I made really good chocolate orange cupcakes. I food-dyed the frosting orange and the frosting was delicious. After I frosted them all I kept piping frosting onto my finger and eating it. I made it with orange extract instead of liquor.
I'm not sure what I will bake next but I am always open to suggestions. You suggest it, I'll try it. =)
Until next time,
-Buhri
January 15, 2008
January 10, 2008
I need flavors...
The people I work with and go to class with have become my guinea pigs. My taste testers. I bake my cupcakes, cookies, pies, or cakes and I give it to them and hope they'll tell me, needs more this, less this, or oh my goodness... can I have more? Or, I'd rather you never make that again.
My Saturday class will, for 6 more weeks, be enjoying a new kind or two of cupcakes every morning. Next Saturday it will be Vegan Boston vs. Brooklyn Cream Cupcakes (courtesy of Vegan Cupcakes Will Take Over the World) and some other kind... which kind I don't know so I need you guys to help me out!
=) I have tons of cookbooks, so mention a name and I'll ask for a recipe if I can't find one.
Help me find recipes!
Don't forget to reply!
-Buhri
My Saturday class will, for 6 more weeks, be enjoying a new kind or two of cupcakes every morning. Next Saturday it will be Vegan Boston vs. Brooklyn Cream Cupcakes (courtesy of Vegan Cupcakes Will Take Over the World) and some other kind... which kind I don't know so I need you guys to help me out!
=) I have tons of cookbooks, so mention a name and I'll ask for a recipe if I can't find one.
Help me find recipes!
Don't forget to reply!
-Buhri
January 3, 2008
Chocolate Orange Vegan Cupcakes
Hello all!
A vegan recipe from my vegan cookbook. Of course you can substitute the vegan ingredients for non-vegan ones but vegan cupcakes do make a nice change from the heavier non-vegan ones.
Chocolate Orange Cupcakes
1 cup soy milk (rice milk will work, but soy milk curdles better -vegan buttermilk)
1 tsp. apple cider vinegar (can substitute lemon juice or white vinegar or brown rice vinegar works =3 )
3/4 cup organic granulated sugar (organic usually is not processed with animal bone char)
1/4 cup canola oil
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/3 cup orange liqueur
1 cup all-purpose flour (again, organic is best)
1/3 cup cocoa powder (Dutch-processed is best)
1 Tbs finely grated orange peel (optional, depends how orangey you want it)
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1. Preheat your oven to 350 degress F, and like the authors Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero remind us in every recipe, line your muffin pan right away with paper or foil liners.
2. Whisk together the soy milk and vinegar in a large bowl (this will be your main mixing bowl, I whisk them in my KitchenAid bowl) and let sit for a few minutes so the two may curdle.
3. Add the sugar, oil, extract, and liqueur to the soy milk mixture and beat until it is foamy. You want a nice layer of white froth covering the top. A KitchenAid is great for this because while your batter is mixing and frothing, you can start the next step.
4. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt (add the orange peel if you are using it). When I say 'sift together' I mean, set your sifter in the bowl you're using (not the soy milk mixture bowl) and start putting the ingredients in the sifter, but don't sift until all ingredients are added.
5. Add the dry mixture in two batches to wet ingredients and beat until no large lumps remain, and again, like the authors say, a few little lumps are okay.
6. Pour the mix (it will be kind of liquidy) into the liners, filling 3/4 of the way full. Bake 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Put them on your cupcake cooking rack, or a regular cooling rack and start working on the frosting! (It should make 12 cupcakes)
Orange Buttercream Frosting
1/4 cup shortening
1/4 cup margarine, softened (I recommend having it out while you're making the cupcakes)
2 cups confectioners' (powdered) sugar
2 Tbs orange juice
1 Tbs finely grated lemon zest (orange peel will work too)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp orange extract (I could not find orange extract so I used more orange juice and it tasted yummy still)
1. In a small bowl (again, I used my KitchenAid), cream the shortening and margarine until well combined.
2. Add the confectioners' sugar in roughly 1/2 cup additions.
After each addition of sugar, add a splash of orange juice and beat well with a handheld mixer on medium speed.
3. Add vanilla and beat for 3-5 minutes until smooth, creamy, and fluffy.
Make sure you cream the shortening and margarine well! And beat it for 3-5 minutes! I messed up on those two steps and you saw the result, tastes good, looks bad.
