tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12945391884362822892024-03-13T16:01:02.151-06:00cupcakes and corks{a blog by batter cupcakes}
Welcome to my deliciously dizzying blog where you can find out about the latest happenings in the cupcake world. I am obsessed with desserts, always have been, and happily don't see an end in sight. Batter Cupcakes is located in Vail, Colorado where we pride ourselves on handmade, high altitude baking, but also love following what happens outside our little snow globe.
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<br />batter cupcakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273694320569034724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294539188436282289.post-81924142051243427792012-05-30T14:07:00.000-06:002012-05-30T14:07:30.776-06:00Job OpeningBatter Cupcakes is in its 5th year of business and we're so busy that we
need some help this summer! Please email liz@battercupcakes.com with
your resume if you're interested in joining my team!<br />
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<b>Baker for Batter Cupcakes</b><br />
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<i>Job Description</i><br />The person for this position will be the assistant baker for Batter Cupcakes this summer for local special events. Events include but are not limited to the Beaver Creek Rodeo on Thursdays, the Dillon Farmer’s Market on Fridays, the Edwards Farmer’s Market on Saturdays and the Vail Farmer’s Market on Sundays. Batter also caters weddings, birthdays, baby showers, corporate events and maintains several wholesale accounts. <br /><br /><i>Key Responsibilities</i><br />This position is an opportunity to gain kitchen experience in a small business environment. He/She will be working very closely with the founder/head baker on filling daily orders.<br />
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<li>Baking various menu items.</li>
<li>Cleaning, organizing and stocking. </li>
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<br /><i>Key Qualifications</i><br />This person should be personable, energetic, punctual, communicative and have some baking experience. He/She must be artistic, organized and passionate about baking.<br />
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<li>Excellent math (addition and subtraction) skills necessary.</li>
<li>Ability to lift up to 50 lbs including ingredients and kitchen equipment.</li>
<li>Be on your feet for extended periods of time.</li>
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<br /><i>Hours of Work/Schedule</i><br />This baker will work 5 days/week, preferably Wednesday through Sunday. This position starts on June 7th and ends on September 22nd, with the potential to extend into the fall/winter based on performance. The expectation is for this person to be able to fulfill all shifts required based on a 40 hour work week. The schedule does include 4th of July weekend and Labor Day weekend. <br /><br /><i>Compensation</i><br />This position pays $10/hour, and is based upon a 40 hour work week. There is the opportunity for growth into the winter season based on performance.<br /><br />Please visit battercupcakes.com to learn more about the company to make sure this is the right fit for you. Please include “baker” in the subject line of your email to liz@battercupcakes.com. No phone calls, please. <br />batter cupcakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273694320569034724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294539188436282289.post-47357865257248667862012-05-27T18:50:00.000-06:002012-05-27T18:50:17.759-06:00Job OpeningBatter Cupcakes is in its 5th year of business and we're so busy that we need some help this summer! Please email liz@battercupcakes.com with your resume if you're interested in joining my team!<br />
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<b>Special Event Sales Coordinator for Batter Cupcakes</b><br /><br /><i>Job Description</i><br />The person for this position will be the lead sales coordinator for Batter Cupcakes this summer at local special events. Events include but are not limited to the Beaver Creek Rodeo on Thursdays, the Dillon Farmer’s Market on Fridays, the Edwards Farmer’s Market on Saturdays and the Vail Farmer’s Market on Sundays. <br /><br /><i>Key Responsibilities</i><br />This position is an opportunity to gain experience in sales, marketing, leadership, customer service, and will provide insight into the entrepreneurial world, all while meeting area locals and visitors from all over the world. <br />
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<li>Set up/break down tent area, keep displays clean, stocked and organized, hand-sell products, handle transactions, packaging, and record future orders. </li>
<li>Sustain customer loyalty with sales techniques and social media marketing. </li>
<li>Deliver weekly customer feedback from multiple events. </li>
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<br /><i>Key Qualifications</i><br />This person should be very personable, outgoing, be able to network well, and have some sales experience. They must be energetic, dependable, punctual and communicative.<br />
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<li>Ability to work efficiently and quickly in a past-faced outdoor environment. </li>
<li>Excellent math (addition and subtraction) skills necessary.</li>
<li>Ability to lift up to 50 lbs, including tent, tables and products.</li>
<li>Access to a larger, dependable car to transport all set-up equipment, products and other items to/from events.</li>
