The beach volleyball tournament I’m playing in on Saturday is themed ‘Light it Up Blue’ as an Autism fundraiser, so I made blue themed cupcakes for it! The cupcake recipe is my go-to vanilla recipe, food coloured blue. They came out a touch greenish because of the vanilla, and I didn’t really want an excessive … More Vanilla Cupcakes with Honey Vanilla Icing
Alana I made these cupcakes with my buddy Nate while he was between shifts (he’s currently working as a forest firefighter in northern Alberta). If you aren’t already aware, this is the lucky guy who got the Nanaimo cake for his birthday. I wasn’t going to recruit Nate to help me make unmanly cupcakes (at least … More Chocolate Stout Cupcakes
Roopa I felt like making something a little unconventional today, so I decided on coconut mango cupcakes. I don’t really enjoy coconut, but it seems to be a pretty well liked flavour and I had coconut milk at home, so I thought I’d try something with it. I kind of just threw some ingredients together, … More Coconut Mango Cupcakes
Roopa My goal is to create a cupcake that has a very distinct chai flavour, but also a hint of chocolate. I suppose I should really call them chai chocolate cupcakes, since I want the chai to be the dominant flavour. My first attempt at this was not at all what I wanted; the cardamom … More Chocolate Chai Cupcakes : V2
Roopa While I like to experiment with my baking, it’s nice to have some go-to recipes that always turn out well. These are all quite easy to make, and very easily adaptable. Go-To Chocolate Recipe These are moist but crumbly, with a good amount of chocolate flavour. EGGLESS CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES 1 cup flour 50g cocoa … More Go-To Chocolate and Vanilla Cupcake Recipes
Roopa I tried experimenting with some different flavour combinations today. I made cinnamon chocolate cupcakes with a flour based icing. The cupcakes themselves were more brownie-like than cake-like, so it’s really about personal preference. Some people LOVED them, but others prefer a crumblier cake. The frosting – found in this book – is much less … More Cinnamon Chocolate Cupcakes with Cinnamon Frosting
Alana As much as I prefer making cakes and cupcakes from scratch, sometimes a box cake or two creeps into my baking repertoire. Box cakes are actually pretty good, but I do like to modify the ingredients on occasion. Adding a box of pudding mix, or substituting buttermilk for regular milk changes it up a … More Box Cake
Alana I love colourful cupcakes, especially when there is more than one colour. I definitely would say that I prefer Americolor over Wilton brand gels (pastes?). I’ve noticed that Wilton is streaky sometimes, which can be a little bit frustrating when you’ve worked hard on baking and decorating a cake/cupcakes. Tube method I’ve tried a … More Colourful Icing Swirls
Roopa The goal of the day was to create some sort of inceptcupake. It sort of worked. Regardless, they were delicious. I mostly used this recipe:http://www.sprinklebakes.com/2010/05/triple-salted-caramel-cupcakes.html Instead of the brown sugar cupcake, I used this chocolate cupcake recipe. I then piped a little icing on a caramel cup and put it on top!
Roopa I think brown sugar cupcakes are my new favourite type of cupcake, since they’re so buttery and caramelly. I’ve always really liked them, but couldn’t find a single eggless version. It took me about 4 attempts, but I finally managed to create one that I like! The first attempts tasted good, but were a little … More Eggless Brown Sugar Cupcakes
Chateau Gateau 