LOVE cupcakes

LOVE IS IN THE AIR

Today I am celebrating Valentine´s Day here on my blog with this recipe as well on LOVE cupcakes. I have translated LOVE  into the use of cherry (the lovely Amarena Fabbri cherry) and vanilla in these cupcakes.  The basic cupcake recipe is from the magazine "Cupcake Heaven".

Afterwards I have been topping the cupcake base with ready-to-use sugar fondant, which I later have decorated with various types of hearts.

When serving these heart decorated LOVE cupcakes for one of my network group at work I was a little concerned, that the male member would "refuse" to be seen eating these girlie cupcakes. However, being able to select as the first person, my male colleague had no concerns at all in both eating and enjoying the cupcakes together with a cup SWEET LOVE tea from Kusmi !!!!

LOVE Winter Cupcakes: - 12 cupcakes

• 115 g butter - at room temperature
• 115 g sugar
• 115 g cake flour
• 2 eggs - lightly beaten
• 1 tablespoon of vanilla sugar 
• 2 tablespoon of Amarena Fabbri cherry juice
• 3 tablespoons of Amarena Fabbri cherries - mashed
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
• Sugar fondant
• Cake decoration

1. Heat the oven to 180'C (conventional oven).
2. Add the soft butter and sugar into a mixing bowl using a electric mixer.
3. Add the vanilla sugar, cherry juice, mashed cherries and baking powder into the mixing bowl, beat everything together.
4. Slowly add the egg, while you keep beating the cupcake mix.
5. Use a sieve to sift the cake flour into the mixing bowl.
6. Gently stir the flour into the cupcake mix.
7. Fill 12 paper muffin form with the cupcake mix.
8. Place the muffin form close together in order to lower the rising level of the cupcakes during baking.
9. Bake at 180'C for 20-25 minutes.
10. Leave the cupcakes to cool down.
11. Meanwhile roll out the sugar fondant.
12. Place the sugar fondant on top of the cupcakes and decorate with various cake decorations.
13. Share the LOVE around you :-)

Winter Cupcakes

I am quit impressed myself with my decorations of these cupcakes, which I call Winter Cupcakes. You have a clear blue frosty winter heaven with big snow flocks, snow back ground with either small ice taps or evergreen pine trees :-)

I have also created the actual flavour combination on my very own having the need for lemon and ginger in mind for fighting the cold and flu surrounding you during the Winter season. The base cupcake recipe I have found in the magazine "Cupcake Heaven".

What to do in an airport, when you have 3 hours to spend waiting for the connection flight ? I like to spend some time in the book stores looking at foreign language magazines as well as book. In December I had a "day trip" to Poland flying out at 6.00 in the morning and returning at 23.30 in the evening at my local airport incl. several hours in both Warsaw and Copenhagen Airport. And what I find in Copenhagen Airport ? A magazine called "Cupcake Heaven" with 101 cupcakes recipes !!!!!

Winter Cupcakes: - 12 cupcakes

• 115 g butter - at room temperature
• 115 g sugar
• 115 g cake flour
• 2 eggs - lightly beaten
• peel of ½ organic lemon
• 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon of vanilla sugar 
• 1 tablespoon of grated fresh ginger
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
• Icing sugar
• Food colour
• 1-2 drops of lemon flavour
• Cake decoration

1. Heat the oven to 180'C (conventional oven).
2. Add the soft butter and sugar into a mixing bowl using a electric mixer.
3. Add the vanilla sugar, lemon peel and juice, ginger and baking powder into the mixing bowl, beat everything together.
4. Slowly add the egg, while you keep beating the cupcake mix.
5. Use a sieve to sift the cake flour into the mixing bowl.
6. Gently stir the flour into the cupcake mix.
7. Fill 12 paper muffin form with the cupcake mix.
8. Place the muffin form close together in order to lower the rising level of the cupcakes during baking.
9. Bake at 180'C for 15-20 minutes.
10. Leave the cupcakes to cool down.
11. Meanwhile make the icing from icing sugar and various type of food colour and 1-2 drops of lemon flavour.
12. Spread the icing on top of cold cupcake and apply various type of cake decoration within the winter theme.
13. Enjoy and share with people around you !!!