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[RuthWells]

Hello There:)

Here are my latest cupcakes made from Italian Buttercream and the vanilla cupcake recipe in the Whimsical Bakehouse Book.

I just want to say all you guys have taught me tremendously over the last year of me lurking!..   A BIG THANKYOU!





-- Jane:)

Miss Jane, those are GORGEOUS!!! Thanks for posting. I would love to hear a little about how you managed to pipe them without incurring crippling hand-cramps. Did you pipe the flowers directly onto the cupcakes, or did you pipe the flowers onto nails and transfer them? I aspire to such beautiful buttercream flowers, but have yet to achieve such splendor.

[MissJane]

Miss Jane, those are GORGEOUS!!!  Thanks for posting.  I would love to hear a little about how you managed to pipe them without incurring crippling hand-cramps.    Did you pipe the flowers directly onto the cupcakes, or did you pipe the flowers onto nails and transfer them?  I aspire to such beautiful buttercream flowers, but have yet to achieve such splendor.

Thankyou!:) I piped all the flowes on directly on the cupcakes. They way I managed not to bump any of the flowers is that I started with the Roses first and then set them up in the fridge. Then I moved unto the other flowers finishing with the " Marigold" look to fill in any spaces.

The Roses arent perfect as I had trouble getting the right angles when I piped, but that didnt matter as every other flower pressed against the roses so it hid all the flaws;)..


-- Jane:)

[RuthWells]

Thankyou!:) I piped all the flowes on directly on the cupcakes. They way I managed not to bump any of the flowers is that I started with the Roses first and then set them up in the fridge. Then I moved unto the other flowers finishing with the " Marigold" look to fill in any spaces.

The Roses arent perfect as I had trouble getting the right angles when I piped, but that didnt matter as every other flower pressed against the roses so it hid all the flaws;)..


-- Jane:)

Chilling the cupcakes down between flowers is a terrific idea -- d'oh! Good technique for cakes as well, I should think, when you're going for that over-stuffed look. On my list of things to try!

[Patrick S]

Ina Garten has a new recipe for chocolate cupcakes that is very simple and produces a moist, fudgy cupcake. It uses chocolate syrup, so if you don't like the taste of Hershey's syrup you might not like them. I made them for work and they were very well recieved. I covered with bittersweet ganache to balance the sweet cupcake.



Chocolate ganache cupcakes

Edited by Patrick S, 12 September 2005 - 04:32 PM.

[ComeUndone]

I made a variety of cupcakes for a special occasion a few days ago. I'm happy with most of the results. You can read my review notes in my blog.

top row: coffee cake + coffee buttercream, vanilla cake + pistachio buttercream, green tea cake + azuki bean buttercream, coffee cake + ganache
middle row: coconut cake + cream cheese frosting, chocolate cake + ganache, lemon cake + lemon buttercream
bottom row: coconut cake + mango buttercream, chocolate cake + coffee buttercream, vanilla cake + strawberry buttercream, carrot cake + cream cheese frosting

[Ling]

Such beautiful pictures, everyone! This is one of the cutest threads ever.

MissJane: I hope one day I'll be able to pipe flowers half as well as you do!

[CanadianBakin']

Candy, you're making me drool. What great flavour combos. I want to have a bite of all of them. I especially like the sound of coconut cake with mango buttercream. Mmmmm... I've got a simple question, what size tip did you use for piping?

[ComeUndone]

I used Ateco 825 (i.e. open star #5). I'm an advocate of piped on rather than spreaded on frosting.

[anvi]

These chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese filling are my old potluck standby. they are fudgey and creamy, not too sweet and can be in the oven in less than a half hour. They are actually better when made a day ahead to allow the flavor of the cocoa to develop. Not at all elegant or sophisticated, but everyone loves them! This makes a lot of cupcakes, so you might want to halve the recipe, or make all of them and freeze half.

Chocolate Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Filling

For Chocolate Cake:
3 cups flour
2/3 cup cocoa
2 tsp baking soda
2 cups sugar
1 tsp salt
2 cups cold water
1/2 cup + 2 Tbs veg. oil
1 Tbs vanilla
2 Tbs white vinegar

mix all the dry ingredients in a large bowl. In another bowl mix all the liquid ingredients. pour the wet into the dry and whisk until smooth - don't worry about overmixing. Batter will be quite liquid.

For Filling
12 oz cream cheese - room temp
2 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1-1/4 cups chocolate chips
1/2 cups chopped, toasted walnuts

Beat together the cream cheese, eggs and sugar. stir in the chocolate chips and walnuts.

Put paper liners in muffin tins. fill each about 1/2 to 2/3 full of batter. Top with a generous 1 Tbs blob of filling. no need to push the filling down or put more batter on top, as the batter will bake up around it and there will just be a bit of the cream cheese showing on top of the baked cupcake.

Hi,
I was planning to try these cupcakes but than i noticed that there were no eggs in the recipe for the cupcakes.there are eggs in the filling but not in the cakes itself.Is this OK?
i know you guys are all experts ,so please pardon me for the dumb question!!

[Joni]

Candy...would you be willing to share your mango buttercream frosting? Sounds divine! Thanks.

[Joni]

Candy...sorry...I just read your blog! Fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing everything!!!

[etalanian]

We made cupcakes as the dessert for the fund raiser event for my daughter's school last spring. I was in charge of coordinating the effort, and had about a dozen moms at my house to frost 1,000 cupcakes. Some of them had never frosted anything before. It was really a lot of fun. The cupcakes were set up on a tiered display that one of the dads built. I can't find a photo of that, but I wanted to post a photo of some cupcakes I made earlier this year. I just can't figure out how.