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<br /><i>Hours of Work/Schedule</i><br />This sales coordinator will work Thursday through Sunday starting June 8th and the end date is September 23rd. Most days begin at 7am and end at 5pm. The schedule does include 4th of July weekend and Labor Day weekend. The expectation is for this person to be able to fulfill all shifts required and to be prompt with load in and event start times. These events will go on with rain, sun or snow, but extreme weather can play a part in change of schedule.<br /><br /><i>Compensation</i><br />This position pays $10/hour, and is based upon a 40 hour work week. There is the opportunity for growth into the winter season based on performance.<br /><br />Please visit www.battercupcakes.com to learn more about the company to make sure this is the right fit for you. Please include “Sales Coordinator” in the subject line of your email. No phone calls, please. batter cupcakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273694320569034724noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294539188436282289.post-89702586700571137342012-03-20T23:45:00.003-06:002012-03-20T23:45:39.706-06:00signature cupcakes montage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Have I ever heard of Cupcake Wars? Not only have I heard of the show, but I've lived and breathed Cupcake Wars for the last 14 months of my life. Batter was featured on the Food Network's Cupcake Wars, Season 4, "Year of the Cupcake!"</div>
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Living in Vail, Colorado, high in the Rocky Mountains (8,150 feet in the air), there are certain things that can only be addressed in Denver, like getting your car serviced. On one fateful day in June of 2010, I was at the car dealership when I got the call. The voicemail went something like this, “Hi Liz, this is so-and-so from Simply Delicious, and I’m calling you about Cupcake Wars on the Food Network. Please call me back asap.” After 3 different video submissions, and 14 months of waiting, I finally got the call I never knew I was waiting for all my life. They had picked me for the show. <br />
Less than 10 days later, I was on a plane to Los Angeles with my loyal assistant in tow, Cassie Harrelson of Carbondale, Colorado. <br />
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There were so many things running through my head about the impending battle...how would my hair look...did I chose the right wardrobe...and maybe I shouldn’t have eaten that 3rd piece of pizza. Then, I had to push aside my ego and start thinking about the nitty gritty. What were the scary ingredients going to be - in every episode, everyone has to bake with ridiculous ingredients in the first round. <br />
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When it was revealed that I had to use at least 3 Chinese-inspired ingredients for the Chinese New Year theme, I couldn’t believe my luck. I’m thinking, “This is probably the most far-flung challenge that I have heard of, and also way out of my comfort zone.” I’ve eaten Chinese food all my life, but never known what really goes into those dishes. <br />
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I first thought of making a spiced vanilla cake with ginger and star anise, and maybe throwing some lychee in there. But I didn’t want to play it safe. During my Cupcake Wars episode research, I had found that lots of bakers went home too early for playing it safe. I thought about an Asian slaw noodle cupcake, but then I decided that was way too far off the grid to even take the idea seriously. After quickly deciding to go a different route, I ended up with a chocolate tofu lychee cupcake topped with ginger cream cheese frosting. You can visit Vail's local newspaper, the vaildaily.com to see the recipe:<br />
http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20120207/AE/120209891/1078&ParentProfile=1062<br />
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Being eliminated after Round 1 was disappointing because I didn’t get to show the judges and the world what I am capable of doing. I’m happy though, to have taken a risk, and left the show with no regrets. <br />
I am thrilled to have been chosen among thousands of applicants, and I am proud how I represented my brand and my home state of Colorado. Even though baking at altitude is difficult for most, I’ve managed to find the right balance with nostalgic influences using elevated ingredients. While on Cupcake Wars, I got to experience baking at sea level once again, and am reminded that not everything is as easy as it looks on TV. Now I’m just waiting for that 2nd call - the redemption show.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had to send an approval shot of my wardrobe to CCW! I was allowed to send a photo wearing any purple tshirt since the ones I ordered online had not arrived yet.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new purple tshirts had arrived! The only tshirts I have had in stock for the past couple of years are white, and I was told we weren't allowed to wear white, red or any kind of patterns since those styles don't translate on TV. After ordering 50 black tshirts to fill the minimum order, I got the call from CCW saying we couldn't wear black. But, I said, "I already ordered them, CCW!" They said, "I'm sorry, Batter." Well, good thing customink.com is a great company and I was able to call the factory and halt production of 50 custom black tshirts. I was able to switch the color to purple because they wanted us to look colorful and fun. Looking at my competitors now, I can now see why wardrobe was so important - typecasting!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before arriving to LA, CCW came to my commercial kitchen in Minturn, which I fondly call the cupcake factory. That day, I had a couple originally from Charlotte (my hometown too!) picking up their order of red velvet cupcakes so they graced the Food Network too! Thanks Vicki & Jim!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">slicing and dicing mini pb cups for the cupcake garnish in Minturn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">observing our hard work</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">beauty shot!