Cupcakes For the Oscars...

 

 

I haven't baked anything for a long time so on Sunday I made double chocolate cupcakes for the Oscars. I used my recipe from Hummingbird Bakery and I think they tasted pretty divine. What I like about them is that there is not a lot of sugar or flour in them- I think this just makes them taste better and the cocoa really stands out. 

Did you watch the Oscars? What did you think? 

Peace and Love, 

Em

Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes...

For some reason I was really worried that I was going to mess these up. Turns out I didn't and they tasted great! They were actually super easy to make. I made the cake part at midnight on Sunday and then finished them off with the icing and topping on Monday. So Yummy!!

Next cupcake on the list is the Black Bottom.

Peace and Love,

Em

Lemon Cupcakes...

Remember how I said that I always ended up with more icing than I needed? Well this time I didn't mind. This lemon icing was delicious!! I was the one licking the bowl clean this time.

I have always been a fan of lemon cake and these cupcakes just furthered my love for it. They are the perfect little summer treat!

Next up: Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes.

Peace and Love,

Em

P.S. The icing is yellow, it just doesn't look like it in all the pictures.

Red Velvet Cupcakes...

So item #3 in the Hummingbird cookbook was the red velvet supcake. I have always been a red velvet girl. I don't know why but I just love it. Making the cake part of this recipe was easy (except for getting red food coloring all over myself) but the icing was a little harder. It was the thickest icing I have made from scratch so far and took the longest to mix. I have notcied that no matter how precisely I follow the directions I always end up with way more icing than I need. Luckily I have a few willing volunteers to lick the bowl and spoon clean :)
I really like these cupcakes! I made them tonight and have already had two. I think it's something about having everything made from scratch!

Next item on the agenda: The Lemon cupcake.

Peace and Love,

Em

Chocolate Cupcakes...

So last week I made my second item from the Hummingbird Bakery book. These chocolate cupcakes were divine. It's amazing how different something tastes when you make it from scratch. Even if you are not a big chocolate fan (which means you are crazy) you'll like these. They are the perfect little afternoon snack.

Next up: Red Velvet Cupcakes

Peace and Love,

Em

Vanilla Cupcakes...

Ok so you may have noticed that one of the things to do on my summer list is to work through an entire baking book. This is thte one I have chosen:

The hummingbird bakery is one of the best bakeries in London. If looking at the pictures wasn't enough to make me want to make the food, Gwenyth Paltrow wrote the foreword.

I am working through the entire book in order and the first recipe was for vanilla cupcakes. I made everything from scratch, icing and all. I thought they came out pretty good and were the best vanilla cupcakes I have ever had.

Check back for round two: The Chocolate Cupcake

Peace and Love,

Em