Carrot Cupcakes with Orange Cream Cheese Frosting

This recipe is from The Primrose Bakery book. There's orange rind in the carrot cupcakes and in the cream cheese frosting. The cupcake is light and soft and not too sweet. In the book, it says one batch of frosting is enough to frost 15-20 regular cupcakes. I ended up baking three times, over three days, just to finish off the frosting. I think I used it to frost about 30 cupcakes. I'm sure if I piled on the frosting, instead of flat-frosting, I wouldn't have so much left. But I think too much frosting would be......well, too much. Don't get me wrong, it was very very yummy. I think the orange goes very well with the carrot. But too much frosting would just overkill the taste.

Anyway, I will definitely make this again as it was so yummy. My older one loves carrot cake. One time we went to a popular cafe here in Singapore and I ordered a carrot cake. I asked my son if this cake was nicer or Mummy's was nicer. He said Mummy's. I said to him, "Are you saying it because it's true, or you just want to make me happy?" He said, "It's true. Your carrot cake is sooo much nicer. I think you should open a cake shop. And call it 'The Famous Sisters' Cake Shop'. " Awww, bless him!

Yellow Buttermilk Cupcakes

These buttermilk cupcakes are from Martha Stewart's Cupcakes book. I made them when my older son had a playdate and I think the kids really enjoyed them. But to be honest, I don't think I will make them again. Personally, I still prefer the fluffier vanilla cupcake recipe that we have. I know that some people prefer their cakes to be denser but not me. But to each his own :-)