Blueberry Swirl Cheesecake

I made this as a farewell gift to the administrator in my younger son's school. We get along quite well and I will surely miss her.

Blueberry Swirl Cupcakes

This recipe is from my Rachel Lane Wild About Cupcakes book. It uses honey and thus, is sugar-free. The recipe only calls for mashed fresh or frozen blueberries. But since I have some blueberry puree left, I used that as well and mixed it into the batter. That's why the cake is a purplish colour (sort of like a bruise actually :P).

Blueberry and Cream Cheese

This is, again, from my Cupcakes by Sue McMahon book. It's actually lemon cupcakes with lemon cream cheese frosting, topped with blueberries and brushed with a blueberry jam glaze. I guess I didn't put enough blueberries and glaze, so it looks a bit 'sparse'. But yummy nevertheless.

Blueberry and Maple Syrup Cupcakes

I made these blueberry and maple syrup cupcakes for my almost-six-year-old and his friends. There was no special occasion. I made them because he asked me. He was leafing through one of my cupcake books - Cupcakes by Sue McMahon - and going "Hmm, this looks nice!" "Oh, this looks yummy!" Then he asked me why don't I try to make all the different cupcakes in that book. I was like, "Er, I don't think so!" I asked him to choose one and he chose this one. Of course, the picture in the book looked infinitely better than this one. But it tastes really good, and not sickeningly sweet either.

Back to trying to make every single cupcake in the book. Maybe I should set myself a challenge. Like the Cupcake Queen (check out http://52cupcakes.blogspot.com/). She has challenged herself to make ALL 175 recipes in Martha Stewart's Cupcakes: 175 Inspired Ideas for Everyone's Favorite Treat. She is on the sixth one now. There are actually a couple of recipes there I would like to try myself.

Anyway, can I make every single recipe in a book? Hmmm...........................probably not! WAY too lazy ;p I know I don't have to make them all in a few weeks or whatever, but what if there's something there that I dislike? Do I have to try making them too? So, let's just leave all this to the 'professionals'! :D

Say Cheese(cakes)!

Yes, I seem to be going through a cheesecake phase. I made this baked blueberry cheesecake last week. Berries again, you say. Well, there was a discount on blueberries in the supermarket, so what better time to make something with blueberries? But I tell you, I think next time I'll just buy the puree straight. It's a lot of work straining those berries through a sieve!



And yesterday, I made an oreo cheescake. This one is just a chilled one, no baking whatsoever. There's whipped cream added to it, so it's very light, not dense like a normal cheesecake. I know my photography is very bad, but do not let looks deceive you!! Both cheesecakes were very well-received!