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[BarbaraJ]

I have been distracted from crafts at the moment and in to making cakes :

 

very light chocolate cupcake with a genache type icing

 

Spicy ginger cupcakes with Clementine buttercream

 

After Eight cupcakes ...yummy for tea tonight

 

For DD's bday:

Malteser Cupcakes (whole maltesers in cakes)

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Mars Bar cupcakes

[Lesley]

Wow! - I love those ginger ones with little gold stars

[chickencam]

They are all very stylish, have they all got buttercream toppings or do you use anything else?

[Egluntyne]

Yum.

[craftyhunnypie]

Can you make & deliver us 6 before midnight please? They are all truly fab! Love the ginger ones with the stars, but could also manage a Mars & after eight one. Mmmm you've got me drooling here.

Well done.

If you can point me in the right direction of those stars & some edible irridescent glitter for my xmas cakes it would be greatly appreciated.

 

Keep baking...don't forget midnight on the dot!

 

Emma.x

[BarbaraJ]

Can you make & deliver us 6 before midnight please? They are all truly fab! Love the ginger ones with the stars, but could also manage a Mars & after eight one. Mmmm you've got me drooling here.

Well done.

If you can point me in the right direction of those stars & some edible irridescent glitter for my xmas cakes it would be greatly appreciated.

 

Keep baking...don't forget midnight on the dot!

 

Emma.x

 

Will you turn into something if i don't deliver by 12?

 

stars etc and glitters:

http://www.cakescookiesandcraftsshop.co.uk/acatalog/Edible_Glitters.html

[BarbaraJ]

They are all very stylish, have they all got buttercream toppings or do you use anything else?

so far the choc one was different but generally so far different flavoured buttercream. fancy trying fondant but then you need a flat top to the cake.

Theres a topping called swiss meringue, an american recipe but it has shortening which i think is lard, may be wrong but i didnt fancy that!! Said to use Trex but haven't heard of that!!

[Egluntyne]

You can get Trex in most supermarkets. It is a vegetable shortening.

[craftyhunnypie]

The cupcakes weren't delivered on time.....so I turned into a size zero!

 

They really are beautiful cupcakes.

Thanks for the link.

Emma.x

[Eggasperated]

 

stars etc and glitters:

http://www.cakescookiesandcraftsshop.co.uk/acatalog/Edible_Glitters.html

 

Oh no! Just spent £30 cos everything is so beautiful .

[Seagazer]

Really yummy looking cupcakes. I think the coloured cases are lovely. I might have to buy some.

[BarbaraJ]

Really yummy looking cupcakes. I think the coloured cases are lovely. I might have to buy some.

A lot of the cheap supermarket white muffin/cupcake cases seem to pull away from the cakes the following day as do the patterned ones (if they last that long) but i found the brown cases or the foil ones don't. Might just be something I'm doing Ebay do a whole range of different coloured foil cases at good prices

[Alis girls]

Thanks for link I will have to buy something. By the way is the cross ginger cat in antlers on you avatar yours? Very cute

[BarbaraJ]

Thanks for link I will have to buy something. By the way is the cross ginger cat in antlers on you avatar yours? Very cute

no lol just a google pic

[stoice]

Gorgeous looking cakes

 

When I've made fairy cakes in the past (Are fairy cakes the same as cupcakes? ) they always seem to 'dome' up and rise. Not an issue for taste but a bit tricky if i wanted to decorate them using a level top. Is the mixture different? What is your secret BarbaraJ?

[poachedegg]

Gorgeous looking cakes

 

When I've made fairy cakes in the past (Are fairy cakes the same as cupcakes? ) they always seem to 'dome' up and rise. Not an issue for taste but a bit tricky if i wanted to decorate them using a level top. Is the mixture different? What is your secret BarbaraJ?

 

It just means your oven is too hot - turn it down a little and that will make a difference.

[stoice]

A-ha. Thanks poachedegg.

[Valkyrie]

Oh yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! I actually bought some of those stars today in Sainsbury's. I thought DD might like to use them, but now I can see how good they look. Thanks for those piccies. Oh no, dribbling again.

[BarbaraJ]

some new ones , lemon meringue , lemon curd inside and meringue on top yummm!

 

and hubbys valentines cake using runny fondant for first time and made chocs to go on top! turned out better than i thought oh and it has pink sponge

[Chucky Mama]

[quickcluck]

Does everyone use a basic sponge reciepe or is it a special one?

[Chucky Mama]

DD makes all of our cupcakes and uses this book Cupcakes from Primrose Bakery

[quickcluck]

Thanks, i'll investigate.

 

Am doing some this morning, so will still to a normal sponge recipe for now...

[Lavenders_Blue]

I don't make cupcakes very often, so I tend to stick to a basic victoria sandwich mix using the weight of 3 eggs for all the ingredients. I find this the perfect amount for 12 cupcakes. They just need a little less time in the oven than for a victoria sandwich. 15-20 mins should do the trick.

[quickcluck]

My efforts better luck next time.......