The weekend was filled with baking. 1 dozen vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream, 1 dozen vanilla cupcakes with chocolate buttercream, and 1 dozen scones. My oven did not even have time to cool down because I was baking one batch of cupcakes after another – and I loved every minute of it!
I wanted to redeem myself from last weekend’s baking disaster, but I was nervous and scared to attempt even the simplest of recipes like buttercream and vanilla cupcakes. But cupcakes were expected for 2 parties, so I had to hold my breath, turn the oven on, prepare the mixer, and hope for the best.
The end result? Cupcakes as how they should be:
I was so worried that they might flop, but they turned out pretty much how I remember my cupcakes to be. It’s more of relief than anything else that they turned out normal…
I used this vanilla pastel cupcake with vanilla buttercream recipe for the vanilla cupcake bases, and added a tablespoon of cocoa powder to the buttercream frosting to give it a bit of a chocolate hit.
After baking, I went to the gym and then to DFO to do some window shopping. By some strange reason, I found myself being dragged on to the kitchen shops… and immediately drawn to the cupcake stand. It was on sale, it was lipstick red, and it was perfect!
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