We're baking this weekend for Vision Rescue! Caramel slice, brownies, gingerbread, cookies and macarons!!! Please donate & Support at http://www.visionrescue.org.in/.
16 Nov 2012
Chocolate Cupcakes for a 20th
Finally Friday! Albeit a wet one. Not that that deters one from baking... So whilst Cat is in the US - possibly picking up the pieces from Superstorm Sandy (?!) and enjoying herself immensely (Hawaii, the Big Apple, checking out the US in general so she can tell me what to do and what not in Feb!), I took up the awesome...
15 Nov 2012
Another Week, Another Hen's!
I think we're gearing up for wedding season. Almost every other weekend, I hear of people attending engagement parties, hen's nights or weddings. Must be the season for it. . . So I was asked to make these cute (some might say otherwise) cupcakes for a colleague's friend for the weekend. They look pretty awesome :-)...
10 Nov 2012
Birthday Cake Order
A late-ish order came through midweek from a friend who happens to work around the corner from me. He needed a cake for a friend's birthday and of course, I was more than happy to oblige. Rather than going for a smooth finish, I thought I'd go with the slightly rustic look with the white chocolate shards around the...
Ingredients:
1 C hazelnuts, chopped
1/2 C flour plus 1 T cornflour
1 t baking powder
500 g dark chocolate, chopped
2 T butter
1 1/4 C sugar
4 eggs
1 T vanilla
1 C dark choc chips
1 C white choc chips
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 170 degrees and line cookie tray with baking paper.
2. Melt chocolate and butter over a double boiler.
3. Beat sugar and eggs until thick and glossy.
4. Beat in melted chooclate and vanilla.
5. Sift in dry ingredients and stir in nuts and choc chips until just combined.
6. Cover and chill for 30 minutes.
7. Drop spoonfuls of the batter onto the cookie sheet placing them about 5 cm apart. Press slightly with a fork.
8. Bake in a preheated oven for 12-15 minutes or until cookies are dry and cracked but still shiny.
1 C hazelnuts, chopped
1/2 C flour plus 1 T cornflour
1 t baking powder
500 g dark chocolate, chopped
2 T butter
1 1/4 C sugar
4 eggs
1 T vanilla
1 C dark choc chips
1 C white choc chips
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 170 degrees and line cookie tray with baking paper.
2. Melt chocolate and butter over a double boiler.
3. Beat sugar and eggs until thick and glossy.
4. Beat in melted chooclate and vanilla.
5. Sift in dry ingredients and stir in nuts and choc chips until just combined.
6. Cover and chill for 30 minutes.
7. Drop spoonfuls of the batter onto the cookie sheet placing them about 5 cm apart. Press slightly with a fork.
8. Bake in a preheated oven for 12-15 minutes or until cookies are dry and cracked but still shiny.
10 Nov 2012
Hen's Night/ Engagement Party Cupcakes
The best thing about cupcakes is that they are so versatile and you can come up with endless different combinations, designs, patterns and themes for any occasion. I tried a few different combinations for these cupcakes this week and so easy to mix and match! First off, we have a mud chocolate cupcake with silky...
Hey guys!
Some of you may have heard that I have started taking orders for cakes :) (some might say finally...!) Starting from the bottom, one step at a time. I finally have that facebook page set up so please do visit it @ wynwyn's place. You'll find a few of my projects there also. Or drop me some mail at wynwynsplace(at)gmail(dot)com.
It's been a pretty busy week non-baking-wise but still managed (or committed!) to two order's this week! I made a dozen cupcakes for a hen's/engagement party as well as a White Chocolate Mud Cake for a birthday (funnily enough, my sources tell me that she use to go to my school... small small world).
Think there's a couple of other cupcakes orders in the pipeline and my cousin and I have been talking about doing another fundraising event for his church. This time bigger and better!!! More sugar, chocolate, macarons, brownies, caramel slice, cookies, etc etc! Probably coming up in the next 3 or 4 weeks. If you are interested in donating or ordering, please do let us know!
It's been a pretty busy week non-baking-wise but still managed (or committed!) to two order's this week! I made a dozen cupcakes for a hen's/engagement party as well as a White Chocolate Mud Cake for a birthday (funnily enough, my sources tell me that she use to go to my school... small small world).
Think there's a couple of other cupcakes orders in the pipeline and my cousin and I have been talking about doing another fundraising event for his church. This time bigger and better!!! More sugar, chocolate, macarons, brownies, caramel slice, cookies, etc etc! Probably coming up in the next 3 or 4 weeks. If you are interested in donating or ordering, please do let us know!
