These cupcakes are a lighter alternative to the usual scones, possibly not lighter in calories though I’m afraid, but at least there is an element of portion control! It’s very rare that I buy clotted cream but I made an exception for these cupcakes and I’m really pleased that I did. The cupcakes are really…
My cupcakes may look a little like Christmas with the frosted redcurrants but I love redcurrants coated in sugar, the combination of sweet and tart is amazing, second only to dipping a stick of rhubarb into a bag of sugar. I’ve got three redcurrant bushes in my fruit garden and they reward me with lots…
I’ve eaten more chocolate this year because the winter went on and on, I’m not a chocolate snob, but a bar of Lindt Excellence Strawberry Intense Dark Chocolate is hard to beat. The chocolate has pieces of freeze dried strawberries running through, it smells of summer and reminds me of strawberries dipped in chocolate. For…
I bought the raspberries on the spur of the moment, it was a grey day and they looked bright and beautiful, I did wonder if it might be an expensive purchase I’d later regret. My head said don’t buy them, my heart said I really want those raspberries. Well was I in for a nice…
The blogosphere is on overload with Cadbury Creme Eggs recipes, but alas I’m not a fan of the Creme Egg. The photographs and recipes I’ve seen though are enough to make me wish I was a Creme Egg fan. I’ve used my favourite chocolate filled eggs because I’m happy that I can decorate my cakes…
Chocolate makes everything taste better and these little beauties have chocolate chips in the cake too. Banana and chocolate is a wonderful pairing and you can’t really go wrong. Somehow in my kitchen there are always a couple of black bananas left in the fruit bowl, you’ve got to bake these delicious cupcakes, you know…
The perfect accompaniment with these cupcakes is a drink of hot chocolate topped with lots of squirty cream and overloaded with marshmallows. The topping on these cupcakes may look a bit skinny but it’s early into February and we’re still trying to eat less. On second thoughts, I think that may be stretching the truth….
Everywhere I look on the Internet it is telling me to love my leftovers. I started to feel a little guilty because I’m not sure that I do love my leftovers, in fact all they do is stare back at me and make me feel bad that I haven’t used everything up from Christmas. For…
I am mostly drawn towards coffee and walnut cupcakes but this time I left out the coffee in the cake batter and used Baileys in the buttercream. Good idea – yes? For the cake batter I prefer to use salted butter or to make them lighter substitute some of the butter with margarine. I always…
For some unknown reason I’ve got a mountain of gold mini cupcake cases, this recipe uses 18 cases and I’ve still got a whole heap left. These cute sticky gingerbread mini bakes are easy to make and a favourite of ours. They keep for a few days and get stickier by the day but I…
