsp               vanilla extract
1 cup               dark chocolate chips
12-15               oreo cookies
pinch of salt

Pre heat oven to 180 °C.
Sift together flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy in a separate bowl.
Add vanilla extract and eggs (one at a time) mixing well after each addition.
Add the flour mixture slowly.
Beat on medium until the batter appears light and fluffy.
Fold in dark chocolate chips.
Place a oreo cookie at the bottom of each cupcake liner.
Scoop mixture into cupcake liners about 2/3 full.
Bake for 18-20 minutes. Check with a toothpick/stick at 18 minutes. If it comes out clean, remove cupcakes.
Allow to cool for 5 minutes.
Allow to cool completely before frosting.

Frosting:

250g                cream cheese
125 g               white butter
2 cups              icing sugar (sifted)
8-12                 oreo cookies

In a food processor, puree strawberries.

Beat the salt, butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy.
Slowly add icing sugar.
Beat until well combined.
Crush the oreo cookies, fold into the cream cheese icing.

Decorations:

12-15              mini oreo cookies
            oreo cookies

Place each small oreo cookies ontop of cupcakes. If you cant find mini ones just cut large ones in half and place them ontop.