Cookie Dough Cupcakes

Cupcake or cookie, cupcake or cookie ... which one to choose ... the dilemma is now solved with cookie dough cupcakes...

Peanut Butter Cupcakes

A lot of people find peanut butter over powering but, with thanks to my army of tasters, we have a recipe that has just enought peanut butter flavour...

Apple Crumble Cupcakes

Whenever I try a new cupcake recipe I always take them into work, so I should have been expecting my work friends to start demanding cupcakes for their birthday. So in honour of Pete - the kitchen manager's birthday, and to cheer people in work up in this terrible weather I decided to make Apple Crumble Cupcakes. This recipe is based on a recipe by the Hummingbird Bakery, but i used a different icing, instead of custard icing, I used cinnamon cream cheese frosting. I have decorated these cupcakes with little apples made from red and green fondant icing.

 

Sugarpaste Bow

Creating sugarpaste bows is a great skill to have and once mastered, you can make them large or small and introduce your own tweaks that make it unique. I used them to top my summer cupcakes and glazed them with orange and lemon juice.

Charity Jubilee Tea Party

For the Diamond Jubilee I organised an charity tea party for work. For this my friend Ellie and I baked:

Chocolate Caramel Cupcakes

Chocolate and caramel ... a perfect and popular combination when it comes to chocolate bars, so it should be a perfect combination with cupcakes... I think they are, especially with a gooey caramel centre. But why don't you make them and decide for yourself.

Chocolate Orange Cupcakes

Ganache is useful as a filling, a frosting, or a glaze. once refrigerated its the consistency of peanut butter, it can be whipped also. it should be noted that adjusting the amount of chocolate to cream will produce a firmer, or softer ganache. This is a simple recipe for chocolate orange cupcakes that goes with great with a chocolate orange ganache. If you think all cupcakes should come with buttercream then I have also included a recipe for a white chocolate and orange buttercream.