Until next time,
-Buhri
A vegan recipe from my vegan cookbook. Of course you can substitute the vegan ingredients for non-vegan ones but vegan cupcakes do make a nice change from the heavier non-vegan ones.
Chocolate Orange Cupcakes
1 cup soy milk (rice milk will work, but soy milk curdles better -vegan buttermilk)
1 tsp. apple cider vinegar (can substitute lemon juice or white vinegar or brown rice vinegar works =3 )
3/4 cup organic granulated sugar (organic usually is not processed with animal bone char)
1/4 cup canola oil
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/3 cup orange liqueur
1 cup all-purpose flour (again, organic is best)
1/3 cup cocoa powder (Dutch-processed is best)
1 Tbs finely grated orange peel (optional, depends how orangey you want it)
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1. Preheat your oven to 350 degress F, and like the authors Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero remind us in every recipe, line your muffin pan right away with paper or foil liners.
2. Whisk together the soy milk and vinegar in a large bowl (this will be your main mixing bowl, I whisk them in my KitchenAid bowl) and let sit for a few minutes so the two may curdle.
3. Add the sugar, oil, extract, and liqueur to the soy milk mixture and beat until it is foamy. You want a nice layer of white froth covering the top. A KitchenAid is great for this because while your batter is mixing and frothing, you can start the next step.
4. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt (add the orange peel if you are using it). When I say 'sift together' I mean, set your sifter in the bowl you're using (not the soy milk mixture bowl) and start putting the ingredients in the sifter, but don't sift until all ingredients are added.
5. Add the dry mixture in two batches to wet ingredients and beat until no large lumps remain, and again, like the authors say, a few little lumps are okay.
6. Pour the mix (it will be kind of liquidy) into the liners, filling 3/4 of the way full. Bake 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Put them on your cupcake cooking rack, or a regular cooling rack and start working on the frosting! (It should make 12 cupcakes)
Orange Buttercream Frosting
1/4 cup shortening
1/4 cup margarine, softened (I recommend having it out while you're making the cupcakes)
2 cups confectioners' (powdered) sugar
2 Tbs orange juice
1 Tbs finely grated lemon zest (orange peel will work too)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp orange extract (I could not find orange extract so I used more orange juice and it tasted yummy still)
1. In a small bowl (again, I used my KitchenAid), cream the shortening and margarine until well combined.
2. Add the confectioners' sugar in roughly 1/2 cup additions.
After each addition of sugar, add a splash of orange juice and beat well with a handheld mixer on medium speed.
3. Add vanilla and beat for 3-5 minutes until smooth, creamy, and fluffy.
Make sure you cream the shortening and margarine well! And beat it for 3-5 minutes! I messed up on those two steps and you saw the result, tastes good, looks bad.
Until next time,
-Buhri
January 2, 2008
Pictures for the new year
Did you know it's 2008? I didn't today, causing all sorts of trouble at work. =)
Well, I finally sat down and took the pictures off the camera's disk, cropped them, and uploaded them to photobucket.
Did you notice the name change? I am now Cupcakes with Wings because... I may like earrings, but I left them out a lot and focused more on the cupcake part so, cupcakes with wings because cupcakes are nice. Even Devil's Food cupcakes have wings... cute little bat wings. Hehe =D
Mint Cupcakes
This is from my aunt and uncle's birthday. They are mint chocolate cupcakes topped with chocolate ganache and either a white or dark chocolate chip.
I used rice milk in the frosting. That is why it looks so drippy, it tasted fine but to make it look pretty you have to use soy or regular milk.
Now on to the Cookies and Cream Cupcakes...
Before they were frosted...
After being frosted, being presented to the birthday people.
Don't you just wanna eat 'em up?
Vanilla Cupcake with Orange Buttercream frosting... I made these awhile ago, but they got eaten so this was the last one left.
Again, rice milk instead of soy. What can I say, all I had was rice. Looked bad, tasted great.
As for the orange chocolate cupcakes, there's an unsolved mystery with them.
I made a batch of 12, went to sleep, woke up and there were 7 1/2 left. Only four people in the house and everyone denied eating them. The puppies and cats couldn't deny it but they didn't look guilty or sick so... I don't think they did it. So, no pictures because I never frosted them and no one ate them. They wound up getting forgotten about and when I did remember them, they'd gone stale so I tossed them. I'm waiting for a liquor store to be open when I pass by so I can buy some orange liqueur for the cupcakes. Mmm... liquor in baked goods. =D
Oh! Before I close this... if you want to see more pictures go to my photobucket account: http://cupcakesandearrings.photobucket.com
Until next time,
-Buhri
Well, I finally sat down and took the pictures off the camera's disk, cropped them, and uploaded them to photobucket.
