Kinder Bueno Cupcakes

Kinder Bueno Cupcake

I make a lot of cookies, and as much as I love them, sometimes instead of crunchy, I want a dessert that is soft and creamy. I was tempted to make a cake, but the danger with that is I cut a too large a slice. I find cupcakes work better for me when it…

Alzheimers Society Cupcake Day

Alzheimer’s Society Cupcake Day

Alzheimer’s Society run a Cupcake Day each year in June to raise much needed funds. This year I will be taking part by baking a few dozen cupcakes and selling them at work. I have even roped in a few colleagues in the office to contribute. Everyone else will be urged, compelled or coerced into…

Chocolate and peppermint cupcake

Double Chocolate and Peppermint Cupcakes

A good friend of mine has a book out today! Alasdair Stuart is a freelance journalist who, among other things, works on Pseudopod.org, the world’s leading horror fiction podcast. Alasdair has collated his outros (the opposite of intros) for 2012 into a book called The Pseudopod Tapes: Vol1. To celebrate the launch, he held a…

Creepy Cupcakes

A sweet addition to the Halloween buffet. I made some deliciously moist Red Velvet Cupcakes. Red Velvet is a chocolate sponge, slightly sharp with buttermilk, and coloured a vivid red. Instead of the traditional cream-cheese frosting that usually accompanies red velvet, these cupcakes, sat in pretty purple cases, were frosted with an orange buttercream, and…