Flower Power

I had a bit of a flower day today. I bought a flower cutter from Cakes Around Town and had a play around with it. I made the pumpkin cupcakes again and they seemed to work better. I didn't put in all of the puree that the recipe said and I reduced the amount of milk by about 20ml. They still sunk a little bit but it wasn't as bad as last time. I think it might be because I used homemade puree rather than tinned puree. Reading the recipe they don't seem to take into account the extra liquid. I froze the extra puree so I can try it again. I decorated them with little sugar flowers. I wanted them to look like bouquets of flowers.

Then I tried a choclate cupcake. I like it but don't love it. I thought it wasn't as moist as the vanilla or red velvet (not that it was dry or anything). And I made them into sunflowers. Mum bought me a cupcake book and it had these cupcakes that were sunfloers only they used oreos as the centre of the flower. I don't like the idea of using bought decorations (especially biscuits and chocolate). So I used brown sprinkles instead. I am still working on my piping but it is getting better. I bought a leaf pipe head but I forgot to put it into the piping bag before putting in the icing (I know very stupide). So I cut the bag and it worked perfectly. Let me know what you think.

Oh and then I tried some modeling. I made a cow. I have an idea of a farm yard range for when we go to market for the kiddies. I didn't have any black dye so I used blue instead. I did buy some black powder to try (haven't had a chance to use it yet). I think it will work better in the sugarpaste and hopefully produce better colours. The cow was relatively easy as was the pig I made a few weeks ago. I need to find a sheep to make and then I think that would make a good group for the farm yard.

Next I think I want to try banana cupcakes. But next weekend I have to make red velvet cupcakes for Carol.

Can you let me know if you have a good chocolate cupcake recipe for me to try? I want to make some comparisons.
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