c a r r o t c a k e c u p c a k e s

Had the most amazing carrot cake cupcakes yesterday. My sweet little sister made them for us and the baby as a late birthday cake kind-of-thing :) Sooo yummie! :)

Daddy and Granny snatched the best spots... :)

For autumn

I really like these! They make me wanna make cupcakes! Autumn cupcakes. :) Mmm...

Picture customized from Åhlens.

Same style as these only... different! :)

Stolen inspiration

For her birthday, my mum got a lovely book about cupcakes from J's mum (and dad). I stole some of the frosting recipes that I found interesting. By camera. I'll make sure to post about the ones I actually try and like! Some of them just look gorgeous!

My birthday in pictures (some of them)

Pictures: Me, click to enlarge.

And there's a nice morning picture for ya! :) (no laughs...) And the breakfast in bed that Joel made for me. A lovely day, all in all! More pictures are coming, I want to show you all of the gifts that I got! :)

Monday Efficiency

And that was my Monday off. :)

Hey, I can't seem to keep away from here although I have heaps to do! It's just that I have heaps to blog about too! :)

Cupcake Inspiration 01

So. Cupcakes. Here's some of the inspiration I've gathered lately. Love it! :)

Pictures from weheartit.

I'm thinking somthing like this, pink and white. Only lovelier! :) Ha! My biggest problem though, is still finding the ultimate frosting. I don't want the cupcakes to be too sweet and sugary. I'm working on it. Look forward to the pictures! :)

30 minute frosting...

I spent the evening trying out a fluffy frosting for cupcakes. I've wanted to try making a 7-minute frosting for a while (ever since I saw how glossy and lovely iy looked), so that's what I did. I think it turned out really good. It wasn't difficult, per se, only a bit fussy. But then, this was my very first time so next time it will probably be mush easier. Here's a few pictures of it. Firstly, in the bowl (colours much better than in second picture... ) and secondly, piped out and decorated with either shredded coconut or sugar pearls (nonpareilles). I kept half of it white and made the other half softly pink.

(Sorry about the crappy pictures... not much light nor time... click to enlarge.)

Next up is a cream cheese frosting or a buttercream. Anyone got any good receipes?? Feel free to share them! :) And about the title... it didn't take me 7 minutes. More like 30-ish... Ha!

I wahahahahant...!

I am sooo bummed out!! I really want these cupcake liners but they are sold out everywhere! Bummer. They're really cute though. I feel a tiny bit better when looking at them. :) Ha!

Picture from Åhléns.