Sunday, January 27, 2013

Silver Linings Playbook

Today I made a special cupcakes for he SAG Awards! The cupcakes were Silver Linings Playbook themed. They were my own recipe! 



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Here's the recipe:

Cake:

  • 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup Heavy Cream or Milk

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 12-cup standard muffin tin with paper liners.
  2. Into a medium bowl, sift together cocoa, flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each, then beat in vanilla. With mixer on low speed, add flour mixture in two batches, alternating with the heavy cream or milk
  3. Pour batter into cups, filling each 3/4 full. Bake until a toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean, 22 to 25 minutes.

Frosting:

1 cup butter

4 cups powder sugar

1 tsp Vanilla extract

1/2 cup heavy cream


1. Beat the butter intil fluffy. Add the powder sugar and vanilla, beat intil fully incorporated. Finally, add the heavy cream.





Your Baker,

Ava

Saturday, January 19, 2013

First Cake

I know it is hard to believe that I have never made a cake but... I have always made cupcakes or something of the sort. So today January 19, I made my first cake! I made it with my BFF Sarah (she is experience with cakes) OMG!! It was soooo good! One of the best cakes i've ever had! It was a lemon cake with lemon curd filling and lemon buttercream.  

Cake after stacking 
Sarah working with the fondant
Frosting


Ava + Sarah 

Cut cake





       Your Baker,

                      Ava



Sunday, January 13, 2013

Mexican Chocolate Cupcakes



Today, I made these Mexican Chocolate cupcakes for a mexican themed dinner! They look fabulous! Can't wait to try them!! Heres the recipe: http://www.askchefdennis.com/2012/05/xocolatl-cupcakes-with-icy-violets/
Making Batter 
Fresh out of the oven

Frosting the cupcakes

Finished Product



Your Baker,


                 Ava


Any suggestions for recipes leave in comments




Monday, December 31, 2012

2012


Here are some baking pictures of 2012!!!


Beaker Cake Pops

GEORGETOWN CUPCAKES FOR MY B-DAY PARTY

Georgetown Cupcake in Boston

Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes

Yule Log Cake 

Your Baker,

                    Ava

Champagne to RING in the New Year!!!

Now... I haven't posted since last New Years Eve!
I can't believe it!
2012 has been a very exciting year.
I have gotten A LOT better in the baking world! I mastered my SWIRL and have been practicing my frostings. I have been baking more with my friends and recently visited the Georgetown Cupcake in Boston. I am very excited to tell you that Georgetown Cupcake is coming to ATL. OMG!

It's New Years Eve and I made the Georgetown Cupcake recipe that I made last year. They were a huge hit last year that I thought they would be a good treat this year! IT has champagne, strawberries, and chocolate ganache. Oh, it's good. Here's the recipe! http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/DC-Cupcakes-New-Years-Eve-Strawberry-Champagne-Sparkler-Cupcakes

Chocolate Ganache




Assembling the flutes

Finished Product 

Any recipes that you would like me to try and blog about leave the link in the comments!

Your Baker, 
    
                         Ava




Sunday, January 1, 2012

New Year's Eve

               For New Year's Eve I made New Year's Eve Strawberry Champagne Sparkler Cupcakes (as seen on The Oprah Winfrey Show) from the Cupcake Diaries. Chocolate Ganache and strawberries soaked in champagne. I am sorry I have not posted in a month but I have been making things. For christmas I got a Kitchen Aid standing mixer. It is plain white so if you have any ideas how to enhance it please comment!! Anyway the cupcakes were in champagne flutes and were a big hit!!

Friday, December 2, 2011

Sophie and Katherine

        On Tuesday I met Sophie and Katherine from Georgetown Cupcake. They were talking about there book,The Cupcake Diaries, and signing books. I was so exited. They were so nice and so pretty!!! I had so much fun!!!




Sophie, Katherine and Me 
Sophie and Katherine talking about their book!




Your Baker, 


                  Ava Mae