Pumpkins at the ready..Halloween has arrived. It usually passes by quietly for me, but this year I’ll be making more of an effort and carving my first ever pumpkin! I made some treats for the Halloween party we had at work yesterday, in keeping with the theme. Continue reading “Something wicked this way comes”
Love it or hate it, Valentine’s Day makes for a great theme for cupcakes; we had a bake sale at work for UNICEF, so I decided to fully embrace the love theme. Perhaps a little too much.. I decided on red velvet cupcakes; what other cupcake could be more appropriate for V-Day cheesiness? Continue reading “Roses are red..”
Merry Christmas!
The run up to Christmas always makes me want to bake more. Not really sure why, but I always find it easier to think of new designs and flavours around this time of year. I also have more willing tasters as well!
With that in mind, I present to you… the Christmas Pudding cupcake! Continue reading “Pudding? Yes please..”
Happy Easter! Hope you all had a lovely Easter weekend and enjoyed the sunshine. I made some mocha flavoured / Easter themed cupcakes over the weekend, using my new Hummingbird Bakery iPhone App (thank you Jak), it’s one of the more expensive apps on the App Store but well worth it, especially with the how-to videos they’ve included. Continue reading “Mocha Flavoured Easter Cupcakes”
For Mother’s Day, I decided to make some pretty pink, rose flavoured cupcakes from (surprise, surprise) the new Hummingbird Cake Days cookbook. It is adapted from a simple vanilla sponge recipe, so the only difference is the extra tablespoon of rosewater (you can buy it at most supermarkets). Continue reading “Rose Cupcakes”
Happy New Year!
I celebrated the New Year with my wonderful friends… and some yummy cupcakes (what else?!). These are chocolate cupcakes with a vanilla buttercream icing. This might have been one of the first times that the chocolate cupcake base has turned out so good – really light and spongy, yum! Continue reading “Goodbye 2010..Hello 2011!”
I made this Devil’s Food Cake (i.e. v.v. rich and chocolately cake) for Christmas after seeing Nigella Lawson make it on TV a few days before. It was a fiddly recipe to follow, but I can see why – the sponge was still really light and fluffy a few days after it was made. The recipe is easy enough to follow and it was interesting making it – chocolate ganache is something I’ve not tried making before, but I think I’ll most likely be making it again in the future, it tasted too good! Continue reading “Devil’s Food Cake”