Can anyone tell me? Thanks!

I love this thread!! It is so much fun!

Eileen

[cathrynapple]

ComeUndone, i'm practically having multiple orgasms over your blog.

you laugh, but i'm serious!

the mango mousse cake made my toes curl.


someone's mom used to make cupcakes with miniature candybars melted in the middle. milky way, snickers, three musketeers. too sweet, but such fun.

[freddurf]

Candy...sorry...I just read your blog! Fantastic!  Thank you so much for sharing everything!!!

ComeUndone, i'm practically having multiple orgasms over your blog.

you laugh, but i'm serious!

the mango mousse cake made my toes curl.

Where can I find this? I have to read more about mango mousse cake and mango buttercream! MMMMMM

[Tepee]

This reminds me of the When Harry Met Sally fake orgasm scene....ending with the lady at the next table saying, "I'll have what she's having."

Freddurf....just click on comeundone's blog.

Edited by Tepee, 17 October 2005 - 12:47 AM.

[ComeUndone]

The mango buttercream is one of my favourite flavour too. I flavour italian meringue buttercream with canned alphoso mango puree. It's the some stuff Indian restaurants use to make mango lassi.

Here's the link again to my cooking notes: cupcake notes

The mango mousse cake was an assignment from The Art of Cake class that I took earlier this year. This is a link to the picture.

Enjoy!

[freddurf]

Freddurf....just click on comeundone's blog.

Thanks! I'm such an idiot!

[designerobsessed]

I made a variety of cupcakes for a special occasion a few days ago. I'm happy with most of the results. You can read my review notes in my blog.

top row: coffee cake + coffee buttercream, vanilla cake + pistachio buttercream, green tea cake + azuki bean buttercream, coffee cake + ganache
middle row: coconut cake + cream cheese frosting, chocolate cake + ganache, lemon cake + lemon buttercream
bottom row: coconut cake + mango buttercream, chocolate cake + coffee buttercream, vanilla cake + strawberry buttercream, carrot cake + cream cheese frosting

I would just like to say that your cupcakes look amazing!!! It seems that everytime I make them the tops are flat rather than slightly domed. Is there a special trick to getting them this way?

[ComeUndone]

I would just like to say that your cupcakes look amazing!!!  It seems that everytime I make them the tops are flat rather than slightly domed.  Is there a special trick to getting them this way?

Thank you! I found that pound cake or quartre-quarts recipes generally yield nice domed cake whereas butter cake recipes are much harder to control. I personally perfer the former because the cakes end up having more structure. Butter cakes are mush lighter and fluffier but they are too delicate for my personal taste (much better suited for layer cakes IMO).

[joaquin]

A search of Food Network for Coconut Cupcakes turned up only Rachael Ray and not the Barefoot Contessa that was well reviewed here. Does anyone have the link?

[designerobsessed]

I would just like to say that your cupcakes look amazing!!!  It seems that everytime I make them the tops are flat rather than slightly domed.  Is there a special trick to getting them this way?

Thank you! I found that pound cake or quartre-quarts recipes generally yield nice domed cake whereas butter cake recipes are much harder to control. I personally perfer the former because the cakes end up having more structure. Butter cakes are mush lighter and fluffier but they are too delicate for my personal taste (much better suited for layer cakes IMO).

At the risk of sounding like an idiot, what is a quartre-quarts recipe?

[tan319]

Pound cake in French.

[designerobsessed]

Pound cake in French.

Thank you - I must sound like a real novice!! lololol

[momlovestocook]

A search of Food Network for Coconut Cupcakes turned up only Rachael Ray and not the Barefoot Contessa that was well reviewed here. Does anyone have the link?

here's a link
cupcakes

Sandra

[ComeUndone]

From front to back:
Pumpkin Cream Cheese Buttercream with Vanilla Pound Cake. Garnished with Maple Sugar.
Mixed Berries Buttercream with Vanilla Pound Cake. Garnished with Chocolate Sprinkles.
Milk Chocolate Tofee Buttercream with Chocolate Pound Cake. Garnished with Roasted Peanuts.

I was totally intrigued when I read that people bake cupcakes in ice-cream cones so of course I had to try it. They look absolutely adorable! In order to transport the cakes easily, I put each cone in a plastic cup filled with some course sparkling sugar (looks like ice, doesn't it?). The sugar is perfect for anchoring the cone. I use a second plastic cup as a lid. This screams wedding favors to me, don't you think?

[takomabaker]

The Politics of Pastry

I just ran across this yesterday!

[Pam R]

Back in the 80's I went to school with a girl whose mother threw the best birthday parties. The parties were usually thrown in the basement 'party room' which had a floor made up of squares that lit up as we danced. Anyhow, she used to bake these for us - and I loved them. Thought they were the coolest.


Yours look fantastic.

[bergerka]

I haven't, unfortunately had the chance to bake any this week, but just thought I'd let you all know that I am eating the most ADORABLE little cupcake at work - it's teeny and tiny and chocolate and has a frosting spiderweb on top. It's from the Halloween lunch.

K

[momlovestocook]

Here's the cupcakes I made for the bake sale at dd's school tomorrow. I'm just learning to decorate on my own so ignore the flaws LOL.



Sandra

[takomabaker]

Here's the cupcakes I made for the bake sale at dd's school tomorrow.  I'm just learning to decorate on my own so ignore the flaws LOL.



Sandra

OH CUTE!!!! Those are WONDERFUL!