Sunday, November 16, 2008

Rainbow Cupcakes!

I must have been on a cupcake rampage for the past couple of weeks! I baked these kiddy totally colourful cupcakes last weekend for a friend's 2 and 4 year old daughters. They are SO cute... the girls I mean... :) I haven't got any photos of them with me, but these cupcakes totally match them, girly, cute, vibrant and energetic!


These were vanilla cupcakes with a white chocolate ganache (with a drop of colouring to make it this gorgeous pink!) and decorated with all things colourful! :)

The cupcakes had a nice fluffy texture, but I think the vanilla essence, together with the vanilla bean paste I used was a little over the top - then again, to each to its own!

Hope you have a great week ahead! :)


Thursday, November 13, 2008

"Cool Bananas!"


I know I know, it has been months since I last blogged! I've been around, just been rather slack about blogging and uploading pictures etc! Anyway, thought I would quickly write whilst my banana cupcakes/muffins are in the oven!

I love banana muffins - and today, I was craving banana bread! The place that does it really well, surprisingly is actually McCafe! A colleague and I would sometimes get a coffee and slice of banana bread as a Thursday morning treat. Well today, we didnt coordinate it, but boy was I craving it! Then I got told Cinos does a good banana bread too! The choices and dilema!!! Conclusion, I had a piece of honey butter multigrain toast and a cup of tea.

Why? I figured I should save the treat for tomorrow, since it's Friday! Well before I got to that conclusion, I was thinking banana bread vs saving $ vs lazy to walk there vs is it really a need or a want! Too many equations ended up with me having a toast and tea at work! (well now that I made this, Im not sure I can justify buying banana bread from someone else! HMMM!!! Perhaps will have to save it for Monday then, as a treat to kick off the week! Hahaha! :))

So, what is your Friday treat? Is it a bought lunch, a piece of chocolate, a drink at lunch or some nice banana bread and a good cup of coffee? :)




The smell of warm bananas is one of the nicest fragrance - I feel like bottling it up now! :) Makes a house a home!!! :)

Enjoy these banana cupcakes - they were made for a special someone!!! :)