It was my mom’s birthday today (lots of birthdays this month, I know) and I made her mini pistachio cakes to celebrate. The cake was delicious! Probably the moistest cake I’ve ever had. It was sweet enough by itself and could be eaten without the frosting (which is the way I prefer to eat it). I threw in some white chocolate chips into the batter for good measure as well, but again, the cake would have held fine by itself.
Chocolate Malt Cupcakes aka Whopper Cupcakes.
Let me just start off by saying how much I love whoppers. Not the burgers, but the chocolate covered malt ball candy. They’re delicious! It only makes sense to use them in just about every dessert I can think of. The only problem with that is if they are left out or in the wrong temperature, they gradually become stale. Oh well, that doesn’t stop me from baking with them.
The problem with this cupcake was that I couldn’t really get it to be “cupcake material.” The texture was off and they weren’t as light and fluffy. They sank in in the middle and didn’t seem to cook all the way, even though they were. As for the frosting, I’m an impatient girl and although heavy whipping cream always intrigued me, I’d rather not wait ten minutes to fluff up some frosting, only to have it sink back down later on. Despite all the trouble, my brother was the first one to take a taste and said, “Kimmy, out of all the things that you have baked, THESE are my favorite. They’re DELICIOUS!” Now, he has tried basically everything that I have baked and I bake A LOT, so that’s quite a bold statement. Nevertheless, they still turned out pretty and the batter was delicious.
Carrot Cake
Carrot cake has always been my dad’s favorite dessert. I decided to bake something for him because I haven’t been baking much at all this summer. I normally do a hand me down recipe, but I didn’t have it handy because it was in LA. Worst ever! So… against my will, I was forced to try another recipe. Although this one didn’t turn out bad, I’ll always stick to the recipe that my aunt used for her wedding cake (I know what you’re thinking.. who has carrot cake for a wedding cake? But this recipe is TO DIE FOR.) Of all the cream cheese frostings that I’ve tried from various cupcake shops such as sprinkles, crumbles, etc.., nothing beats homemade cream cheese frosting. P.S. Don’t mind my sloppy decorating, I rushed this whole cake because I was on my way out the door.