Happy Halloween!

I know this is quite badly done. I didn't have the mood to do the decorations like I did last year. But just to make something to commemorate this day, I just cut out some orange fondant I had left over and used edible black markers to draw on them. And that's one sad-looking Jack O'Lantern! Hehe, anyways.....

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Orange Cupcakes with Orange Blossom Buttercream Frosting

These are from the Primrose Bakery book. The cakes were nice, with only a subtle hint of orange. The frosting was nice too but waaaaayy too sweet! The recipe uses 115g of butter and FIVE HUNDRED grams of icing sugar. And no, I did not follow the recipe. I only used 230g of icing sugar and you can tell because the frosting was so so soft and 'runny'. But even then, it was so SO sweet. I really can't imagine how it would taste like if I had followed the recipe!

Buttermilk Raspberry Muffins

I had quite a lot of buttermilk left from the scones, so I used them to make these. They are from my new book, 1001 Cupcakes, Cookies & Other Tempting Treats by Susanna Tee, which was given to me by lovely Sister No.3.

They were quite nice and the texture was good too. I gave some to a friend who absolutely loved them! :-)

Buttermilk Scones

These scones are Nigella's recipe. You can find it in 'How to be a Domestic Goddess' and 'Kitchen'. They were really yummy. I went out and bought clotted cream, which cost a bomb (slight exaggeration there!) but oh, so worth it! I love scones with clotted cream! But if not available, I'll make do with whipped cream :-P

Purple and Orange BIRTHDAY Cupcakes

My girlfriend ordered 50 cupcakes for a party yesterday. When she first told me that she wanted PURPLE and ORANGE cupcakes, I asked "is it for Halloween??"
Nope.
It's for her daughter's 13th Birthday.

I was a little apprehensive with the PURPLE and ORANGE colour combo... but I think the colour combination turned out quite alright. What do you think??


As 49 cupcakes fit NICELY in a square box (the 50th would be the ODD one out!), I refunded her the money for 1 cupcake. HeeHee :-)

By the way, these are MINIs... half chocolate and the other half vanilla cupcakes - all frosted with vanilla buttercream and then decorated with fondant butterflies and flowers.

Ben10 Alien Force Birthday Cake

It was my older son's birthday last week. Since he is a Ben10 fan, of course his cake has to be that theme. We had a party for him and there were twenty kids altogether. So I made cupcakes with the edible icing images which my sister bought. I also made a chocolate cake. The green bit, supposedly the 'Omnitrix' is made of fondant but the figurines were all toy ones.

Lazy, Lazy, Lazy!

Well, as the title of this post suggests, I have been really lazy! Lazy in baking and when I do bake, lazy in taking pictures. And when I do take pictures, lazy in posting them (eg. the previous post). Sigh, how can I chastise my older son for being lazy (in doing his homework or practising his musical instruments or whatever) when his Mummy is the biggest lazybones there is?!? Sigh...sigh...sigh....

I have just received my new cookbook in the post. Well, not 'just received' as it has been more than two weeks. I think. Anyway, that's not important. The cookbook is Nigella's new book, Kitchen. I think she's very funny. And very 'real', if you know what I mean. So far, I have tried a few recipes from the book and all of them 'sweets'.

I tried making the chocolate banana muffins and the brownies. Sorry, no pictures. I can't quite remember whether I forgot or I just couldn't be bothered. The muffins were only so-so. The brownies were better, though I've never been a brownie fan. But I really liked the chocolate pieces in them.

I think I will try chocolate brownie bowls next. They look so delicious. And cute!

Coffee Cupcakes with Coffee Buttercream Frosting

I actually made these more than a week ago. But I've just been too lazy in posting them. They are from my 'Primrose Bakery' book and they are good! I have to say, I really do like the recipes in this book. The ones I've tried anyway, of course.

These are dedicated to Sister No.1 who celebrated her birthday a week ago Saturday.

Happy Belated Birthday, Sis! I'm sure you had a blast celebrating in Melbourne!