Chocolate Valentine Cupcakes

I was having a play today with new chocolate cupcake recipes and some deliciously smooth chocolate ganache.

Chocolate and Red go beautifully together for Valentines Day.

Christmas Cupcake Class

We had the last class of term today.

Still festive, sparkly and smelling delicious.

Today's class really enjoyed creating their buttercream rose swirls.

Happy Christmas!

Cupcake Class

We recently had a Christmas Cupcake Class, there were plenty of lovely fondant icing shapes created.

Along with all of my sprinkles and glitters, there was a huge choice of sparkly things to decorate the Cupcakes with.

Red Velvet Cupcakes

This is a colour to wake you up in the morning!

I was up so early, I could hear the owls in the woods.....

This is the mixture, vibrant and red for Red Velvet Cupcakes.

There is a mix of cocoa, buttermilk, white wine vinegar and bicarbonate in the cake mixture.

We talk about these cupcakes (and eat them!) in our Stage 2 Cupcake Class.

Here they are going into the Aga..... 

.... and here they are after 20 minutes

Red Velvet Cupakes have a classic cream cheese frosting, with some cake crumbs (and red glitter!) sprinkled on the top.

Delicious!