Did you notice the name change? I am now Cupcakes with Wings because... I may like earrings, but I left them out a lot and focused more on the cupcake part so, cupcakes with wings because cupcakes are nice. Even Devil's Food cupcakes have wings... cute little bat wings. Hehe =D
Mint Cupcakes
This is from my aunt and uncle's birthday. They are mint chocolate cupcakes topped with chocolate ganache and either a white or dark chocolate chip.
I used rice milk in the frosting. That is why it looks so drippy, it tasted fine but to make it look pretty you have to use soy or regular milk.
Now on to the Cookies and Cream Cupcakes...
Before they were frosted...
After being frosted, being presented to the birthday people.
Don't you just wanna eat 'em up?
Vanilla Cupcake with Orange Buttercream frosting... I made these awhile ago, but they got eaten so this was the last one left.
Again, rice milk instead of soy. What can I say, all I had was rice. Looked bad, tasted great.
As for the orange chocolate cupcakes, there's an unsolved mystery with them.
I made a batch of 12, went to sleep, woke up and there were 7 1/2 left. Only four people in the house and everyone denied eating them. The puppies and cats couldn't deny it but they didn't look guilty or sick so... I don't think they did it. So, no pictures because I never frosted them and no one ate them. They wound up getting forgotten about and when I did remember them, they'd gone stale so I tossed them. I'm waiting for a liquor store to be open when I pass by so I can buy some orange liqueur for the cupcakes. Mmm... liquor in baked goods. =D
Oh! Before I close this... if you want to see more pictures go to my photobucket account: http://cupcakesandearrings.photobucket.com
Until next time,
-Buhri
December 22, 2007
Birthday Cupcakes
Been using my vegan cupcake book lately. 3 different kinds of cupcakes to update. One got eaten really quick so there's only one.
The kinds of cupcakes I have to share with you are:
Basic Golden Cupcake with Orange Buttercream Frosting.
Cookies and Cream Cupcakes.
Mint Cupcakes.
Now my Orange Buttercream Frosting did not turn out well as I did not cream the shortening and margarine well enough. Lesson learned on the cookies and cream frosting but it tasted too buttery to me. Everyone else enjoyed the frosting, I am just picky.
Mint Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache were made and eaten. Haha! Don't worry! I got pictures, AND I found out what I did wrong with my Buttercream Frosting. Creaming was part of it but the fact that I used rice milk instead of soy made a big difference!
Tonight (the 23rd) I made Chocolate Orange cupcakes and Marbled Pink Vanilla and Chocolate Cupcakes with Blue Buttercream Frosting. I ran out of powdered sugar so I couldn't make Orange Buttercream Frosting. So I decided I'd wait to frost until tomorrow when I am also going to make more Mint cupcakes this time with while chocolate ganache and regular ganache.
Mmm... Happy Holidays everyone!
Till picture time, =D
-Buhri
The kinds of cupcakes I have to share with you are:
Basic Golden Cupcake with Orange Buttercream Frosting.
Cookies and Cream Cupcakes.
Mint Cupcakes.
Now my Orange Buttercream Frosting did not turn out well as I did not cream the shortening and margarine well enough. Lesson learned on the cookies and cream frosting but it tasted too buttery to me. Everyone else enjoyed the frosting, I am just picky.
Mint Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache were made and eaten. Haha! Don't worry! I got pictures, AND I found out what I did wrong with my Buttercream Frosting. Creaming was part of it but the fact that I used rice milk instead of soy made a big difference!
Tonight (the 23rd) I made Chocolate Orange cupcakes and Marbled Pink Vanilla and Chocolate Cupcakes with Blue Buttercream Frosting. I ran out of powdered sugar so I couldn't make Orange Buttercream Frosting. So I decided I'd wait to frost until tomorrow when I am also going to make more Mint cupcakes this time with while chocolate ganache and regular ganache.
Mmm... Happy Holidays everyone!
Till picture time, =D
-Buhri
December 16, 2007
Buhri's Growing Library
Well hello there,
Wonderful of you to join me here. I figured since I am starting all over I'd like to share my small and still growing collection of baking books. It's missing at least one and one of them isn't a baking book but it is a food book. It's in numerical-alphabetical order. =D Enjoy!
