by Aimee on April 29, 2009
You know the song in Alice In Wonderland, “A very merry un-Birthday to you!” Well, a very merry un-Iron Cupcake challenge to you! At least I’m going to try since I obviously did not make the deadline…yet again…this month. I still managed to get a cupcake designed and baked though, and that’s what the challenge is really all about right…baking cupcakes outside of the box!
I really wanted to branch out with this month’s Iron Cupcake flavor inspiration of soda pop. There are so many sodas to be had out there other than plain ‘ol cola…red apple, crushed melon, green tea, lavender…there’s even orange cola. Being the bohemian that I am, I wanted to experiment with one of the more uncommon flavors. My only problem was that I couldn’t find any of them available locally. Sorry dear reader, but I’m not going to make a special 45+ minute trip galavanting across Florida trying to find Kumquat soda. If I had had more foresight (which I should have by now) I would have known that I live in a proverbial no-man’s land whose only fizzy consolations come in plain Coke and Pepsi Co. flavors, and I could have simply ordered something unusual from somewhere exotic…like Scottsdale. *sigh* But I didn’t. So I was stuck with cherry. Click to continue…
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Cherry,
Chocolate,
Cupcakes,
Recipe!,
Soda
by Aimee on April 2, 2009
At the beginning of March I had great plans and was really getting into a groove. One of those was a concoction for March’s Iron Cupcake theme of Nuts and Seeds. I came, I baked, but again did not conquer because I was unable to get my post up before the 24th. Oh well.
When contemplating the theme, while hazelnuts certainly tugged on my tongue it was lemon that tenaciously stalked my taste buds. For some reason I’ve had citrus on the brain for a couple of weeks now. This predilection wasn’t chastened with March’s Tuesdays With Dorie selection of the French Yogurt Cake, which optioned making it a layer cake with lemon curd. But what to do with a lemon on your mind when you need a nut or seed? Turn to poppy seeds of course! Click to continue…
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Cupcakes,
Frosting,
Lemon,
Recipe!
by Aimee on October 28, 2008
Here I thought, finally a recipe I’m really looking forward to! I should have known that this week would end up being a let down. Yep, this was a New Year’s Eve recipe. I’m not sure if any of you have experienced this. What happens is you get a recipe built up in your mind just like the yearly New Years celebration. For one reason or another things don’t go quite as planned and all that excitement just deflates like a soggy ballon. This is what happened for me in this recipe. I’m not sure why. My main beef is it’s just not sweet enough for me, and a bit dry. It seems that others have had this problem, and have discovered some likely solutions (adding pudding sounds good). Click to continue…
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Chocolate,
Cupcakes,
TWD
