Monday, November 5, 2012

Live long and prosper...

I was asked to make some birthday cupcakes last week for Tuesday. Using good ol' facebook, I researched what the birthday boy would like. Turns out he's a trekkie and it seemed easy enough.

A lot of pictures online seem to use fondant and I simply don't have the time or patience to make fondant so I try to find something easier. Something using only icing.

I made a simple recipe. It's just a vanilla cupcake. I once saw someone put filling in the middle, so I tried it with a reese's peanut cup (cut into 1/6) but the batter didn't rise enough to cover the top :( Perhaps I should've pushed it down lower. Nevertheless, good thing icing can cover that!  (I also tried to put marshmallow, but it doesn't sink and just remained on top 'doh!)


Mini cupcakes (vanilla with reese's peanut cups in the middle)

Big cupcakes are vanilla with marshmallow inside - well on top under the icing :P


Thursday, June 21, 2012

Chocolate Raspberry, Anise, and Figgy Cupcakes

Chocoalte Raspberry Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing
Anise Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing
Figgy Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing

Monday, May 28, 2012

Blueberry Rose, S'mores, Rum Raisin

Blueberry Rose Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting

S'mores Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing
Rum Raisin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing

Monday, May 7, 2012

Fruit Sensation: Blueberry Apricot, Cherry Almond & Apricot Rum!

Blueberry Apricot Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting
Cherry Almond Poppyseed Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting
Apricot Rum Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Javy's Favorite Chocolate, Espresso Dark Brownie, Cappuccino - dark and delicious!

Jay's Favorite Choclate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting

Espresso Dark Brownie Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting
Cappuccino Cupcakes with Chocolate Fudge Frosting

Monday, April 23, 2012

Toasted Sesame, Toffee, Candied Pecan...nom nom..

Toasted Sesame Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting

Toffee Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting
Candied Pecan Cupcakes with Maple Buttercream Frosting


Monday, April 16, 2012

Confetti, Malted Espresso and Malted Milk!

This week I had to make the cupcakes on Monday night rather than Sunday because of the hockey game (Go Canucks!) I think some people in the office actually missed the cupcakes and asked me about them. But do not worry, because even though a day late, it still arrived! It's not technically correct, but I'm still using my hashtag #CupcakeMonday because I made it on Monday :)

The first of the bunch is Confetti Cupcakes. I think the name came from the fact that it is really colour inside. It's made with sprinkles. For this cupcake, in order for the sprinkles not to melt too quickly and smudge together you pretty much have to bake right away. Otherwise when the colours blend together you get a dirty looking colour. I topped this cupcake with a simple Buttercream Frosting and some more sprinkles. It's such a fun looking cupcake, I decided to colour the frosting Yellow.

Confetti Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting and Sprinkles!

The next one is Malted Espresso. Okay -  I didn't use Espresso but regular brewed coffee instead. Maybe next time. But I made the coffee really dark so it's bitter like espresso? Maybe. It still smelled delcious! The sugar from the malt mix gave the cupcake top a hard coating, which makes the first bite crunchy. I really like it! Originally I was going to do a Malt Espresso Icing topping but because the cupcake top was a little flat I decided to do a Coffee Buttercream frosting instead. It would give it a better lift. You can taste both the coffee and the malt in this.

Malted Espresso with Coffee Buttercream
The final one is the Malted Milk with Coffee Buttercream and topped with cut-up Malt Balls. This one is really delicious! My friend had five of these right out of the oven and she said she'd eat more if she wasn't so full. I think that solidifies this little gem as a favourite of hers. I cut up the malt balls into quarters so that they are small enough to fit in the cupcakes but big enough to retain its form and not melt inside the cupcake. It's crunchy and you can absolutely taste the malt in this cupcake. Very yummy indeed.

Malted Milk with Coffee Buttercream and Malt Balls
P.S. I think the malt balls make the cupcake look like little bugs. Cute!