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my beautiful mountain cupcake factory</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">loading up the car on cold, snowy day in Minturn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">trying not to fall off the icy curb while balancing a 20lb. bucket of supplies</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I gave my dear Jetta a bath before her national TV debut</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cassie loading her 20lb. bucket of supplies</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the now infamous soccer foot kick! they wanted us to do something cute and fun as our exit move before driving away and a high-five wasn't good enough. I guess the soccer kick will have to do.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">jetta is packed up!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">look how shiny the Jetta is! she never looks that good shuttling cupcakes around Vail's mountain roads!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">see ya later Minturn, here we come Hollywood!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">leaving Vail for DIA!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cassie anxiously awaiting the departure</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">we'll come back changed forever</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">yeaaaah batter!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">making sure the flight is on time!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When we arrived in the City of Angels we were whisked away from LAX by APs, or assistant producers, as they call themselves. On the way to our extended stay hotel, we saw this California sunset. Cassie and I both agreed that it was a good sign!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Once we arrived to the studio the morning of the shoot, we were led to our own private dressing
room with our names on the plaques outside the door! They misspelled
Cassie's last name, but at least they got it right on TV!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We even had a place to hang our extra aprons, and most importantly, a full length mirror!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">getting ready to go on! it was about 6am when this photo was taken...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">documenting this historic moment for myself & batter cupcakes!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">let the battle begin!! these faces are our intimidation faces</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">their intimidation faces were much more convincing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">waiting for Justin to tell us about our ensuing war</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chinese New Year?!?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">red bean paste was a choice from "the inspiration table"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can tell I'm thrilled about the cupcake theme</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">star anise was a choice from the "inspiration table"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">rushing the "inspiration table." of course I'm ahead of all the others, I was a high school track star</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">telling Cassie that we're going to make a chocolate tofu cupcake with sesame oil, lychee & ginger</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here I'm starting on the tofu cupcake batter and Cassie is starting on the walnut-stuffed, chocolate-dipped lychee garnish</td></tr>
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the lychee fruit from its own juices, patted dry, and then stuffed each
one with a walnut. She then melted Scharffen Berger semi-sweet
chocolate, and dipped each lychee by hand. She then rushed them to the
freezer so the chocolate would set with plenty of time left. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cassie rockin' out on the walnut-stuffed chocolate-dipped lychee garnish!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm adding tofu to the dry mix. The editing made the tofu seems much more jiggly and way "grosser" than it really was...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">actually using my cute apron for hand-drying</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the 30-minute warning</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cassie's telling me to get those cupcakes into the oven, quick!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">really awesome hair flip after putting cupcakes in oven</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cassie rushing the chocolate lychee garnishes to the freezer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">here I'm checking the tops of the cupcakes to see if they bounce back</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">those cupcakes, made by these hands, are on the Food Network!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">stress moment about time limit</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">are they going to come out undercooked?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">crazy cupcake lady face, with little time left, headed to commercial break</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">back from commercial, I pull the cupcakes with little time left on the clock</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was shaking so badly from nerves, it probably took me at least 5 minutes just to pull them out of the oven. Well, maybe more like 10 seconds, but normally it only takes like 2 seconds. I didn't want to drop the tray!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am coring the centers of the cupcakes to add the lychee compote that Cassie was working on. As soon as I see steam come out of the centers of the cupcakes, I start to get real nervous. I've never made this recipe before!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">adding finishing touches to the cupcakes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">frosting the cupcakes with pure ginger cream cheese frosting - yum!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">adding Cassie's chocolate-lychee garnish to the tofu cupcakes. notice the awesome black metallic wrappers!