Just your average cupcake...

As I said before it was my roommates birthday last weekend.  I busted out the giant cupcake form my mom sent me last year and tried it once more.  The first time I used it was an utter fail and the middle ended up all runny.  This time I found a recipe online and followed it very closely.  At first I thought it was going to be another failure but after I moved the rack lower in the oven the middle finally cooked through.  It only took two hours......it said it was supposed to take one. hmm...
Also I really wanted to decorate it with white frosting, but here in germany canned frosting is way expensive and nearly impossible to find.  I could only find chocolate at my grocery store.  So I tried to make my own but the butter I had wasn't really butter it was more margerine and melty.  Therefore the top looks melty and saggy.  Otherwise it tasted delicious.

pre-decorated

Anjio's giant cupcake June 2011 made by li

I really want to keep trying some new baking/decoration and improve my skills!  Just need to find the time/money. 

Too many summer babies...

Is it just me, or do tons of people have birthdays around May/June?

The 27th was one of my friends (here in Germany) birthday and earlier this year (maybe around Jan?) we were walking by a German cake shop and we saw this pretty cake with little roses on it.  I told her that I would loovee to make cakes like that someday.   So she made me promise to make her a cake for her birthday.  I didn't have the confidence to make a huge cake.  But I did manage to make her some home-made chocolate cupcakes with fondant/marzipan decorations. I <3 baking

The obligatory Birthday card :)

Deliciousness...

Chocolate love

Close up of Marzipan rose

All of the cupcakes together :) by li May 2011

My roommates birthday is this weekend too.  I promised to make her a giant cupcake.  Pictures will follow. (if it's not a disaster ;)

With love,
li