Say hello to cherry delights...

mmmmmm...

Imagine a cherry explosion, you're mouth dripping with a trickle of delight, a hidden surprise, red bursts of love! That’s my cherry delights, a cupcake made with cherry everything. So if you're the cherry on top, this one is for you. 

This is an adaption from a recipe in a book I got for Christmas, called Cupcake heaven. I added a few things here and there (can never seem to follow a recipe completely), and I got this delectable Cherry delight. Recipe will follow tomorrow.

The recipe calls for dozen large cupcakes or 1 half dozen for medium sized cupcakes. (I love large cupcakes, they make me happy and make the cupcake enjoyment time so much more) Anyway after filling 12 cupcakes liners with a yummy batter, there was one lonesome number 13 cupcake. So I left this little one to rest until the batch was completed. She looked so beautiful sitting there on the counter, waiting to be cuddled up in a warm oven, getting to rise to the top. Then I covered her with the last bit of icing and popped that cherry on top, added a few sugar crystals and she look the best of them all.

Cupcakes seem to have a special place in my heart these days, it’s all I can think about. I might be turning into a cupcake freak…

Inspiration day!

Today i'm feeling all inspired. I realised that if I look at enough beautiful cupcake ideas, I just want to see more. So i'm trying to fill my fruity tooty brain with cupcake dreams and inspirations all the time. Here are some beautiful ideas for cupcake liners. So go ahead, have some fun, create, make, bake...

Cookie Recipes as promised

Here they are. Knock yourself out. 

A little advice...i like my cookies on the soft side, so all my times for baking are minimal, but if you like a nice hard cookie, just increase your time by 5-10 minutes. That will do it. Either just ask me if you are unsure and I will be happy to help.

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

So 2012 is here…finally. This year will be a change for me. I’m going to pursue my dreams, believe more in myself and make a few changes, or that’s what I’d like to believe. To start off this year’s blog, lets bring in the old from last year.

I showed everyone the preview to the boxes and here they are. Beautifully done up with pretty ribbons and delicious cookies inside. I must say I hope everyone enjoyed the cookies, and yes I learned a few things and maybe would of done a few things differently, but hey that’s what new years are for. Everything is a learning curve. The recipes will follow shortly…so you can enjoy the deliciousness of chocolate all sort cookies.

Cookies are no joke people, it’s a lot of hard work, but if done with a little love (anything made with a little love is always good) it is worth the while. 

The boxes!

 recipes are included...

The delicious chocolate delights!

mmm...

Too cute!

Isn't this just tooooooo cute! I think in the far future when it's my time for a little baby, just is a must have for them in winter. A cute pink one for a girl and a pretty blue one for a boy! Then even the children can share in cupcake cuteness.

Motivational posters...

Sneak Preview

So this year I attempted a lot of chocolate inspired cookies. Some filled with strawberries, some decorated, some just plain delicious. I then packed them nicely into a pretty box, put the decorations on (seen below) and ended with pretty ribbons. I give these away as Christmas presents to my family every year. Even sold a few this year.

But let me just tell you baking is a lot of work. I thought when the clock struck 1 in the morning, and a layer of butter, sugar and flour was caked onto my skin, that I would not come out alive the other side. I was poofed. Baking almost 1600 cookies is no joke. Just wish my family were a bit smaller… Anyway, I enjoyed every minute of it, actually. The list of cookies were Chocolate Gingerbread, Nutella Dream cookies, Chocolate strawberry Wafers, Chocolate and Strawberry Spiral cookies and Chocolate shortbread (mmmm my favourite) I baked up a storm, packed and decorated, drank some wine in between, slept, ate (a few cookies to), but most of all I felt the Christmas spirit coming alive. The spirit of giving, sharing and loving. I will post the complete boxes, cookie recipes and pictures later this month. Keep a look out.

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