Category: cupcakes

  • Sesame Street cupcakes

    Sesame Street cupcakes

      My baby is not a baby anymore. He turned one on August 15. And already, he has a favourite show — “Play With Me Sesame.” Whenever he sees ay “Sesame Street” characters he points and yells “Heeeeeeey” and he also demands “Ehmo, Ehmo, Ehmo” when he sees me scrolling through the PVR list. So it…

  • Martha Stewart’s hummingbird cupcakes

    Martha Stewart’s hummingbird cupcakes

      I turned blanky-blank this year. I guess it’s a testament to my rising age that I don’t want to tell you how old I am. Ply me with some Bombay Sapphire and tonic and I might. Anyway, I guess I was feeling the Birthday Blues this year as I approach an age milestone, and so…

  • Colossal Cupcake Creation

    Colossal Cupcake Creation

      Cast your mind back and you may remember I wished for a giant cupcake on my Christmas wish list. I hoped someone would pick up on my heavy-handed hint and order it for my birthday, but I wasn’t holding my breath. Well, you can imagine how thrilled I was when one of my besties…

  • Devil’s chocolate cupcakes with chocolate ganache and salted caramel filling

    Devil’s chocolate cupcakes with chocolate ganache and salted caramel filling

      I made these Devil’s food cupcakes with chocolate ganache frosting and salted caramel filling for my parents’ annual Christmas Day lunch from Martha Stewart’s “Cupcakes” books. You can also find the recipes for the cupcakes and the frosting through these hyperlinks to her website. Rather than topping the cupcakes with chocolate shavings as pictured…

  • Christmas tree cupcakes

    Christmas tree cupcakes

      Maybe one day I will be able to look back on these cupcakes as a learning experience. For now, though, all I associate them with are sobbing over a double boiler of separated green buttercream while holding my baby in one arm and a wooden spoon in another. I made these chocolate cupcakes with…

  • Lemon meringue cupcakes

    Lemon meringue cupcakes

      I am the first to admit I have avoided making lemon meringue pie all my life out of fear of using a culinary torch, and also of making a meringue. Past attempts to make meringues have been unsuccessful and resulted in goopy masses of egg white and translucent liquid. However, with my trusty KitchenAid…

  • Tiramisu cupcakes

    Tiramisu cupcakes

      The Martha Stewart team sent out the recipe for these tiramisu cupcakes in the days leading up to the launch of their “Cupcakes” book and also featured this recipe on the flagship show during Martha Stewart’s “Cupcake Week.”Homemade tiramisu, lady finger biscuits topped in espresso, topped with a whipped mixture of mascarpone, egg yolks,…

  • Chocolate-spice cupcakes

    Chocolate-spice cupcakes

      These spiced cupcakes are an adult version of a childhood treat.The cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger elevate the simple taste of the familiar flavours of a a chocolate cupcake into something much more sophisticated and complex. Children may wrinkle their nose at the addition of the candied ginger but adults will let it linger on…

  • Welcome Baby Boy Cupcakes

    Welcome Baby Boy Cupcakes

      I made these for the arrival of a friend’s bouncing baby boy. These aren’t quite as pretty as my pretty in pink cupcakes, or as whimsical as my Easter egg nest and Star of Bethlehem cupcakes. But they are perfect gifts for new parents of baby boy, or even to make for a baby…

  • Pretty in pink cupcakes

    Pretty in pink cupcakes

      When my sister-in-law asked me to make the same spiced apple walnut cupcakes that I had made for Christmas Eve dinner and to invite her over, I happily agreed. As you may remember from my previous post, I was eager to try out the three dozen Paper Orchid cupcake wrappers I purchased some time…