This is another beta testing recipe that Nadia is going to test for me!

These are gluten-free cupcakes based on the very popular American virgin cocktail which is flavoured with lemon-lime soda and grenadine. They are baked with a gluten-free cake flour and they are so good!

The red base of this cupcake has some Maraschino cherry juice in it (and added red colouring), and then the icing has lemon juice and Maraschino cherry juice in it, making it a delightful pale pink. Then this delectable treat is garnished with a Maraschino cherry!

This is another beta test that Anneke offered to try out for me! The cupcakes and the icing have smooth peanut butter in them, and they are then topped with a dollop of strawberry jam. The cupcakes are surprisingly light considering they have peanut butter in them! I think I may add a little more peanut butter to the icing next time…

This beta test was snapped up by Anneke, who happens to be a regular customer too! I wish you could see her baby… the cutest fat cheeks you just wanna squish!!

Anyhoodle, these mouthwatering treats consist of a biscuit base, a caramel cheesecake layer, and a chopped Snickers topping (my favourite chocolate bar BTW) with just a sprinkling of biscuit crumbs.

Jessica also tried these and her legendary sweet tooth was sated, albeit briefly .

For Anneke I added a swirl of caramel on top of the cupcakes.

This set of beta test recipes are all inspired by pins I have on my Pinterest “I Love Baking” board! I love Pinterest, and there’s so much there that I want to try!

How the “beta testing” works is that I try something new, and you tell me what you think! If you want to try one of these recipes, there’s a small price to cover the cost of the ingredients. These cupcake and cookie experiments will cost you R70 each. Cake and cheesecake experiments will cost you R100 each. Only one “batch” of each recipe is available, so its first-come-first-served. Your order will have to be collected from me in Midrand. Biscuits can wait for collection, but cakes and cupcakes and such need to be collected the day they are baked, or a day later at most.

All you have to do is leave a comment on this post and tell me which one you would like to try, I will then email you further details.

So here’s the list of recipes I am going to be attempting.

• Pineapple Upside Down cake x1
• Oreo Cookies and Cream No-Bake cheesecake x1 This is now Louisa’s!
• Chocolate Peanut Butter Surprise cookies x12 These are now Gina’s!
• Strawberry Chocolate cookies x12 Cara wants these.
• Snickers Caramel Cheesecake cookies x12 These are Anneke’s!
• Gluten-free Shirley Temple cupcakes x12 Nadia wants to try these!
• Nutella cupcakes x12 These are also Gina’s!
• Peanut Butter with Peanut Butter Frosting and Jam cupcakes x12 These are Anneke’s too!

What do you think, oh fans of The Cupcake Lady?

I’ve been researching and reading and digging and working on taking better photographs of my cupcakes and baking endeavours!

I’m pretty pleased with the new pictures…