Violet Cupcakes

My cousin asked me to bake her 12 cupcakes as a birthday gift for a friend's mother, but I had no idea if she'd prefer chocolate or vanilla - so I 12 of each! :)


Getting packed into my cupcake courier - I love seeing so many cupcakes all looking alike!


Chocolate on top, vanilla underneath - ready to go!

TAFE Cupcakes

I made these cupcakes for my cousin's TAFE class:

Vanilla cupcakes with chocolate buttercream and mini M&Ms - they smelt divine!


Vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream and mini marshmallows - so girly ;)


Pregnancy update: 9 days to go! xox

Strawberry and Chocolate Cupcakes

I decided to give my new mini cupcake pan a play today and whipped up a batch of strawberry cupcakes (tinted red).


I tried out two different types of cases, and I think I prefer the red cases over the gold.



My icing was a little bit flat because I added too much milk, and had run out of icing sugar to thicken it back up (shocking, I know!)

Oreo Cupcakes and Walnut Cupcakes

Cupcakes for ANZAC day:


Oreo cupcakes topped with vanilla buttercream and an Oreo cookie


Walnut cupcakes topped with vanilla buttercream and chopped walnuts - my favourite flavour so far! YUM!


Sitting in the cupcake courier


Someone already pinched one of the Oreo cupcakes so I filled the space with an Oreo cookie ;)

Vanilla and Chocolate Buttercream

Vanilla cupcakes topped with chocolate buttercream and pink sprinkles - YUM!


Vanilla cupcakes topped with chocolate buttercream and white sprinkles


Vanilla cupcakes topped with chocolate buttercream and pink fondant flowers - these tasted delicious with the chocolate buttercream :)

Chocolate and Vanilla Buttercream

Chocolate cupcake topped with pink vanilla buttercream - there are sprinkles in the batter again :)


I rushed these last night for brunch today so the cupcake cases were 'slightly' overfilled ;) woops

Chocolate and Nutella Ganache Cupcakes

Chocolate cupcakes, topped with a rich Nutella ganache and sprinkled with crumbled Easter eggs - YUM!

Nutella Ganache
200g Nutella
3/4 cup cream (I guessed)
2 cups icing sugar
150g Nestle cooking chocolate

Heat cream on the stove and pour over the Nutella; stir until combined. Slowly add icing sugar. Melt chocolate and add to mixture (it tasted far too sugary, so the chocolate was a last minute addition). Allow to cool for about an hour before spooning over cupcakes.


The Nutella ganache is so delicious that we've been eating it straight from the bowl (shhh!).

ps. Please excuse the bad photos, I was in a bit of a rush to get them into the Cupcake Courier.

Chocolate (strawberry filled) and Chocolate Cupcakes

Chocolate cupcakes, filled with strawberry fondant cream, topped with a delicious chocolate buttercream.


Strawberry Fondant Cream
- 2tbs Strawberry flavoured fondant
- 3tbs Cream

Heat mixture on the stove, stir until combined.


I poked holes in the top of each cupcake with a chop stick, and drizzled about 1tsp of strawberry fondant cream over them while they were still piping hot.


Perhaps these may be best eaten with a spoon ;)

My First Swirls!

I finally attempted my first ever frosting swirls - and I'm very proud of how they turned out! I recently purchased some disposable piping bags, as I had found a Wilton tip that I'd purchased over a year ago but never tried out, so I thought I'd give it a try today.


The cupcake in the background originally had vanilla buttercream on top, but I wiped it off so I could practise piping on a real cupcake.


My first swirl attempt is in the top right corner


I wish I'd realised sooner how quick and easy piping frosting was, it took less then a minute to pipe all 4 swirls - plus it was a lot of fun!

Chocolate and Vanilla Cupcakes

Chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream.


I just love the dainty little apple blossoms on top - I cannot wait for my big order to arrive!

Buttercream
4 Cups of icing sugar
100g Butter

Cream the butter with a spoon, and gradually add the icing sugar.