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Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Toffee tumbles…tumbled…
I thought to myself
this weekend, push yourself. Make a cupcake that really challenges you. And
what happened…Not only was it the hottest day I have experienced, but I now
know why there are people like the naked chef…hehehe! I thought fine Choux
pastry, homemade vanilla custard, toffee, almond cupcakes, how hard could it
be?
Let me tell you
something I nearly died, but at least I learned some new skills, and I must say to myself but that vanilla custard…mmm is to die for. I even got some request that
there should have been more custard. So after some blood, sweat and fears, I
made these toffee tumbles and I was impressed. 300 little choux
pastry balls, is not for sissies. I even made beautiful sugar shards to place on
top. The cupcakes looked beautiful. So I put them in a container, popped them
in the fridge and awoke the next morning to disaster.
I took them out of
the fridge, left them on the counter, quickly got ready for work and low and
behold when I opened the container, the toffee and the sugar shards had melted,
even the custard melted, making them tumble. I was like "DISASTER". But all in
all they tasted really good. I injected each cupcake with extra custard, and
put some almonds in the batter and some almond essence as well. The flavors were really
strong…mmm just the way I like it!
So give it a crack.
It’s really beautiful cupcakes, hard to eat and a lot of effort, but if you
have the cupcakeness in you, why not…
Recipe to follow tomorrow!
Friday, 6 January 2012
Could this be love...
OMW I am in love...these Cupcake nail art is just to die for. I couldn't believe it. This beautiful artform, I have not seen anything like this in South Africa.
WOW! ( p.s. if anyone in SA can do this for me, Cape Town area, I would jump at the chance)
This to me is cupcakeness, yes cupcakeness. This is dedication to the cupcake, the love of cupcakes, the joy that cupcakes can bring to your life. The colours are just right, the feeling they creat, but i'm afraid i would be tempted to lick my fingers the whole time...hehehe!
Please Cupcakes: Cherry delights recipe!: As promised… have some fun, create, make, bake.. Cupcakes (16 medium sized) Ingredients: 225g butter (softened) 200g ca...
Cherry delights recipe!
As promised… have some fun, create, make,
bake..
Cupcakes (16 medium sized)
Ingredients:
225g butter (softened)
200g caster sugar
200g plain flour
3 tsp baking powder
4 large eggs
2tbsp Maraschino cherry juice
Pre heat oven to 180 °C.
Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl and beat with an
electric mixer until smooth. Line a cupcake pan with liners (I used cherry
ones)
Fill cups half way, place a cherry (without stalk) on top.
Bake for 20 minutes. Remove pans after baking and leave to
cool for 5 minutes, then place on rack to cool further.
Frosting:
400g icing sugar (sifted)
225g butter
pinch of salt
pink food colouring (a drop)
Beat the butter until smooth. (I like using white butter)
add icing sugar slowly and mix with electric mixer. Add a few drops of pink
food colouring and beat until well combined. (Here you can also add some cherry
oil, but it might be overkill)
Spread or pipe
the icing onto your cupcakes.
Decorations:
12 maraschino cherries with stems
red sugar crystals
Place all these goodies on top…and there you go, final
Cherry delights for your satisfaction.
Thursday, 5 January 2012
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…
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