Had some fun this last month practicing making cupcakes for myself and for a couple of friends birthdays. I kind of got inspired after reading Kate Shirazi's book Cupcake Magic.
It’s a great little book,,I got mine on offer from The Book People for £2.99, sadly they don’t stock it anymore, You can get it from Amazon for £5.99
Cup cakes seem to be the “In“ thing this year, there has been a rise in specialist bakers for cupcakes and similar goods. And not just in NY, London,,but Yorkshire, I was reading in Yorkshire Relish how Maggie Stratton setup a cupcake shop (The Cupcake Shoppe) near Wakefield. Dare I say it, it probably started with Sex and The City. As café culture has exploded big time in this country in the last 10-15 years, it would only be natural that Carrie wannabes shop till they drop buying sexy lingerie and cute couture shoes and handbags followed by skinny caramel lattes with soya milk and a designer cup cake at the most chicest tea house/coffee shop.
Anyway…here is a selection of my Cupcakes.
1st attempt a Mocha cupcake with butter cream icing
Here are some unadulterated plain Red Velvet cupcakes with a yummy cream cheese icing
Red Blobs and Pink Balls
Red Sparkles
Yellow cream cheese icing with Pink Glitter and Pink Flowers
A beautiful birthday box of cupcakes
A party size box of cup cakes.
This was the first time I had chance to use my eggshell and green food paste. I think they turned out really well. So well that I am toying with the idea of taking my cakes to market, well a farmers market if I can, or the car-boot at the very least.
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I have had the pleasure of trying one of these cupcakes and I gotta say they're bootiful.
Good idea regarding the market.
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