Cooking
Today is Alex's (sub) teacher's birthday. Naturally, there had to be cake.
Chocolate Fudge Truffle cake, to be precise. Very rich, with very little in the way of dry ingredients. Brown sugar in large quantities, yes, Flour, not so much.
A chocolate frosting to top it off, and viola! A giant cupcake.
I'm most proud of the bottom, though. I didn't want to frost it, as that would make it impossible to transport. Instead, I poured heated candy melts over the turned-over bottom half, and let it dry.
The result was a lovely, thin, coating that looked not unlike a paper cupcake liner!
(and yes, it really is big-ish; about seven cups of batter to make that)
Still working on BBM; this whole not-sleeping thing has been slowing me down. That, and staring at the details for 117 people!
Patience, my friends...very soon. Promise.
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Cooking
Makes Your Hands Look Really Tiny
Today is Alex's (sub) teacher's birthday. Naturally, there had to be cake.
Chocolate Fudge Truffle cake, to be precise. Very rich, with very little in the way of dry ingredients. Brown sugar in large quantities, yes, Flour, not so much.
A chocolate frosting to top it off, and viola! A giant cupcake.
I'm most proud of the bottom, though. I didn't want to frost it, as that would make it impossible to transport. Instead, I poured heated candy melts over the turned-over bottom half, and let it dry.
The result was a lovely, thin, coating that looked not unlike a paper cupcake liner!
(and yes, it really is big-ish; about seven cups of batter to make that)
Still working on BBM; this whole not-sleeping thing has been slowing me down. That, and staring at the details for 117 people!
Patience, my friends...very soon. Promise.
- Strawberry Cupcakes: Recipe
I have a cupcake confession. I made a LOT of cupcakes in order to get this recipe right. I ate cupcakes, fed them to Lee and even delivered them to friends. I have my sister to thank for testing the recipe who declared them a success with not only adults...
- Post-oscar Decadence
Of all the nominations, I've only seen...two?...of the films. Ratatouille and Michael Clayton. Which is probably a higher number than past years. We decided to have a sort of 'decadence' dinner. Nothing too fancy, just foods we really enjoy....
- Imbb 13: Cupcakes
(Pats self on back) I finally did it; I found out about IMBB before it happened, and came up with my very own, and yummy (if I do say so, myself), creation. My entry? Dulce De Leche-Filled Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache Frosting Yeah,...
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In my never-ending quest to make it better than the Big Companies, I found a recipe for cream-filled chocolate cupcakes and decided to make them for Matt. They were really easy to make, and as you can see (minus my taking artistic license with...
- Imbb#13: My Little Cupcake!
You're probably not going to believe this, but I've never had a real cupcake. Not one that I knew was a cupcake, anyways. I've had plenty of muffins, ranging from the saw-dusty store-bought type, to the beautifully, light-crumbed, stuffed...