Cupcakes – Chateau Gateau

Devil’s Chocolate Food Cake with German Chocolate Icing (and Modelling Chocolate)

August 11, 2019

Roopa On day two of cake decorating class, we switched over to a more chocolatey direction. My favourite direction! Obviously, the most important part here is the quality of chocolate used. We used Casa Luker dark chocolate/cocoa in this recipe, but any high quality chocolate brand will do. Day 2: Cake: Devil’s chocolate food cake … More Devil’s Chocolate Food Cake with German Chocolate Icing (and Modelling Chocolate)

Purple Velvet Cupcakes

October 13, 2017

Alana As mentioned in my first post about Katherine’s wedding cake, Theresa and I are testing red velvet cake recipes in order to find the best one. Katherine’s cake will, of course, be purple, but all that really requires is changing the colour of the dye. The first recipe wasn’t quite what we were looking for, … More Purple Velvet Cupcakes

Chocolate Cupcakes with Strawberry Icing

May 13, 2017

Roopa A friend of mine had a birthday/going away and another friend was in town from Berlin, so obviously I had to bake something. I had another event to bake for where I needed strawberry icing, so I decided on chocolate strawberry cupcakes. I also decided to fill them with lemon pudding, because why not? … More Chocolate Cupcakes with Strawberry Icing

Vanilla Earl Grey Cupcakes with Lavender Icing

February 6, 2017

Roopa It was my friend Gina’s birthday recently, so obviously a baking date was necessary. After some searching, we decided on a simplified version of these lavender lemon cupcakes. Gina picked up a bunch of ingredients on the way, and genius that I am, I forgot to tell her to grab a lemon. We adapted … More Vanilla Earl Grey Cupcakes with Lavender Icing

Salted Caramel Cupcakes

January 3, 2017

Roopa It’s my coworker’s birthday tomorrow, and he never really eats desserts because he’s allergic to everything. Specifically, he’s allergic to eggs, nuts, and shellfish. I know what you’re thinking – how does one make cupcakes without shellfish?! Thankfully he’s fine with dairy, so this wasn’t really too challenging. That said, finding flavours he likes … More Salted Caramel Cupcakes

Halloween Skull Cupcakes

October 31, 2016

Roopa It’s Halloween!!! Sadly, because of work and school and general adulting, I didn’t do anything terribly exciting this year. That said, I couldn’t miss the opportunity to bake Halloween themed cupcakes! I wanted an orange and green colour scheme, so I went with a vanilla base and a matcha icing. My friend’s 6 year … More Halloween Skull Cupcakes

Matcha Cupcakes with Red Bean Icing

July 14, 2016

Roopa Let me preface this with saying these are not flavours I’m used to working with, nor are they flavours I particularly like. My friend Tim’s birthday was this past weekend, and I wanted to bake him something special. In fact, I am pretty sure I still also owe him a cheesecake. Anyways, Tim REALLY … More Matcha Cupcakes with Red Bean Icing

Yellow Cupcakes with Whipped Topping

June 24, 2016

Roopa These were made almost entirely out of leftover ingredients I was trying to use up. I had extra egg yolks, buttermilk, and whipping cream from some of the previous week’s bakes. I recently bought the book Layered from the author of the blog Style Sweet CA. Fun fact: I actually bought the book for Alana’s … More Yellow Cupcakes with Whipped Topping

Red Velvet Cupcakes

June 14, 2016

RED VELVET CUPCAKES WITH CINNAMON CREAM CHEESE ICING Roopa It’s a coworker’s birthday soon, and she said her favourite flavours are red velvet and dark chocolate; I elected to make these red velvet cupcakes that have turned out really well before, and top them with dark chocolate almonds.

Chocolate Cupcakes with Butterscotch Icing

May 30, 2016

Roopa I start my new job tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In my interviews, the fact that I bake a lot came up quite a bit. My background (facebook) check also strongly suggested this. I thought it was only fitting that I bake something for my first day of work! I am still just getting settled in this apartment … More Chocolate Cupcakes with Butterscotch Icing

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