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cassie jumps for joy that we're finished AND they look great! The frosting isn't melting off the cupcake and the garnish isn't too heavy. Even though it wasn't a presentation round, and only taste, we wanted them to look perfect!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">what just happened!?! we're done!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my cupcake was judged 1st out of all 4 bakers! it took about 10 minutes of real time for the judges to gather their thoughts on my cupcake. I bet they had never had a tofu based cupcake before! The tofu was a substitute for oil, eggs & butter so it was light, moist & delicious! They chose to use words like "confused" and "gummy." That's alright because I left with no regrets! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cassie and I had to have an LA celebration meal for being so proud of ourselves! We took a cab to Manhattan Beach for champagne, truffle fries, chicken wings, and a cheese platter! No more National TV diet for us!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After our decadent meal, we went for a walk on the beach and then proceeded to fall asleep on the sand with the ocean waves crashing. We woke up to the Pacific at our toes, and decided to move on, head back to the hotel & prepare for our journey back to our beautiful homes of Vail and Aspen, Colorado. Until next time Food Network...</td></tr>
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<br />batter cupcakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273694320569034724noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294539188436282289.post-39807042012218471542012-01-26T00:49:00.000-07:002012-01-26T00:52:21.895-07:00roo's lamingtonsWhen I got an email from one of the world class hotels here in Vail regarding "Lamingtons," I wasn't sure how to react. Do I make them? Definitely not. Was I willing to make them for the Australian hotel guests for the upcoming Australia Day? Absolutely. Give me a task that involves cake and frosting, and I will do it, and do it well.<br />
After googling lamingtons, I discovered that they are a
traditional Aussie dessert usually found in bakeries, coffee shops,
cafes and especially at school bake sales. There are even such things
as "lamington drives" to raise money for community causes. There are
all sorts of Lamingtons. The classic lamington is vanilla sponge cake
dipped in chocolate frosting, rolled in dessicated coconut. The more
elevated lamington involves a strawberry jam and lemon cream filling.
There are even blood orange lamingtons, found in New Zealand. As I
started out on my lamington adventure, I found that the average
lamington cake recipe is very similar to the batter cupcakes vanilla
cupcake recipe. By starting off with one element that was familiar, the
whole process seemed less intimidating. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the order was for 3 dozen lamingtons, so I made enough cake batter for 3 dozen cupcakes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">after cooking the cake batter in a medium sized sheet pan for about 25 minutes, it was cooked all the way through to the middle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I measured the squares to be approx. 2"x2" with a measuring tape, and then cut the squares with a pizza cutter. I was first going to cut 36 squares from the cake, but then realized that the pan was too shallow, so I needed to double up on the layers. Instead, I measured the cake to yield 72 squares instead so each lamington would have 2 layers. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the classic lamington recipe calls for chocolate frosting, but my version of frosting on a cupcake is way different than a lamington frosting. The ratio of butter to sugar to cocoa was boldly different - almost a glaze. During research I found that some were reminded of a chocolate glazed donut when eating a lamington. I can now see why. The powdered sugar found in the frosting makes the lamington what it is.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">classic lamingtons call for dessicated coconut, or unsweetened. I had a hard time finding unsweetened coconut shavings in our little mountain town, so I settled for sweetened coconut shavings.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I placed the cake squares on top of a cooling rack, with a pan underneath because the process was messy and gooey. I couldn't drop the cake squares directly into the pot of chocolate because the cake would flake off into the chocolate. I slowly coated each piece of cake, on all 6 sides, then rolled the chocolatey cake in the coconut.</td></tr>
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<b>Happy Australia Day! </b></div>batter cupcakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273694320569034724noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294539188436282289.post-27936125310287147022012-01-22T12:09:00.001-07:002012-01-30T16:26:23.340-07:00David Archuleta's cupcakesA fresh and exciting cupcake order over the holidays involved hundreds of mini cupcakes and David Archuleta. Interested? He has over 2 million fans on Facebook, and almost 1 million fans on Twitter. For the last show of his 2011 Tour, he came to little old Beaver Creek for his last performance of the year. <br />
A group of his SuperFans from all over the country traveled to Beaver Creek's Vilar Center to see Archuleta perform, but to also host an impromptu, surprise 21st Birthday Party for him. And they called Batter Cupcakes to provide the goods! We prepared mini cupcakes in many different flavors, and added holiday bling for a little something extra. Here's hoping that he loved them!<br />
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<br />batter cupcakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273694320569034724noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294539188436282289.post-48517291986579892162012-01-22T12:00:00.001-07:002012-01-26T00:54:01.741-07:00Cupcake Candy Cabin<div style="color: red;">
