Froggy Cupcakes

I made these for a friend's birthday last week. No, it wasn't for a child. A quite old man, in fact. Our nickname for him is Frog (for reasons that I shall not divulge here) and hence the froggy cupcakes :P

Star Wars Birthday Cake

It was my hubby's birthday last week and of course, I baked him a chocolate cake. 'Of course' because he loves chocolate cakes. He's a fan of Star Wars, so instead of the usual simple cake that he always has, I put two Star Wars figurines on it. And voila, we have a Star Wars birthday cake! :-P

We all know that I'm as lazy as can be, so there definitely was not gonna be any fiddling with fondant and moulding and all that. Just get two toy figurines and there you have it! I was actually gonna write 'May the force be with you' but that would be a bit too much, don't you think? :-D

Birthday cake

A colleague had wanted to bake for her daughter's birthday but had no time in the end so she ordered a chocolate cake from me. This is not the usual chocolate cake that I make as she specially requested it to be the cupcake recipe that I usually used. As she was gonna feed 30 people, I had to buy a new cake tin to make this and estimation was not very good as it turned out to be a little "shorter" than I anticipated. Nevertheless, they all loved it!

Cookies and Cream Cheesecake Cupcakes

I have finally tried these cookies and cream cheesecakes from Martha Stewart's Cupcakes book. I mentioned a while ago that I've been wanting to try this recipe but somehow just didn't get to it. Well, I finally did! They were very very easy to make. But I wonder if Martha Stewart expect the people who try her recipes to feed an army. Okay, exaggeration. Not an army but maybe two football teams. Most recipes make two dozen to over thirty cupcakes! For this recipe, it makes 30, so I halved it.

They were yummy and the people who tried them all liked it very much. But personally, I prefer the other Oreo cheesecake, the one that I always make :P

Chocolate and Banana Cupcakes

Yes, I know it has been a looooooooooooooong time since my last post. The month of June was the school holidays here in Singapore and we've been away. So haven't had the chance to bake anything. And after we returned from our holidays, I was just so lazy. And I missed three birthdays in June - my mum, sister no.4 and our sweetie-pie niece, S.

Finally baked something a few days ago. They were chocolate and banana cupcakes with chocolate buttercream frosting. They were actually banana cupcakes with chocolate pieces in them. I got the recipe from 'Cupcakes from the Primrose Bakery' but I didn't use their recipe for the frosting as it requires melting the chocolate. And I didn't have time for that as I made them in the morning. But the cakes were soft and light and very yummy!

It just so happened that my parents were here in Singapore and they brought a couple back to KL. And sister no. 4 had one. So these are dedicated to them for their birthdays ;P

Happy Belated Birthday, Mum, Sister No.4 and Sweetie-Pie S!

Buttermilk Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Donno why my picture quality is so bad. Anyway, had made dinner last night so this was dessert. Saw the recipe on the Donna Hay's 50th Anniversary Issue and got really excited about it coz it looked so beautiful! In the picture, it was actually four layers of cakes but I didn't have two small round tins so I just made do with one big one. Heh....somehow the taste reminded me of the chinese "kai tan goh"(literal translation is still cake but somehow you have to say it in cantonese to understand what I am referring to). = P

Cupcake Treats

Tomorrow will be the LAST DAY of school for both my boys....and then it's 7 weeks of looooooooooooooooong lazy Summer holidays.... So what does a good mommy do?
Whip up some mini cupcakes for both the boys to share with their classmates....

One of the Boxes of Cupcakes.....

(Other box is exactly the same)

Yes. yes. I know that I should have arranged them properly and not crookedly. Been a bit disorganised and clumsy today. Got frosting on the sides of the box and on myself too!

And whilst I was at it, I made extra for tomorrow's luncheon at my friend's house. She has invited over a few friends for a get-together before the long break.

Cupcakes for Ladies Luncheon

HAVE A GOOD SUMMER HOLIDAYS, EVERYONE!

Banana Loaf

Don't know if you all know.....my H does not eat cupcakes. Somehow, he thinks cupcakes are for ladies...and eating a cupcake is UNCOOL for a man...making one unmanly!

Anyway, he has been bugging me to make him a banana cake since I don't know when. I supposed it is high time I baked him something...especially I didn't do so for his birthday. *gulp*
Bad WIFE!

Here is the Banana Loaf that I made last weekend. H absolutely loved it...and kept repeating YUMMYYYYYYYY to my younger son, S2 till he was shouting "Dad! STOP IT!"...