Do you think it was luck or fate that made this past week's challenge colour yellow? I'm leaning more toward luck, but the cause really isn't all that important. What is important is the reason why I made the cupcakes in the first place; the timing just happened to line up well enough that I... Continue Reading →
Chocolate on chocolate
I made these chocolate cupcakes with chocolate buttercream frosting the same weekend I made last week's cupcakes. And while the cupcake itself was good, I think it was the frosting that made them my second favourite. It was creamy, sweet, and chocolaty--everything you want on top of a chocolate cupcake. It was easy to make,... Continue Reading →
Sweet little cupcake
Oh, cupcakes. They're one of my favourite desserts to make. I just love everything about them, from the cake itself, to any little decorations that may sit on top. That particular cupcake up there is fairly simple: a vanilla cupcake with a Baileys buttercream frosting. But you know what? It was delicious. The other two... Continue Reading →
Recipe: Cinnamon and Honey Cream Cheese Frosting
How does that old saying go? "Sugar and spice and everything nice?" That sounds about right--and like the perfect way to describe this Cinnamon and Honey Cream Cheese Frosting.
Favourite five: Recipes I tried for the first time in 2017
I try a lot of new recipes throughout the year. Sometimes they're recipes I've made up, other times they're recipes that have been perfected by home chefs and bakers across the internet. Either way, I enjoy the experience of trying something new. When I find a recipe I really enjoy, I try to come back... Continue Reading →