The Cupcake Lady

I heard about this here compo via Twitter, and then went looking for it!

I have been thinking about baking these particular cupcakes for ages, and the competition was the perfect occasion to test my idea. My knucklehead was kind enough to play cameraman whilst I was baking- and I don’t have any pictures of me actually baking the cupcakes- so thats different. And my fiancé photographed me with the finished cupcakes to send to Yuppiechef.

I used a red velvet recipe that I found- I’m still trying to replace the one I lost- which is divine and velvety, but not red! I iced it with pink and white two-tone butter icing to make it look like the softserve ice cream I grew up with, and then put in a flake to complete the look!!

You can see my entry and some comments on it on Yuppiechef’s website and on their Facebook page.

I’ll sell these for R20 each.

The most recent sample boxes had 3 cupcakes in, mostly chocolate.

In the fancy green cup is a chocolate cake with a secret-centre, decorated with chocolate butter icing and little fondant flowers. In the purple cup is a crème-caramel secret-centre chocolate cupcake with a chocolate ganache-type frosting and chopped nuts. The other cupcake is supposed to be a red velvet cupcake, and its divinely velvety, but its not red at all. It has cream cheese icing on nonetheless since it tastes divine in combination… and its not the red colouring that determines its taste

These sample boxes were R50 each.

If anyone can suggest a new name for the sample boxes I’d love to hear them!

So far, people have suggested “threesomes“, “nom nom boxes“, “addiction creators“, “tid bits“, “teasers“, “boxed orgasms“ and “Introduction To Heaven“!

Red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese icing and sugar sprinkles, and chocolate secret-centre cupcakes with a chocolate ganache type icing and chopped nuts!

I tried a new recipe since the first red velvet recipe I used and loved went missing… and the new recipe isn’t red!!! Its divine, truly is velvety, but its not red

This morning I attended Nicola’s christening. She’s the daughter of a friend of mine, and I made cupcakes for her as a gift.

Nicola’s room is decorated with an under-the-sea theme, so I couldn’t resist the seashells on some of the chocolate cakes. I also used the little pink baby feet and added flowers, all on white butter icing.

Alida is a repeat customer, and she ordered these for her daddy darling’s birthday celebration!

These are chocolate cupcakes in gold cups with gold fondant numbers, gold dragees and chocolate butter icing!

These are R20 each.

I also made her one special one to eat since she battles not to eat her orders before she gets where she’s going!!! This one is chocolate cake with chocolate butter icing and chocolate chips!!