Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Berry Vanilla Cupcakes

All lined up.


With my continuous search for the quintessential butter cake, I have come across the several worse of the lot, but once in a while, I stumble upon a finalist. My weekends, as I can not say enough, are spent watching food--watching, playing, eating, nibbling, cooking and baking food. The latter is my number one pasttime.

As you will see below, I have had too much time this past weekend spent on thinking about food.

These are the light vanilla cupcakes I baked...
Naked and Lonely.


...which I topped with smooth strawberry buttercream in pastel pink and sprinkles, shavings or mini domes of white chocolate.
Abducted...


...Glorified

...and then Murdered!


The flavors are sweet and subtle yet present, just like the pastel color combination, which I deem most appropriate for the 5th birthday of the little girl I gave a box of these to. :)

The Birthday Gift.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hello abster... pwede pahingi naman ng isa? siksik ba yung cupcake? ayaw ko ng mahangin na cupkeyk! natry mo na ba cupcake ng dunkin' donuts? sarap din! crispy/crunchy yung dome top niya.

Abster said...

Hey Choi!

Yup, siksik siya pero hindi dense nor heavy. Flavor is light, and without the frosting, I'm sure any person can wolf down two-three in a sitting. With the frosting, it becomes a bit sweeter, cuter and much nicer though... :)

If you prefer crispy, crunchy wiht a dome top, maybe you're referring to a MUFFIN? I make those too! :D

Ana said...

I heart cupcakes too.

Anonymous said...

abs,

the foods you're posting are making me crave. they look really yummy.

Anonymous said...

lalo ako nagutom!ΓΌ

Abster said...

LIZ & JOEI, that's a great side effect! LOL.

JMom said...

we just love cupcakes in our house! That little girl is very lucky to receive a whole box! :)

Ayen said...

ang sarap naman. penge. :D

(oh yeah, i've moved to blogspot from blogdrive.)

Anonymous said...

hmmm. i forgot to leave my new address. www.boulevardavenue.blogspot.com. do pass by when you have the time. :D

nikcreate said...

the best cupcake that i've tird is from the Magnolia Bakery books its actually a good book you might want to give it a try :)

Abster said...

SIMPLEPLEASURES, can you share a recipe with me? :)

allergictomath@gmail.com

Unknown said...

They look elegant! Do you own/run a bakeshop? (or planning on putting up one?)