Cupcake anyone?

I’ve been slacking the blog area of my life this week – there’s lots going on around here! But I’ve still been cooking, you’ll be pleased to hear. All this lovely cold weather makes me want to stay home and bake yummy treats for my family. A bit of random surfing brought me to the wonderful 52 Cupcakes blog and I spent lots of time, far too much, reading all the recipes and drooling over the gorgeous cupcakes. The Cupcake Queen does some serious decorating. One link lead to another and I found myself immersed in cupcakes, although sadly not literally. There are loads of blogs simply covering cupcakes, it’s almost an obsession! And it’s not hard to see why.

I’ve added The Artful Cupcake to my wish list simply because of it’s elegant cover and I really want 500 Cupcakes: The Only Cupcake Compendium You’ll Ever Need. I think the author, Fergal Connelly, may well be right – it would take me ages to work my way through that one. And I have to just mention Crazy About Cupcakes as I’ve just ordered it today. I couldn’t resist, I mean just look at that cover, I want to make all of those – tonight!

I followed the recipe from 52 Cupcakes for Chocolate Cupcakes by Billy Reece. They were simply divine although my mum pointed out that she couldn’t possibly eat a whole bowl of the frosting! I highly recommend these, in fact you must rush to your kitchen and make them. In case, I have yet to convince you…

Serve with a huge pot of tea. Yum!