These cupcakes need a lot of work, but I think they were such a great idea. Whenever I go to AJs I feel like we have smores', so I figured I would try and make them in Cupcake form for his birthday! Really easy, the top is fluff, grahm cracker crumbs, and ganache. Can we talk about ganache for a minute? This was my first time making it ( it's just heavy cream, butter, and semi sweet chocolate bits) and I think I instantly fell in love, who wouldn't want permanently melted chocolate on their cupcake? Anyway, the cupcake itself is just a deep chocolate recipe, if you're in a rush you can use any chocolate cake mix. Now, the bottom is where I ran into some trouble.... for my bottom I used a mixture of brown sugar (light or dark, I think I used dark because it's all I had) Butter, and grahm cracker crumbs, like a pie crust. I've never made a pie before but I know that when I put that on the bottom and baked the cupcakes regularly, the bottom started to burn by the time they came out. I guess I'll just lower my temperature next time. Nevertheless, these are easy, messy, and funnnn..... all the makings of the best kinds of cupcakes.
Laughing at these pictures.. for My best friend nikki's birthday a chocolate/banana cake was requested. Safe to say I aced it by messing around with my favorite chocolate sour cream recipe. I look awful in that picture! it was before going out... Her favorite color is green so I kept it simple and just added some colored sugar. Happy Birthday best friend!
First big cake I tried to cover with fondant... It's hard work getting everything smooth! ugh It drove me crazy but unfortunately I am broke and only had a limited supply of everything :\ Decorating with flowers and everything is much more fun than putting the flat layer on. I used sugar pearls and cutters and thats basically it! But hey, for someone who is going by guessing how to do things, it came out pretty good. Anyway, I don't have a picture but inside these 2 tiers is the best red velvet I ever made. yum.
A few weeks ago ( before my laptop died :( ) I made these really quick at home for a friend. It's just store bought strawberry cake mix, vanilla frosting tinted green, and semisweet chocolate chips in them. They came out super cute! When you open them they look like watermelons but they really taste like strawberries and chocolate. yum.
