It was my niece’s graduation party today. Two days ago, I received a text from her requesting for my cupcakes. Vanilla and chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream and milk chocolate frosting. How could I say no? But it’s the second time that my cupcakes will be on display for the …
Today’s my sis-from-another mama’s birthday. Before we went here, she asked if I can bake brazo de Mercedes, pan de sal and vanilla cupcakes. I baked pan de sal for the family already, but I don’t have my tools for brazo. Since it’s her birthday, I baked these little babies …
I’ve never seen a mocha chiffon cupcake, so I made one myself. I used Mr. Jun Belen of Jun-blog‘s recipe for Mocha Chiffon Roll with Mocha Buttercream Frosting, but instead of making a roll, I made cupcakes. I don’t think I’m ready to make cake rolls at this point. Here …
I baked these cupcakes in celebration of my sister’s birthday tomorrow, even if she swore off sweets for Lent. For this birthday surprise, my sincere thanks goes out to Michelle, the Brown Eyed Baker and her recipe for Mocha Cupcakes with Espresso Buttercream Frosting. Out of respect for her copyright rights, …
For this experiment, I went over far too many recipes – each recipe proclaiming it’s the best. I was leaning toward Jim Lahey’s recipe, but changed my mind after seeing pictures of his chocolate chip cookies. It looked too skinny for my liking. I wanted my first batch to be …
The first time I tried to make cream puffs, it was an off-day. I followed a recipe that turned out badly. The puff’s not as puffy as I’d like. Only the cream filling was good. Let me correct that, it was perfect. While melting the sugar, my husband melted the …
