After about a month on the road, I’m finally back in my kitchen! I’m only here for about 3 days before I’m off again, but it was still nice to be able to bake something. My colleague’s birthday was on January 3rd, and I’m trying to catch up on my birthday baking. I saw this … More Butterscotch Bourbon Cake
Roopa Some friends came over last night (now that I live by people!!) to have a baking date, and I wanted to do something a little different. I adapted these sweet and salty cookies from Sally’s Baking Addiction. They turned out quite well. I would definitely use a different style of chip next time though, since … More Butterscotch and Potato Chip Cookies
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
Roopa It’s finals time! I don’t know what it is about finals, but I become extremely efficient at doing all sorts of things unrelated to school. I read The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons in the last three days – an excellent book, in case you were wondering – did some packing, and made my teachers … More Bribery Cake
Roopa I was requested to do some baking this weekend, and was really feeling the lack of cupcakes in my life. I considered a few possibilities and at the end laziness won, so I made whatever I could that didn’t involve me leaving my house. I had a little bit of peanut butter and some … More Banana Cream filled Cupcakes with Butterscotch-Peanut Butter Icing
Roopa I still had some leftover ingredients from the butterbeer cupcakes, so I decided to try yet another version. I used more cream soda in the cupcakes, and some clarified butter as well for a more potent buttery taste. I was lazy to make icing so I just topped them with some whipped cream (that … More Butterbeer Cupcakes: Version 3
BUTTERBEER CUPCAKES: VERSION 2 Roopa I still had some leftover butterscotch ganache and icing from yesterday, so I figured I’d try a slight variation on the cupcake. I used the exact same cupcake recipe from my first attempt at butterbeer cupcakes, but I replaced ¼ cup of milk with ¼ cup of cream soda. They … More Butterbeer Cupcakes
Roopa To understate it, I am a little bit of a Harry Potter fan. I have read the books countless times, and always get sad about two things: I don’t go to Hogwarts, and I don’t have butterbeer. Apparently they actually sell butterbeer these days, but Canada is kind of far from Harry Potter World. … More Butterbeer Cupcakes: Version 1
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