Cupcake Challenge

Cupcakes....what can I say about cupcakes! These mini cakes are like a blank canvas.The type every artist dreams of. The idea that you can turn them into absolutely anything baffles me to this day.There are endless possibilities! Of course choosing the right cupcake case is a life or death situation. What colour or design should I get? Again plain Jane got white (Brilliant white though not just any white :P). Once the case was chosen now I must decide what flavour would I like to make? Chocolate, vanilla the list is endless.

Out with the mixing bowl and let the games begin :). I hadn't felt this excited waiting for the starting gun to go at the National Athletics Champs.Chocolate it is! Decision made. All the dry ingredients flour, cocoa,baking powder,baking soda and sugar must first be chucked into the bowl. Mix all together and watch it turn from a white mixed bag of a colour to a scrumptious cocoa/chocolate mixture. But wait the fun doesn't end here! We have yet to add milk,oil, egg, and water without destroying myself. The dry mixture transforms into a beautiful almost liquid mixture. Getting the aim right to hit the cases is the best part :)Similar to anyone's first paint-balling experience your gonna miss and lose an eye. But once you develop the drop and go technique there's no looking back. Into the oven and onto our blank canvas.

Today I have opted for chocolate butter-icing. of course with added sprinkles. How hard can it be eh? So I then realised I didn't own a piping bag . Until now I thought only the Scots men possessed such a thing. But it's OK I had a great idea why not get a huge sandwich bag cut a hole in the bottom corner, heap the mixture in and ice away. So I heaped and I pumped then bang the entire bag burst everywhere.Beautiful!

Round 2 I decided I better get a piping bag and low and behold it was much easier. The swirl is my favourite option which you can see above. Later I will go onto some of my more adventurous cupcakes.