Non Cupcakes

This was a cute little set I made for Dio's baby shower. As you can see I went with the Winnie the Pooh theme :]

The cupcakes are either towels, onesies, or beanies. It took a little longer than I thought it would to get the items to really look like cupcakes, but I am really happy with the way it turned out :)

Peanut Butter Chocolate Cupcakes

Old post i never got to:

Peanut Butter Chocolate cupcakes, or Reese's Cupcakes if you will! Chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter center and peanut butter cream cheese frosting. YUM.

Match Green Tea Cupcakes

I stopped by Lupicia last week, and saw a teeny tin of matcha tea on the clearance rack. $5!? I'd always wanted to make matcha cupcakes, especially after I tried a version from Love at First Bite in Berkeley.

So, I ended up making Genmaicha Matcha cupcakes. Why, you ask? Because the tin of Matcha was deceiving! There was so much less in there than I though. So I did the Genmaicha and Matcha, or you like, double green tea cupcakes!

Heres a pic of em' fresh outta the oven.

After they cooled I tasted one, and was a tad disappointed because they were a tad dry. To offset the dryness, I brushed a couple of layers of a matcha sugar glaze on top of em.

And here is the final product: Double Green Tea Cupcakes with Matcha Cream Cheese Frosting!

Overall, I was pretty impressed. My recipe turned out a little dry, but I've been good about documenting my notes in the kitchen, so next time, they'll be perfect! I'll update when I get feedback from my guinea pigs...I mean, my co-workers ;)

Smore's Cupcakes

Wow, I don't know what to say, I've had many cupcake adventures since I created this blog in Sep of last year, but it is my goal to keep up at it :). So, lest start with the most recent adventure.

Behold, (one of the versions) Smore's Cupcake!

This one here, is a chocolate chip cake, with a grahm cracker crust. I topped it with fresh, homemade marshmallows, torched em' and drizzled crumbled grahm crackers and chocolate ganache.

I was pretty happy with the outcome, especially with the fresh marshmallow topping! (thanks martha stewart! ;] )

It got rave reviews from my tasters, who suggested I try adding nutella in the middle...which is an idea I have tried! Well, kind of...

Here is a picture of an earlier version of smores cupcakes I made during the holidays. As you can see, I added chocolate ganache in the batter, which made for an awesome creamy chocolate texture. For this frosting I used the whipped marshmallow straight outta the box, which was not the best idea. It was very messy!

I think the next time I make the smores cupcakes, I'm going to combine both of the cupcakes! :)