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Confetti

Confetti Cupcake – golden butter cream cupcake with a colorful confetti explosion inside, topped with slightly sweetened whipped cream with squiggles of colored chocolate. Price available upon request.

let’s party!

My nephew P._ told me these should be named Crayola cupcakes. No, there are no crayons inside the cupcake and they don’t taste like crayons, either. So how did this colorful explosion came about? Sugar sprinkles are thrown in the batter and they melt as the cupcakes bake leaving behind bright splashes of color.

I started with a golden butter cream cupcake to make sure the multihued sprinkles pop out against the light background. Most baking books extol the pairing of butter/vanilla/yellow cupcake with chocolate frosting (classic, as described). However, the whipped chocolate ganache I made as topping overwhelmed the lovely, delicate flavor of the cupcake. On its own, this cupcake tastes like a butter cookie (yum!) and is just as wonderful to eat plain.

So I went for a whipped cream topping and it worked well. Slightly sweet, yes, but the delectable flavor of the cupcake is not lost. The feathered design is white chocolate tinted with candy colors. The brown crust that forms at the bottom and side of the cupcake as it bakes tastes like butter cookie crumbs. Mmmm!

Add comment June 28th, 2009

Fresh Pineapple Preserves

the midas touch or how my mother turned scrap into gold

Pineapple cupcakes are in my to-bake list. Since we always have fresh pineappple in the house—my father is a devotee—I planned on making fresh pineapple preserves for the filling and frosting. But I never got around to making the cupcakes nor the preserves as procrastination took over. This noon, I was surprised to find a golden, syrupy, sticky, chunky mixture in a pan. Could it be … ? Well, my mother just beat me to making those preserves! And boy do they taste awesome!

It turned out that my mother salvaged some pineapple chunks gone sour and turned them to (edible) gold. Now, if you will excuse me, I will just go and ask her how to do it!

Add comment June 26th, 2009