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Easter Bunny Oreo cupcakes

March 22, 2016

Easter is on it’s way and this year will be the first time that we actually get to indulge in a bit of a Easter egg hunt with Nina James, which I’m really looking forward to. I also thought that it would be fun to create some themed cupcakes, which I don’t really do a lot of, but might make more time for because even though they were a bit of a mission I really enjoyed making them and so did Nina. She was really good at poking and then taking bites out of random ones hehe. Now if I was a baking assistant that’s what I would be doing to. Best job on earth.

These Easter Bunny Oreo cupcakes are literally packed full of Oreos inside and on top, so if you’re a fan then you’re going to like them. A lot.

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Toasted Butter Pecan Cake

February 25, 2016

I haven’t baked in a while which has made me pretty sad. It’s something I really enjoy doing but I just haven’t found the time these days to just get stuck into it, I really hope that changes soon… I often look at My “Baked Goods” Pinterest board which is overflowing with amazing looking cakes and I wish I could try my hand at them all. So the other day when my friend said that she was coming over for tea I decided to stop whatever I was doing and try make one of the cakes off my board.

After a bit of scrolling and some uncontrollable drooling I settled on a Toasted Butter Pecan Cake recipe because I absolutely love pecan nuts and butter and to me it sounded like an awesome combo. Luckily I had pecan nuts in my freezer so I didn’t have to drive to the shops to buy some. Nothing makes me more despondent that when I’m really amped to make something but I’m missing one ingredient that can in no way just be left out of the recipe, especially when said ingredient is in the title.

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Waffle Cupcakes with bitter Chocolate Tabasco Syrup

November 15, 2015

I’m always keen to try new things when I bake and sometimes I’m a little more experimental than others, so when Jo sent me a recipe for Waffle Cupcakes I knew I had to try them. Now I hear you saying what the blazers is a Waffle Cupcake and how can I get my belly some? I thought the exact same thing and so watched the link, paused for a bit and then bolted for the pantry to get the ingredients that I needed to make me some of these beauties, but I thought I would put a bit of a twist on them and add a bitter Chocolate Tabasco Syrup for fun. After our Jobest Club dinner with Tabasco I landed up with a few extra bottles, so I thought I would experiment. Why not right?

Now I know it sounds a little weird, but actually the sauce turned out really nicely and worked so well on top of these cupcakes because the cake itself is pretty sweet and the syrup is nice and bitter with an awesome bite that goes with them perfectly.

baked goods, My Recipes

Nina and I had a party

August 4, 2015

On Saturday I threw a combined birthday slash cake party for myself and Miss James. My idea was to bake a whole lot of cake and then have a bunch of friends over to eat a whole lot of cake. So that’s exactly what I did, I baked for a day and half straight and I tried my damndest to fill our dinning room table with as many icing covered goodies as possible.

I managed to make a Strawberry Cheesecake, an Apple and Pear cake, a Red Velvet cake, Oreo cupcakes, Boston Cream cupcakes, a Brooklyn Blackout cake and a dark Lindt Chocolate cake. I actually baked the Red Velvet twice because I wasn’t happy with the first one. So I think it’s safe to say that I baked my behind off, but it was worth it because it was a lovely afternoon spent with lovely people and I’m happy to report that there were no sugar coma casualties on the day, but I’m almost positive that I may have awakened diabetes in some people.

baked goods, My Recipes

Peach muffins

July 6, 2015

How does a tasty Peach Muffin sound to you right about now? I made these peachy suckers a few weeks back when I had some friends coming over for tea and I needed to make something that didn’t require 7 hours prep time and a million ingredients. This recipe called for fresh sliced peaches, but I didn’t have any so I used the canned variety and they turned out just fine, in fact I’m guessing that they probably helped with the moistness of them because of the syrup that they come in. I also added pecan nuts because I love the flavour they give cake.

I don’t know about you guys, but if I could bake all day long slash eat cake all day long I think I would. There is something so therapeutic and rewarding about baking and I guess it doesn’t hurt that at the end of the process you get to smash whatever you’ve made into your face. Maybe one day I’ll open a Lucky Pony cake shop where everything inside is edible, including the furniture (how this would work is beyond me, but this is my dream so what the hell) oooooooh that would be nice.

If peaches don’t take your fancy, then why not try these Rosewater Cupcakes or these Chocolate Cupcakes out, they were also nice and easy to make.

baked goods, My Recipes, RECIPES

Baked Strawberry Cheesecake

May 17, 2015

It was Shane’s birthday this weekend and we had a small dinner party for him at our flat. He wanted a baked strawberry cheesecake as his birthday cake and so I went in search of a nice recipe.

If you have ever made a baked cheesecake you will know that they can be a mission and quite pricey. The recipe I used is nice in that it’s not too much of a mission, but you will still be spending a fair amount on ingredients, because it calls for mascarpone, cream and loads of cream cheese, yip all things delicious and healthy. But it’s worth the spend because the end result is a creamy, tart but sweet strawberry flavoured treat that will have you hoping no guests arrive so you can eat the whole thing alone and in the dark.

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