When I was 12, I went to the Barossa with my Mum to do some catering work one weekend. I was to help prepare desserts and bring the empty plates back in so we could clear them away. The dessert was sticky date with a toffee shard. I’m nearly 23 years old now, and to [...]
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Sticky Date Cupcakes
Posted by Monnie on January 25, 2011
http://www.monniecakes.com/2011/sticky-date-cupcakes/
Vegan Vanilla Cupcakes
This is by far the best and most reliable vegan cupcake recipe I have ever used. Every single time it has come out perfectly, with no hint of it even being vegan – the guests don’t have a clue! And when they find out, they’re amazed they are vegan! The first time I made these [...]
Posted by Monnie on September 29, 2010
http://www.monniecakes.com/2010/vegan-vanilla-cupcakes/
Giant Cupcake Round Two (Oreo Paw Prints)
We have success! This went off in the end so perfectly, but I was stressing about not having enough time.. I always over stress, don’t I? I am baking for a promo event on Friday and I will also be appearing at a primary school Ladies Night with my first ever Cupcake Treats stall! But [...]
Posted by Monnie on March 22, 2010
http://www.monniecakes.com/2010/giant-cupcake-round-two-oreo-paw-prints/
Vanilla Good Luck Cupcakes
I am going to do a big follow-up on my Giant Cupcakes this weekend as I am making one for an order, so I will hand down all the tips with my second official run next week! Last week was a busy one for the business – I had one major corporate order and then [...]
Posted by Monnie on March 17, 2010
http://www.monniecakes.com/2010/vanilla-good-luck-cupcakes/
Dairy-Free Vanilla
I’ve posted Dairy-Free Orange and Vanilla before, but completely forgot about it when I needed a dairy-free recipe. It’s fairly easy to substitute ingredients in for specific nutritional requirements, thanks to things like gluten-free flours and lactose/vegan margarines. The photo above was from my first test run of dairy-free. I chose to use one of [...]
Posted by Monnie on February 26, 2010
http://www.monniecakes.com/2010/dairy-free-vanilla/
Red Velvet Cupcakes
I finally figured it out to a standard I’m happy with. When I made these cupcakes for the first time I used liquid food colouring. After that, I had the Wilton gel and used that for a few times. I was still getting the bright pinky colour and was scratching my head. Gel colouring is [...]
Posted by Monnie on February 16, 2010
http://www.monniecakes.com/2010/red-velvet-cupcakes-2/
Double Chocolate Cupcakes
I have been baking chocolate cupcakes a lot lately and have noticed they are a little drier than usual. I think it might be due to the weather, so I am going to start adding a little bit more butter each time to see if I can get an even balance for the seasons. We [...]
Posted by Monnie on January 6, 2010
http://www.monniecakes.com/2010/double-chocolate-cupcakes/
Vanilla Butterfly Cupcakes
This is the very first cupcake recipe I used when I started making them from scratch at the end of last year. Before that I baked mainly cakes and puddings. They’re my absolute favourite and also the easiest to make! You can’t mess up the icing part because you don’t have to be an expert [...]
Posted by Monnie on November 4, 2009
http://www.monniecakes.com/2009/vanilla-butterfly-cupcakes/
Sticky Maple Cupcakes
This recipe isn’t as impressive as the jelly slice one I posted recently, but hey, these are definitely a different taste to a regular cupcake! A bit of background: I LOVE STICKY DATE PUDDING. When I was 11, I did some catering work with my Mum up in the Barossa, and we were serving a [...]
Posted by Monnie on October 29, 2009
http://www.monniecakes.com/2009/sticky-maple-cupcakes/
Jelly Slice (in Cupcake size!)
Hi cupcakers! I’ve been so busy lately organising things for Cupcake Camp Adelaide, testing out new recipes and sourcing the finest bakers… This afternoon I got a burst of energy after spending the last five days with this mutant cold/flu thing. I’m on the mend, so here’s what I did today. JELLY. SLICE. CUPCAKE THINGS. [...]
Posted by Monnie on October 28, 2009
http://www.monniecakes.com/2009/jelly-slice-in-cupcake-size/
Cupcake Phenomenon!
Hi! My name is Monnie and I live in Adelaide, Australia. Thanks for stopping by my cupcake blog! I love cupcakes because they bring people joy - so they make me happy in turn. I have got everyone hooked on making them and hopefully soon you will be too!
My cupcakes have won first and second place at the 2009 Coonalpyn Show so you're looking at award winning cupcakes ;) I also sell them at Cupcake Treats, my business :)
Please leave a comment on one of the recipes if you use it (and links to photos!) I love to see everyones creations. :)
xx Monnie
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