Cupcakes II

[mothwing]

I am practising baking cupcakes because I want to bake Crocky's brass players something nice because they always bake, and my mother's birthday is today and I wanted to bake her some tasty cupcakes, albeit less chocolatey, because I think she would prefer fruit instead of a chocolate explosion. This time, I really followed both recipe and the instructions for decoration to the letter and even included the dreaded icing.



Looks like I need some more practice with the icing bag, I can't get those swirls any straighter, and these crooked squiggles don't look particularly appetising. I am not too sure about the icing in general, either, as it makes the taste of the filling redundant and the things unnecessary fatty and sweet. It's a nice contrast to the dry dough of the cupcakes, but using a more fluffy recipe for the dough would probably work just as well with the filling and a more plain chocolate cover.

Comments

[bronnyelsp.livejournal.com]

Moth! Those look amazing. I bet they taste as good as they look.

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

Oh, they do, they do. :) Usually, I wouldn't care this much, but they have to be perfect for my mother's birthday, and there is this one woman in Crocky's brass ensemlbe who is my baking arch-nemesis. I want to treat her to something as perfect as her cakes.

They're really heavy, too, you can only eat one of them and be full for the rest of the day. I'm a bit disappointed with the dough, though, its too dry. But I'm working on it. :)

[lordhellebore]

But these look delicous! Really, you're being too much of a perfectionist ;)

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

Thanks. One of these days I'll make a vegan version and bring some to the Freytag seminar.

[utter-pirate.livejournal.com]

Oh my God, you are so cute! XD (I mean that in a good way.)

Loving the detailed analysis of the merits and demerits of your cup cakes. And... baking arch-nemesis?! I *love* it!!! :D

PS: Those cup cakes look fabulous to me...

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

Hehe, I didn't think you meant it in a bad way. Can you use cute in a bad way? I wasn't aware. I'm glad you like the cupcakes and my noble quest against enemy bakery. :)

I have to confess that I have a bit of a baking problem. It is probably all very therapeutic, but I realised that I had formed a habit when we stopped having to buy bread because freshly baked bread, rolls, muffins, cupcakes and cookies just somehow kept showing up in our kitchen - and unfortunately on my hips, too. I'm considering to schlep Crocky to one of the same-sex dance classes they offer round here.