500 Cupcakes
by Fergal Connolly
Bake Me I'm Yours... Cupcakes
by Joan and Graham Belgrave
Becoming Vegan (can you tell what I am trying to do? =D )
by Brenda Davis & Vesanto Melina
Holiday Baking: New and Traditional Recipes for Wintertime Holidays
by Sara Perry
The Ultimate Cookie Book*
by Better Homes & Gardens
Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World*
by Isa Chandra Moskowitz & Terry Hope Romero
The Whimsical Bakehouse
by Kaye Hansen & Liv Hansen
I have another giant Cookie book but I can't for the life of me find it nor remember the full title. Ah well, it'll show up as it is a very big book, and hardback.
I love the images and colors in The Whimsical Bakehouse but haven't the time nor resources to make a cake like theirs, though their book inspired my sister's birthday cake. Not as homemade as I like or as their cakes are but just as yummy.
* My current favorites, the ones I am using the most.
Wonderful of you to join me here. I figured since I am starting all over I'd like to share my small and still growing collection of baking books. It's missing at least one and one of them isn't a baking book but it is a food book. It's in numerical-alphabetical order. =D Enjoy!
500 Cupcakes
by Fergal Connolly
Bake Me I'm Yours... Cupcakes
by Joan and Graham Belgrave
Becoming Vegan (can you tell what I am trying to do? =D )
by Brenda Davis & Vesanto Melina
Holiday Baking: New and Traditional Recipes for Wintertime Holidays
by Sara Perry
The Ultimate Cookie Book*
by Better Homes & Gardens
Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World*
by Isa Chandra Moskowitz & Terry Hope Romero
The Whimsical Bakehouse
by Kaye Hansen & Liv Hansen
I have another giant Cookie book but I can't for the life of me find it nor remember the full title. Ah well, it'll show up as it is a very big book, and hardback.
I love the images and colors in The Whimsical Bakehouse but haven't the time nor resources to make a cake like theirs, though their book inspired my sister's birthday cake. Not as homemade as I like or as their cakes are but just as yummy.
* My current favorites, the ones I am using the most.
December 15, 2007
New Introduction
Hello once again! So for those of you who don't know me I'm Buhri, the name is closely connected with my real name and has a fun story behind that and it'll come out eventually. For now though, I'm Buhri, I love to bake it's my stress reliever. If asked I am more than happy to bake for someone else and if it's cookies, brownies, or anything else like that I am willing to mail it for a small fee.
Now in case there are any spelling mistakes, it seems my 't' key is sticking. =D Fun fact.
I hope everyone enjoys it here!
Until next time,
-Buhri
Now in case there are any spelling mistakes, it seems my 't' key is sticking. =D Fun fact.
I hope everyone enjoys it here!
Until next time,
-Buhri
Look to the Past
Sure these weren't made that long ago, but because of my little computer mishap I am going to post pictures and names of what was in the last blog, just so no one forgets. =) If anyone wants a recipe post a comment, I'm happy to share.
Devil's Cake unfrosted cupcakes in silicone witch feet cupcake holders.
Unfrosted Chocolate Chili Cupcakes in silicone cupcake holders on my cupcake display.
Maryland Cookies, ooey and gooey and just out of the oven.
Birthday cake for my 11 year old sister who loves the ocean. Three layers with cupcakes, strawberry, cherry chip, and devil's cake with cherry, strawberry, and blue frosting. Haha, I do mean blue frosting.
Well, those are all of the pictures I have on my computer. I'm not showing my in the make pictures but they are on the photobucket site linked on the side.
ENJOY!
Until next time,
-Buhri
Devil's Cake unfrosted cupcakes in silicone witch feet cupcake holders.
Unfrosted Chocolate Chili Cupcakes in silicone cupcake holders on my cupcake display.
Maryland Cookies, ooey and gooey and just out of the oven.
Birthday cake for my 11 year old sister who loves the ocean. Three layers with cupcakes, strawberry, cherry chip, and devil's cake with cherry, strawberry, and blue frosting. Haha, I do mean blue frosting.
Well, those are all of the pictures I have on my computer. I'm not showing my in the make pictures but they are on the photobucket site linked on the side.
ENJOY!
Until next time,
-Buhri
Accidentally Deleted
Trying to remove one post and I deleted the whole blog! Ah well, these things happen. I am going to make an account so anyone who wants to may view images from the previous blog. For now though, I am just going to start over.
=)
Until next time,
-Buhri
=)
Until next time,
-Buhri
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