Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Cupcakes for a Celebration!

My boyfriend's niece was baptized a few weeks ago and her mother had asked me to make some cupcakes for the reception. Me? Make cupcakes for a baptism? I was so honoured!!

She wanted vanilla cake with three types of icing. After a few hours of searching blogs and a bit of brainstorming I came up with these three:

Vanilla bean buttercream with heart-shaped fondant cutouts (S for Sofia)



Chocolate buttercream topped with purple flowers




You can click on the links under the photos to be directed to the recipes! I didn't follow all the buttercream recipes to the letter. When I made the strawberry one, I found that the strawberry purée didn't give the frosting a strong taste so I added some strawberry flavour. For the chocolate and vanilla bean, I added more milk or powdered sugar until I got the consistency I wanted.

Sofia and her family really loved the cupcakes. Ok maybe not Sofia, she still only has milk! But I have to admit my favorite was the one with chocolate buttercream!

9 comments:

elliot said...

Wow, those look buff. I like the green cups on the chocolate ones - lovely little touch!

Anonymous said...

Wow, just came across your blog, and I have to say, this is entirely under-appreciated! All of this stuff looks deliciously awesome! Getting hungry just looking at it. :)

Anonymous said...

WOW! These look amazing! My sister is into baking as well, and I just sent her a link to your blog! I'm hoping that she makes a few of these herself.. Muahahaa... >:)

Elsa said...

Thank you guys, it means a lot! And it took me a while to find those green paper liners, I think I'll order them online from now on!

Anonymous said...

Those look amazing! As a fellow baker, I greatly appreciate the time and effort put into all the details of making superb cupcakes! Great job!

If you ever have an inexhaustible supply of money, marzipan makes a great fondant substitute (tastes better IMHO, but is pricey and the almond taste doesn't complement everything)
Happy baking! =)

Anonymous said...

I would eat every single thing you've posted here... to the point I'd probably be ill. Looks delicious.

Elsa said...

Thank you! I've never worked with marzipan before and this was my first time using fondant. It is surprisingly very easy to use!

McKayHi said...

That vanilla bean butter cream icing looks 100% heavenly. :)

Rexaceous said...

My gosh, those chocolate buttercream swirls are amazing! If I could bake perfection like that I'd weigh a couple of hundred kg!