Another Order!!! Yeah......

Had an order for 70 pieces of Cupcakes over the weekend..
The cupcakes were meant for a pre-moon cake festival celebration... haha...

Baked 2 flavors for the cupcakes:
1. The good old Blueberry Chocolate cupcakes &
2. New flavor, Kahlua cupcakes (no cocoa powder this time)

3 flavors for the Frosting:
a. Chocolate Ganache for the Blueberry Chocolate cupcakes,
b. Kahlua Swiss Meringue Butter Cream for the Kahlua cupcakes &
c. Kahlua Whipped cream (no cocoa powder again!) for the Kahlua cupcakes

I was told the cupcakes were almost gone, only 4 or 5 pieces left in the fridge.. haha.. if only I could go around to those who tasted the cupcakes for their comments... I could improve my cupcakes for better...

Sorry folks, no pictures... I was dead tired after frosting the cupcakes and cleaning up the kitchen.. No more energy left to take pix.. haha.. Next time.. I'll make sure I take some pix of my end product..

Oreo Cheesecakes

Its granny's birthday today!! Happy birthday ah ma!!
Days ago, was planning to make "a pile" of cupcakes (assorted flavors) as her birthday cakes.... Who knows.. my cousin was way too fast and she order a big birthday cake for her... chei......
Nevertheless, I will still bake something for your buffet dinner...

My cousins and their kids loved my oreo cheesecake, so, oreo cheesecake it shall be!! Started baking the cheesecake at about 10 plus the night before... These were what I get around 11 plus...






Ok folks, the cheesecakes looked on the "wetter" side in the last pix.. Why? Aya, my impatient character again la, instead of waiting for the cheesecake to cool down completely before cutting them, I "fast hand fast leg" started running the knife thru the cheesecake... Hence, resulting in the "not so nice" shapes and gooey cheesecake squares.. BUT, not to worry, they still taste good.. hahahaha...
k.. k... I promise to be more patient next time...

Beside the cheesecakes, I was intending to make some Hi-Hat cuppies also (saw the recipe from "the barmy baker" thru "Cupcakes take the cake")... The Hi-Hat cuppies by "the barmy baker" looks sooooooooo pretty and so yummy that I was tempted to make them.....

But then, when I wanted to bake them today, my old ailment strike me again... My neck and shoulders were in great pain!! Darn... all because of the sleeplessness I'm getting these couple of days (ok, I haven't slept for at least 36 hours when I'm writing this entry)...
I'm too tired to make anything today....
Have to KIV the idea then... wait till my neck and shoulders get better....

Blueberry Chocolate Cupcakes with Rich Chocolate Ganache

Baked some blueberry chocolate cuppies on Wednesday. They were meant for my doctor whom I visit for my regular "face maintenance" (got to look forever 24 years old... whhahahahahaha....)....

The first batch of chocolate ganache I made was a total disaster.. I ended up with a layer of oil in my ganache, and the texture were all grainy... Yucks!!
Frantically searched thru the net to look for an answer on what causes the disaster...
Realized the cause might be due to the overheating the ingredients (got the answers from "Real Baking with Rose Levy Beranbaum"), causing the fat to "separate" from the chocolate...
No choice, the first batch of chocolate ganache was a complete flop, I had to discard the whole batch.. ITS SO OILY!!! Think I can even extract the layer of oil and fry some french fries with it..hahhahaa....

Scramble thru (it's 12am when I started with the 2nd batch) to start on the next batch of ganache, this time no more cheating by melting the chocolate in the microwave..

The end results... tar tar... see below pixs...

Beer Cupcakes....Hoegaarden

Made some beer cupcakes today..
VC gave me a couple of bottles of Hoegaarden couple of weeks back..

Had been looking at the beer cupcake recipe for days, dying to try them... Finally had sometime to whipped up something with the Hoegaardens..
The recipe was from "Beer City, Little Kitchen".. The recipe calls for Guinness, I don't have that, only had 3 bottles of Hoegaarden in the cabinet..
Guess it should work, they're all beer anyway!!! Haha..
Gena (author of "Beer City, Little Kitchen") uses a Cream Cheese Glaze for her beer cupcakes..I substitute it with Beer Whipped Cream instead (a "reinvention" from the Kahlua Chocolate Whipped Cream by How to eat a cupcake.. hahaha)...



The beer whipped cream smell soooooo GOOD!!! The cupcake had little beer taste.. probably the beer I used was too light... the cocoa powder musked the taste I guess...
Gave some of these cuppies to VC (of coz, he got me the beer what...haha) and a couple to EW...
VC tried 1 on the spot.. same verdict as mine, he was expecting a stronger beer taste...
Ok, I'm going to "alter" the cupcake recipe abit (or maybe I should stick to Guinness next time) and try it out another day.. hmmmmmm......