The big project over the holidays was a gingerbread house submission to benefit CASA, Court Appointed Special Advocates, of the Continental Divide. Every year they host a gingerbread house contest at The Park Hyatt Beaver Creek, and this year, they asked me to compete in the Professional Category. We had a long list of rules and regulations, so I was hesitant at first, but then I thought, why not a gingerbread house? If I can make cupcakes, I can make anything! So I committed to the event, and was also crossing my fingers for the $1000 Grand Prize. Making a gingerbread house is way more intricate and complicated than I ever thought, and I'm glad I now have a better appreciation for the art. I missed out on the big Win this year, but now I know that my competitors started in August so more motivation to transition from summer to winter with gingerbread!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">once you assemble frame of house on sturdy cake base, start adding accents like the peppermint pillow chimney, window treatments, gingerbread tree and peppermint stick corner supports</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this addition made the house heavy, but milk duds seemed like the perfect roof shingles</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">milk chocolate pieces on the opposite side of the house added variety and the peppermint kisses made out to be the perfect lawn stylings</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Santa relaxing with his Men</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">mini cupcakes sliced in half adorned he roof, where tiny gingerbread men watched guard over the house </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">adding extra royal icing to the edges of the roof added significant weight, but was necessary for that chilly, "it just-snowed" feel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">red and green M&Ms were a tedious addition to the roof, but worth the time</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think I got docked points for having an inedible Santa and presents on the chimney, but they were too cute to pass up</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and the final touch...ice skating penguin on the front walk! TaDa!</td></tr>
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Below are a few photos of the competitors houses because you can really see Batter's whimsical Style, compared to the rest!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">can you tell this house was the winner?!? this team started in August, a good 5 months before the event</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm not sure which house won 3rd place, but if I had to guess, it would be the old woman in the snowboard boot</td></tr>
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In addition to being a participant, I was also asked to be a judge for
the Amateur division. Some of the "amateur" houses were better than my
own gingerbread house! I also really like the LightHouse from the kids
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">kids division</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">amateur division 2nd place</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">amateur division 1st place</td></tr>
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What better way to kick off the fall season than with 2 things - <b>pumpkin</b> in the form of <b>whoopie pies</b>! Whoopie pies are the newest hottest thing to hit the cupcake circuit. Essentially it's a cupcake sandwich. I've been wanting to try out the whoopie for months, but I've been so busy with cupcakes, there's been no time for experiments. Good thing things are slow in them here mountains! Here's how!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Make your cupcake batter as usual, and put in piping bag!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swirl onto cookie tray, just like you would do to frost the top of a cupcake! These whoopie pies turned out pretty enormous, so you don't have to make as big as you see here. The only downfall of the giant whoopie pie is that the weight of the 2 halves doesn't support the frosting inside.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pop in the oven - with the heat, they will rise and expand, just like cookies!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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downfall of the enormous whoopie pie is that the sides stick together
so when you remove from baking tray to place on cooling rack, it is
obvious where the sides stuck together.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I used 2 different styles of piping the batter onto the cookie tray. One is the true frosting style of piping that has almost 2 layers - you can see the swirl effect of this style in the center pie. The pie on the outer edges I did a "blob" more than a swirl style for a smoother pie after bake time.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When you pick 2 sides to become 1 whoopie pie, try to pick the 2 that
are closest in size so they fit together nicely - they look like
pancakes when you flip them upside down!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First I wanted to experiment with a textured filling, rather than the traditional smooth edges that you typically see. This filling is a cinnamon cream cheese frosting.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As you can see, it looks nice and full, but not quite awesome...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With these whoopies, I did a traditional swirl, similar to the piping style I used to make the actual cake pies, and once the tops are placed, they look more inviting - fuller and plumper - yum.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These whoopies are enough to feed 6 people because they're so big. But, if you give yourself enough time, say, while carving pumpkins, it's possible to take care of business. Caution - you may need a fork!