Assorted cupcakes pictures

A lot of friends has asked me to post some pictures of the decorated cupcakes in the blog. They would like to see the different design of the cupcakes. I would love to share some of the simple designed lovely cupcakes. Now I wish I have a better camera & photography skil...

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Tiramisu Cupcakes

Tiramisu is one of my favorite dessert. I love the classic Tiramisu, the real "pick me up" dessert.Since I am really into this cupcakes thingy, it was fun to try out a brand new Tiramisu recipes. This recipe was adapted from Baking: From My Home To Yours, Dorie Greenspan. I used Kahlua & the real espresso in making the coffee syrup. It is up to you to omit the Kahlua or replace the espresso with any coffee powder. The strange thing about using...

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Exchange Cupcakes

One of the weekends, I received an order to make some cupcakes for a friend birthday, there are few extra decorated cupcakes. Then, my daughter requested me to give some of those cupcakes so that she can bring to school for breakfast. Of course, I said yes. Normal 0 false false false EN-US ZH-CN X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 ...

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Cupcakes vs Classic Celebration Cakes

A cupcakes is a small cake designed to serve one person. It is frequently baked in a small & pretty paper cup. It is very common to have frosting, fondant or confectionery sugar decoration on the cupcakes to make it looks good. Cupcake is pretty trendy in the states. It is just like the Nyonya kuih in Malaysia.When I need to to choose what cake to bake for the suitable occasion, it is always between the little cupcakes vs. classic celebration...

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To ice a cake.....

"Wow!~, how could they ice the cake so nicely." That is what I tell myself whenever I see a baker icing a cake. I have been into cake decorating lately due to the cupcake thingy. Decorating cakes is fun. So, last week I have challenged myself to ice a strawberry sponge cake.Well, you can see it from the pictures for the final presentation.1st lesson to be learned; practice make perfect. That is why the bakers can ice the cake beautifully.Beautiful...

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