Posts Tagged ‘Frosting’

St Patrick’s Day Cupcakes

St Patrick

I baked these for a St Patrick’s Day party that my playgroup was having. They are vanilla, with a small dollop of green-tinted batter in the middle of each cupcake, the frosting is the same that I used here. I made a makeshift shamrock stencil for the white-frosted cupcakes, but it didn’t turn out as [...]

My Birthday Cupcakes

Birthday Cupcakes

My birthday was quite uneventful; it was playgroup day for my daughter and her friends, so I invited them to our house and served these cupcakes – recipe here. I used one drop of each of fluorescent food coloring to color the icing. They were a hit and I had to give out the recipe! [...]

Valentine’s Day Cupcakes

Valentine

I promised my daughter a Valentine’s Day party with cupcakes. I was after a batter that was safe to eat, so that we could lick the bowl and spoons. Luckily I found this eggless, butterless recipe on MarthaStewart.com and the frosting to match. They were absolutely delicious. The chocolate cupcake recipe has become my standard [...]

Half-Birthday Cupcakes

Half Birthday Cupcakes

I baked these cupcakes for my son’s 6-month birthday. Of course he couldn’t eat any of these, but the rest of us took care of that. We thought it was so funny my daughter only ate the iced side of these cupcakes! I used this recipe.

Nigella’s Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes

Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes

This is a recipe I was just dying to try out from Nigella Lawson’s book How To Be A Domestic Goddess. This is one of the best cupcakes I’ve ever tasted. The chocolate ganache frosting is a perfect topping to this cupcake. I did have a problem finding natural colored glace cherries, so had to [...]

Sprinkle Cupcakes

Sprinkle Cupcake

This is the first recipe I tried out on my new Breville planetary mixer that I received for my birthday in 2006. It’s a simple butter cake recipe with a simple chocolate icing. Butter Cupcakes Ingredients 125g butter, softened 3/4 cup caster sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla essence 2 eggs 300g self raising flour, sifted 3/4 [...]