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">naked cakes, tops sliced off, glued together with frosting</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">outside layer piping resembles tiramisu</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">pipe thick ropes on flat surfaces</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">top of cupcake tier at Vista</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the artistic view</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">their cupcake selection was birthday cake, red velvet & peanut butter truffle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">fit for a bride!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>batter cupcakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273694320569034724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294539188436282289.post-43426146430638738652011-07-12T10:52:00.000-06:002011-07-12T10:52:35.003-06:00the artist's cupcake<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">naked cupcakes, classic size & mini size</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;">the fastest way to make a rainbow</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow;">a few of each color</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime;">classic size painter's cupcakes</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: cyan;">mini size painter's cupcakes</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="color: blue;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">looks like a colorful bunch just sitting in boxes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple;">arrange in the artist's palette</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;">so artistic, pun intended</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666;">vincent van gogh would be proud</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">time consuming order, but worth the effort</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>batter cupcakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273694320569034724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294539188436282289.post-19769659466740058612011-07-12T10:37:00.000-06:002011-07-12T10:37:29.152-06:00pink cake pops<div style="color: #e06666;">I guess the cake pops must be delicious because I had my first birthday party order - for pink cake pops - 3rd birthday luau theme at the pool! She loooooves pink, so the cake pops had to be pink on the inside and on the outside. Since I haven't received my special candy coating coloring agent, I was going to have to figure out a better way to turn the outside of the cake pop pinkalicious. I decided on pink sugar crystals because what better way to incorporate pink than sparkly pink!</div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #e06666;">First, I made a cake. Half vanilla cake with red food coloring and half red velvet cake. I then made cream cheese frosting, and added red food coloring for a light pink hue. </div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666;">half and half cake</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666;">cream cheese frosting turns pink</span></td></tr>
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<div style="color: #e06666;">After the prep work, I got to work... </div><br />
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</div><div style="color: #e06666;">For the set up I followed the beach theme: the mom brought luau skirts to place around the styrofoam blocks which we had to cut to fit all the way around. She also brought flip flop shaped jelly candies for added flair. Since I was aware of this, I brought sparkly pink writing gel so that the gummies had something to stick to so the flip flops wouldn't fall off of the top of the pop. And for added effect, I brought pureed graham crackers for "sand" so that those mountain kiddos would really feel like they were at the beach. Mahalo!</div><br />
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</tbody></table>batter cupcakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273694320569034724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294539188436282289.post-33613615626409501562011-07-12T09:53:00.000-06:002011-07-12T09:53:02.872-06:00cake pops, round 3<div style="color: lime;">The cake balls have to be super duper cold for the stick to get stuck in the cake ball. Once the cake balls start to thaw out to room temperature, the chocolate starts to turn red from the red velvet cake flaking off into the bowl and the stick doesn't want any business being stuck inside the cake ball. You have to return the cake balls to the fridge for at least 10 minutes to get the cake balls back to a good temperature.</div><span style="color: lime;">I really love the sprinkles I just got from Dan the Shamrock Man.</span> <br />
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</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #674ea7;">A cake pop update...</div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Making cake pops for the Vail Farmer's Market last week went much better than the previous week. I made sure my cake balls were really cold before dipping in the warm chocolate so that the cake wouldn't flake off into the chocolate bowl. </span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">I have found that once you dip the cake into the chocolate, then place onto wax paper to cool and harden, the bottom, or should I say, top...of the pops change into a flat surface. Apparently, the only way to avoid this is to get a styrofoam block, and stick the cake pop in the styrofoam to let it cool in its original round shape. Maybe I'll try this new drying technique this week.</span> </div><div style="background-color: white;"><br />
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</div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #674ea7;">I also had a hard time getting the stick to stick. Maybe the cake was too cold? Maybe there was too much frosting in the cake to frosting ratio? I even dipped the stick in chocolate before putting it into the cake ball but that seemed to make things worse. This is because the cake got a mind of its own after the chocolate cooled, started oozing and tried to break through the chocolate. </span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><br />
