Mini Salted Caramel Cupcakes

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mini cupcakes, salted caramel

Mini Salted Caramel Cupcakes

Made these for our triple birthday bash. First time to bake minis… and I loved it! When I baked the regular ones for my cousin’s bridal shower party, they came out dry (or was it just the recipe? haha). I’ll be making these bite-sized babies from now on.

I used the Georgetown Cupcake recipe from Katherine and Sophie’s co-authored book, The Cupcake Diaries. The frosting was a little too sweet so I added a pinch bunch of salt… and then BAAAM! It became super salty. I don’t know what came over me. Time pressure? I did this the last minute haha. I had to add more milk and powdered sugar; hence, the texture (a little runny). The frosting would have been better if it wasn’t for that unfortunate mishap Hopefully, I can do a better job at it next time! And I quote Gelamerce, “… as they say, practice makes perfect “

I Ribby Love You, Ocake?

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beef ribs, chicken, lemon cake, pork ribs

Happy Valentine’s Day to all! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE. 

Let’s eat.

For my family’s Valentine’s dinner, we (me & my baker sister actually) chose to have our dinner delivered. Hehe. My sister had a little misunderstanding at the meat shop…anyway. We had a lot of steaks in the freezer, but our mom doesn’t fancy steak. So what’s one of her favorite dishes out there? RIBS ALA ANYTHING.

(Oh and thanks to my dad for our flowers even though he’s currently out.)

We ordered the Family Platter: Pork & Beef Ribs, and Chicken (w/ supposedly corn and mashed potatoes as side dishes, but they placed rice instead of potes. Not amused) from Racks. By car and without traffic, the restaurant is located 15-20 minutes away from our house, so they weren’t freshly cooked. However, still yummy. I liked the pork ribs best. Did the meat really fall off? YES.

DESSERT TIME.

Lemon Blackberry Meringue Cake

I LOVE MY SISTER’S LEMON MERINGUE, I SWARE. The tartness is perfection.

It only takes one. 

It Takes (at least) Two

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cupcakes

Red Velvet and Chocolate cupcakes

Again, I (Jenna) don’t bake. My sister does. After the Christmas order bonanza, she has been getting a lot of orders again. CUPCAKES, her least favorite.

Now I’m pretty sure that these cupcakes have nothing to do with Valentine’s Day, but she placed hearts on top of the cupcakes anyway. These are just two of her usual flavors.

Tray-ed and ready to be boxed up.

Be My Valentine Butter Cookies

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butter cookies, cookies

They were supposed to be sugar cookies but they tasted more of butter….hence the name change

It was my first time using cookie cutters and making my own fondant! I had marshmallows in the pantry and voila! Marshmallow Fondant!

It was fairly easy to make…except that kneading them would make your wrists hurt like hell! I separated the whole batch of fondant into two and colored them pink and what looks like a brighter shade of pink. I wanted the other one to turn out to red but alas, it turned into bright pink instead.

Excuse the crappy pictures as I was using my iPod’s camera…I tried using the dSLR but it just won’t capture the baby pinkness of the fondant