Posts Categorized: Recipes

These traditional flavours of Italian coffee and cream work perfectly in a cupcake. They  work well as individual desserts as well as a show stopper party piece. Here is how you make these delicious cupcakes this recipe make 18 cupcakes (12 cupcakes with 6 cupcakes extra for crumbling); Ingredients for the Cupcakes; 200g Butter (at room… More »

There is something fundamental about baking chocolate cupcakes with a Madagascan vanilla butter cream. It is the most delicious combination and a standard for any house hold baker. The creamy Madagascan vanilla butter cream is the perfect addition to the rick chocolate cake base. Here is how to make these delicious cupcakes: For the Cupcakes; 60g… More »

(Chocolate cupcakes with Rose butter cream) Whenever I am given a box of chocolates, I always seem to gravitate to the Turkish delight flavoured chocolate. They are certainly my favourite and I often have to fight for it as they are my husband’s favourite as well. When I created these Turkish delight flavour cupcakes, they went before… More »

When travelling around South America, you cannot go past a bakery or a ‘Panaderia’ (bakery in Spanish), without coming across these little bites of heaven. The name Alfajore actually comes from an Arabic term meaning ‘Stuffed’ which is exactly what these biscuits are. Alforjores are two shortbread biscuits or cookies, effectively held together with ‘Dulce… More »