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</div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #674ea7;">But, as long as I warned people that the pop was going to fall off the stick, they didn't seem to mind - the red velvet cake pops were the biggest hit!</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><br />
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So I did my research and came up with the concept: smash up your cupcakes, add tons of frosting (but just enough to make them creamy because this is your binding agent) and then roll into golf ball sized circles. I found that you need to have cold, if not frozen cake to work them into the right shape because when the balls are sticky and your hands are warm it just doesn't work. Once you get an acceptable shape, you place a lollipop stick into the cake ball and dip in chocolate. It didn't quite work for me as well as I'd hoped because the cake was crumbling off into the melted chocolate while I was trying to dip them so I ended up with bubbly cake pop surfaces. </div><div style="color: #3d85c6;"><br />
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<tr style="background-color: white; color: magenta;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are cake pops I made for the Snowball Music Festival this past March - I used vanilla cake, cream cheese frosting & dipped them in semi-sweet Ghiradelli chocolate. They were really good, and stayed frozen in the outdoor 10 degree temps. But, not nearly perfect. The latest batch I made last week for my Farmer's Market test run were smaller, totally dipped in chocolate and potentially looked more appetizing. I didn't take any photos of them so I will post after the weekend with my cake pop progress!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;">This is Cassie, my trusty assistant who drives all the way from Aspen to help out the cupcake lady at fun and festive events like this one - free live music & slingin' cake pops - <i>yes please</i> for this Alabama girl! </span></td></tr>
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</div><div style="color: #3d85c6;">I'm really excited for round 2 of cake popping this weekend because even though they were imperfect looking, the crowds at the Vail Farmer's Market ate them up! (pun intended.) </div><div style="color: #3d85c6;">I'm looking forward to another successful weekend of cupcake slinging and making my 2 brides happy on their big Saturdays.</div>batter cupcakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273694320569034724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294539188436282289.post-5024341120604157972011-06-16T11:41:00.000-06:002011-06-16T11:41:25.293-06:00colored coconut<div style="color: lime;">For all of those Easter bakers out there, you may already know the magic of dying coconut to look like grass. I had not delved into the world of colored coconut until a bridal shower requested pink & green vanilla coconut cupcakes. There are many methods out there, but the one that I found to be the most effective utilizes my favorite storage container ~ tupperware! </div><div style="color: magenta;">I placed 4 drops of liquid food coloring on each side of the plastic tupperware, locked the lid in place, and shook it! Shake it 'til all of the liquid coats the inside of the container. Then open up the top, place the desired amount of coconut garnish inside the tupperware & shake again. Viola! You have any colored coconut you want! </div><div style="color: lime;">Be careful not to add too much food coloring from the outset because you can't undo the color. If you decide it's not dark enough after your first round, carefully add the food coloring to the sides of the tupperware again, avoiding dropping the coloring directly on the coconut as it will absorb instantly. </div><span style="color: lime;">Using 4 drops for my dye job, I ended up with bright, Lilly Pulitzer inspired coconut. </span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta;">To pair the frosting with the green & pink coconut, I wanted the opposite color of coconut to accent the frosting for more depth. The pink vanilla buttercream was the base frosting, then a layer of green coconut, then a dollop of pink buttercream & a sprinkle of pink coconut for the top. </span><br />
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<span style="color: lime;">The end product was a little family of pink & green cupcakes - whimsical and yummy!</span> <span style="color: lime;">These cupcakes were for a pink & green bridal shower. You could use this process for any occasion like Halloween, Easter or a yellow, pink & blue baby shower!</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta;">The bridal shower collection was the following: pink & green velvet (12 o'clock & 4 o'clock), pink & green vanilla coconut (2 o'clock & 8 o'clock), mini cookie dough cupcake - vanilla cupcake filled with half-baked cookie dough, topped with chocolate buttercream (5 o'clock), pink & green texas size lemon zest - vanilla cupcake filled with lemon curd, topped with lemon cream cheese frosting (11 o'clock)</span>batter cupcakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273694320569034724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294539188436282289.post-11295973187793983792011-06-07T12:05:00.000-06:002011-06-07T12:05:36.233-06:00lavender hydrangea<div style="color: #c27ba0;">My college roommate from CU is getting married this summer - lucky for both of us - she chose Vail as her destination location from Chicago. She is going to have a fun, elegant & floral theme for her wedding cupcakes, made by yours truly. </div><div style="color: #c27ba0;">Hydrangeas are her theme flower so she requested that I take a look at a few blogs out there to see how to make the cupcakes actually look like hydrangeas. </div><div style="color: #c27ba0;">A few weeks ago, I happened to have an order for a high school graduate who requested chocolate lavender cupcakes just like she had on vacation in LA. I had a perfect excuse for a practice run with floral inspired buttercream. </div><div style="color: #c27ba0;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #c27ba0;">The trick is going with a 2-toned frosting - I chose light purple & white since the frosting flavor was lavender. It creates more depth to create the illusion of how a three dimensional flower might look. Of course you could go with any color scheme to match your theme. I recommend white as at least 1 of the colors because it acts as a perfect base for the featured color. Make sure you don't overdo it on the milk when making your buttercream because it needs to be pretty stiff. In this photo you can see how the frosting loosened with the heat of my hand on the piping bag...