Baking Fool

Snickerdoodle success!!

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:35:51 -0500

I am so excited that my snickerdoodle cupcakes were tasty, and I am also so happy that I had extras to share with friends.

The original order for these cakes was made by my friend (and fellow knit pistol) for her booth at the EWE here in State College. She wanted something that would appeal to the masses, but also was a little out of the ordinary. I thought putting a cookie on top of a cupcake that tasted like a giant snickerdoodle should do the trick. I mean come on now, who doesn't like snickerdoodles.

I found a bunch of recipes online for each piece individually, but nothing that had all the right stuff. So I started throwing things together,...and voila!

I am going crazy wondering if they were a hit at EWE with Sue. I am crossing my fingers.

I did get a photo of their table, and they be looking good!

@weishin

I have to tell you how funny it is that she wrote a note saying that they were real. haha. So cute!

Anyways...here is the recipe for the main cupcake part

Feeling a little romantic

Mon, 18 May 2009 08:24:41 -0500

I felt like making cupcakes, but I also was really interested in eating some chocolate covered strawberries. I found this great recipe online and then of course did what I do best,...adapted it to be my own. I made a cupcake out of some of my fresh strawberries that I macerated overnight. I also used the same strawberry puree in my frosting. Instead of using a ganache or a chocolate frosting, I put straight up chocolate on top of my cake, this made for a slight crunch, like a real chocolate coating!

I will be surprising my office mates later this afternoon.

The magnificent High Hats

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:01:13 -0500

I made these high hat cupcakes for my brothers birthday last weekend. Needless to say, they were a big hit.

The recipe I used is here. I will definitely have to make these again.

Please vote for me! I will make everyone cupcakes if I win!

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:00:35 -0500

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Go to this address and vote for baking fool, which is listed on the right column with all of the other entries.

My Cranberry Cupcake Challenge

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:51:29 -0500

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Yep, you can eat these babies!

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:23:05 -0500

I made these for my sister in laws baby shower. Don't they look good enough to eat. The decorations went over really well....the fact that I tried a "healthy" cupcake,...didn't.

Oh well, you can't win them all.

New design launched using Movable Type

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:13:36 -0500

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Hooray for Mac!

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:34:38 -0500

I made these for my last day of summer IST classes. I got the inspiration from a picture I saw online and added a few of my own.
Hey,....maybe I'll get extra credit.

My new favorite

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:15:13 -0500

As I say goodbye to my long time favorite cupcake website...www.cupcakeblog.com, I find refuge in a new beautiful inspiration.
I saw some the cakes from their site on flickr and quickly got excited. I CANNOT wait to get my kitchen back, so that I can make these mini cupcake pops!
HOW FREAKING CUTE ARE THEY.
Do yourself a favor and visit this site.

Surprise!! Cupcakes!

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:59:00 -0500

These were made specifically for Chris' surprise party. French flags in formation.

These were the chocolate covered strawberry cupcakes that were voted on in a previous blog entry.

Cupcake favors

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:29:34 -0500

I wasn't allowed to make my own cake, but I did manage to do a little baking. I made lemon-vanilla cupcakes with lavender buttercream. I tried my hand at fondant for the first time, I created little fondant flowers for the top,...I brushed them with pearl dust as well. I think they looked pretty, even though I didn't eat any of them.

The petit four attempt and upcoming projects

Wed, 21 May 2008 08:46:59 -0500

Ok, so...I attempted petit fours, and failed MISERABLY. I'm serious, I am not even taking a picture of these because they were soooo bad. The cake was good, and the filling was fine, but finding the right consistancy for the poured fondant was a disaster. The recipe I followed seemed to make the fondant too thick, and it just sat on top of the cake instead of covering it. It was horribly messy and the bottom of the cakes were as bare as could be. I have no idea what I did wrong, but in any case, I will revisit them when I get my confidence back.
In the meantime, I have a few recipes that I want to try but I need some help deciding which one to do first.
Here are the options:

Chocolate Chili (inspired from Dave's last comment)
"Chocolate cupcake with a hint of Ancho Chili topped with a chocolate/chili
buttercream and dark chocolate sprinkles"

Chocolate covered strawberry
"Fresh Strawberry cupcake dipped in chocolate ganache topped with
strawberry chocolate curls"

Fluffrnutter
"Peanut butter cupcake topped with marshmallow buttercream swirled with a
ribbon of pure peanut butter and a dollop of marshmallow fluff"

Pink Lemonade
"Pink lemonade cupcake topped with pink lemonade buttercream and pink
and yellow sprinkles"

Please vote on what you want to see! I will have them ready when I get back from my honeymoon

Sweet AND Salty

Wed, 14 May 2008 12:03:53 -0500

This was an interesting idea...a sweet and salty honey and salted peanut cupcake. I had some serious issues with the recipe that was posted though. The recipe called for the cupcakes to be in the oven for 22 minutes, but after only 10, they totally needed to come out, and when tested the toothpick was completely dry. I even got complaints that they tasted a little dry. So, I am not sure if my oven is WAY off or if the recipe is, I guess I will have to invest in an oven thermometer. Also...the frosting recipe, while delicious, only made enough to barely cover half of the cupcakes, and I followed directions precisely. I have no idea what that is all about.
I'll have to wait and here feedback from the people about whether this is one recipe to keep, or if I should just toss it.
If you ate one....let me know.

Gelatin Flower class

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:39:28 -0500

These flowers are made purely of unflavored gelatin and food coloring. I liked the idea, but I am not sure that I will ever really use them in my baking. I didn't really like that I could see the wire. They were fun to make though.

A Valentines Day cupcake for everyone

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:16:27 -0500

I made these very sweet, very chocolatey cupcakes for my friends at work. The cupcakes were chocolate almond, and the frosting was a vanilla buttercream.
I used my favorite chocolate cake recipe from other posts, and added some almond flour and almond extract. YUM!