Saturday, April 23, 2011

Happy Easter Yinz....or Y'all if you're from the south.

Of course I made carrot cake cupcakes for Easter! Traditional carrot cake cupcakes with actual carrot cake, cream cheese frosting, and garnished with sliced almonds and a royal icing carrot. I must admit, I had some help on these cupcakes. My boyfriend Jonathan made the orange part of the carrots and I made the grass. Nonetheless, these ended up amazing. And all of my family is here to celebrate Easter. Cupcakes + family + Penguins game (even though we lost today) = great weekend.

Friday, April 22, 2011

Death by Chocolate

If you are craving something sweet these are the cupcakes to have. I do not usually try to attract one's sweet tooth but I figured I might as well add some diversity.
So these consist of my chocolate cake, chocolate mousse filling, buttercream frosting dipped in chocolate ganache. Death by chocolate might possibly be the best way to go out!

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Something old, something new


These next two cupcakes I tried something new on each but stuck with my original (perfected if I might say so myself) cake batter formula.
These tasty tiramisu cupcakes are bite-sized! Thats right, I made minis! My mom and I attended a jewelry party and I brought these along with me. The perfect size for a party with many other sweets to enjoy. I made these by using my vanilla cake, which half was soaked in a secret coffee mixture. The icing is a mascarpone cheese based frosting and it was delicious. I garnished them by dusting with cocoa powder and adding a strawberry sliver to finish the minis.
So my new thing I tried was glaze. This glaze and I got into a fight at first but after I burned some of my fingers, we settled our differences and it ended up tasting amazing. For these guys I made a lemon cake loaded with cranberries and topped with my new best friend, lemon glaze. When I served them they were still warm which made it even better!

Friday, April 8, 2011

Forgive me.


Well, although I promised (and made it my new years resolution) to update with a new cupcake once a week that has obviously failed.
But I'm back nonetheless. And I come back with many new cupcakes!
S'mores are one of my favorite summertime campfire treats. I could actually eat s'mores year-round. These wonderful cupcakes are my way of eating them year-round. The bottom of the cupcake has a graham cracker crust with melted chocolate as the second layer. Following the double layer crust is my signature chocolate cake topped with a homemade marshmallow fluff that has been toasted with a torch.
Forgive me for the low quality mobile upload for this photo. These two cupcakes are ones I wasn't sure of at first but ended up being my two favorites.
The cupcakes in the back are honey cupcakes. I made these with a honey cake topped with honey buttercream and drizzled with honey. I know, it sounds like A LOT of honey but it tasted wonderful and was the perfect amount of honey.
The cupcakes featured in the front are pink lemonade flavored. These have a pink lemonade cake topped with a lightly flavored raspberry buttercream. These will be great in the summertime with a cool glass of lemonade.

Promise to update sooner next time!