Victory is mine!!!
May. 23rd, 2010 08:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mahoganyI don't know why I do it to myself, but when I need to prepare food for guests, I'm overcome with an urge to experiment with new flavours.
This morning, I was up at 5:30, to prepare cupcakes for E*s birthday unparty (I HATE kids parties. They rank in the top three of things guaranteed to turn me into a complete oozing mess of stress.), I'm taking Estella and two friends down to the children's festival that's on this weekend.
I was considering making some lovely vanilla cupcakes with a nice plain buttercream, but entertaining on the edge demon in me took over, and we ended up with:
Cardamon spiced cupcakes, with orange rose icing...
AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY good!!!! Really good, infact! Yay!! Though I think I may use blood oranges if I make them again.
This is in contrast with last year's saffron lemon icing which was, ummmm really potent. I overdid it on the saffron - definitely not one of my finer culinary moments.
This morning, I was up at 5:30, to prepare cupcakes for E*s birthday unparty (I HATE kids parties. They rank in the top three of things guaranteed to turn me into a complete oozing mess of stress.), I'm taking Estella and two friends down to the children's festival that's on this weekend.
I was considering making some lovely vanilla cupcakes with a nice plain buttercream, but entertaining on the edge demon in me took over, and we ended up with:
Cardamon spiced cupcakes, with orange rose icing...
AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY good!!!! Really good, infact! Yay!! Though I think I may use blood oranges if I make them again.
This is in contrast with last year's saffron lemon icing which was, ummmm really potent. I overdid it on the saffron - definitely not one of my finer culinary moments.
