hi santos...gorgeous cupcakes. inspired by ur recent posts, i made a batch of white choclate n pistachio cupacakes with buttercream icing n candied orange peels. well da cake was wonderful. but da icing was pathetic: it jus wudn't hold da shape n sort of formed a layer of glaze. can u plz giv me good recipes 4 buttercream n frosting?
hello anahita--my current favourite buttercream recipe is here. it's a chocolate buttercream, but if you take out the cocoa, and add a teaspoonful of vanilla, it works well. you might have to add more milk to get it to a consistency you like. add the milk a teaspoonful at a time, or it might get too soft. if it does, try sticking it in the refrigerator for awhile, that will help firm it up. i also like using whipped chocolate ganache as a chocolate frosting, but i've been a little short of bittersweet chocolate these days, so i haven't posted any cupcakes with it yet. good luck!
ooh... you beat me to it. i bought some of those pumpkin sweeties yesterday, intending to do the same...
ReplyDeleteapropos use of cupcake recipe. i like!
there's an awful lot of fine looking cupcakes around here these days!!!
ReplyDeleteyour cupcakes are always so cute and unique!
ReplyDeleteSometimes I lament the fact we in Australia don't do Halloweem.
ReplyDeletehi bramble--shouldn't let this stop ya--you've seen mine, now let me see yours :)
ReplyDeletehi cathy--this isn't even the half of it, but i think i need a break. making my teeth ache.
hi chockylit, you're so sweet to say that--my cupcakes merely aspire to be like yours!
oh kate, that is a tragedy. it's one of our biggest holidays here on island. maybe you can just spook the neighbours?
hi santos...gorgeous cupcakes. inspired by ur recent posts, i made a batch of white choclate n pistachio cupacakes with buttercream icing n candied orange peels. well da cake was wonderful. but da icing was pathetic: it jus wudn't hold da shape n sort of formed a layer of glaze. can u plz giv me good recipes 4 buttercream n frosting?
ReplyDeletehello anahita--my current favourite buttercream recipe is here. it's a chocolate buttercream, but if you take out the cocoa, and add a teaspoonful of vanilla, it works well. you might have to add more milk to get it to a consistency you like. add the milk a teaspoonful at a time, or it might get too soft. if it does, try sticking it in the refrigerator for awhile, that will help firm it up. i also like using whipped chocolate ganache as a chocolate frosting, but i've been a little short of bittersweet chocolate these days, so i haven't posted any cupcakes with it yet. good luck!
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