Buttercream

This entry was posted in Cupcakes and tagged Apple, Buttercream, Caramel, Chocolate, Cinnamon, Frosting, Icing, Recipe, Toppers, Vanilla Bean on October 5, 2011.

I'm back! Finally right? Have you ever had one of those vacations where you need another vacation just to recover from it? Yeah, that was me. I had all these lofty ideas to post updates for you about how the visit was going salt and peppered with cute shots of chocolate daisy toppers, polka dot...

Feather The Nest.

This entry was posted in Cupcakes, Giveaway and tagged Bird’s Nests, Buttercream, Candy, Caramel, Frosting, Icing, Spun Sugar, Vanilla on April 22, 2011.

Outside tiny birds fly distracted and twitterpated snatching up twigs and absconding with string to prepare nests in your eaves trough. Inside we feather our own nests with knick knacks, baubles and trinkets. I've made my nests of airy threads of spun sugar atop pillows of velvety Caramel Buttercream crowning moist Vanilla Bean Cakes. An...

Cupcake Confessional.

This entry was posted in Cupcakes and tagged Almond, Buttercream, Chocolate, Frosting, Icing, Raspberry, Recipe on July 26, 2010.

I have a confession to make. Are you ready? Like really ready? Ok, here goes. I'm 41. Ok no, not really. You should see your face. I couldn't keep a straight face on that one either. Let me clarify. According to my Wii I'm 41. My Wii thinks I'm 41. Should this offend me? Because...

My New Favourite Thing.

This entry was posted in Cupcakes and tagged Brown Butter, Buttercream, Chocolate, Ganache, Hazelnut, Icing, Recipe on March 16, 2010.

I've just discovered browned butter. Oh. My. God. Why haven't I been browning butter all along? Seriously. I've been missing out. I think I'm a little ashamed of myself actually. I'm going to vow to make everything with browned butter from now on. It's my new favourite thing. If you haven't grasped what I'm so...