</div><br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">A bouquet fit for a bride or an afternoon tea</span>batter cupcakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273694320569034724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294539188436282289.post-15463438908999209252011-05-23T11:27:00.000-06:002011-05-23T11:27:42.951-06:00carrot cupcakes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-3ati5orhJh57T_dUaFn4BPfpIXV8il5n0_zSyFn189kggkr8PC9g9saOqelAIRdiI9vRl8RLFXOKoqqUV34QwSBDvOuocTeS5fdLGQpNXVJ9tu6zGS1We6nSvF8NGxOBJ5pUX8nmqXC/s1600/IMG_2615.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-3ati5orhJh57T_dUaFn4BPfpIXV8il5n0_zSyFn189kggkr8PC9g9saOqelAIRdiI9vRl8RLFXOKoqqUV34QwSBDvOuocTeS5fdLGQpNXVJ9tu6zGS1We6nSvF8NGxOBJ5pUX8nmqXC/s320/IMG_2615.JPG" width="285" /></a></div><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">The carrot cupcake request is rare, but when a car load of women are road tripping to California from their mansion in Beaver Creek, it's only appropriate to have carrot cake cupcakes along for the ride. I put a cinnamon cream cheese frosting on top to compliment the spices in the cake. </span>batter cupcakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273694320569034724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294539188436282289.post-42114788281419829962011-05-22T13:06:00.001-06:002011-05-22T13:26:05.237-06:00strawberry cupcakes<div style="color: #e06666;">So on my 3rd attempt with the strawberry cupcake project, I think I've got it. I made a strawberry batter from scratch that was similar to the vanilla batter but less sugar made a big difference. On the 2nd attempt, I found that the cupcakes came out almost blue, like I had used blueberries. That's no fun, so I added a little bit of strawberry jam to color it up, along with a few dallops of food coloring for good measure. The result was great - more strawberry flavor & more strawberry color!</div><br />
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</div><div style="color: #e06666;">Then I cranked out a strawberry frosting. The secret to avoiding a liquid frosting result like last time is to build up more of a base to support the pureed strawberries. More butter - less milk - more fresh strawberries!</div><br />
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</div><span style="color: #e06666;">The white filling you can see in this photo is a strawberry whipped cream. The only downfall of using a whipped cream filling is that after enough time passes, the cake will absorb the cream. This component has to be added no more than 4 hours before consumption. It really does add a little extra something so it's worth it!</span><br />
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</div><span style="color: #e06666;">The final step is adding fresh cut strawberries right before serving. If you add them too far in advance the strawberries will start to absorb the sugar in the frosting and get mushy.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">The bisected view of the cupcake - creamy strawberry filling complimented by moist strawberry cake & fresh strawberry frosting on top - all made with real strawberries - nothing fake about it!</span>batter cupcakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273694320569034724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294539188436282289.post-49927551861833797192011-05-19T21:55:00.000-06:002011-05-19T21:55:39.695-06:00the poor man's jambalaya<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #38761d;">My sister studied in Seville, Spain as part of her college experience and adopted this recipe for a simple, smorgasbord of a meal. I was only lucky enough to stumble upon making it when chatting with her on the phone a few years ago with the common "what should I make for dinner" question between sisters. All you need are a few pantry items - hot dogs, eggs, rice, ketchup & a little onion for flavor. When you're going gourmet with it you can elaborate on these items like I did - chicken & apple sausage, whole grain brown rice, sauteed garlic & onion, and some peas for a little green. The only trick to this simple recipe is timing all of the different elements to come together at the same time. </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #38761d;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #38761d;">I started by boiling the rice, the peas & sauteing the garlic & white onion so that these flavors could start to marinate. </div><div style="color: #38761d;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #38761d;">Then, while the chicken apple sausage were grilling on the outdoor Foreman the scrambled eggs went on the stove. </div><br />
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</div><div style="color: #38761d;">I used 4 eggs, plus 2 egg whites to create more volume without the added cholesterol. Once the eggs were thoroughly cooked, they were added to the sausage, peas & rice mixture. </div><br />
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</div> <span style="color: #38761d;">Stir it all up, and you've got yourself a well balanced meal plus a few indulgences all in a single bowl!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"> I had to add a little ketchup for that perfect amount of tang. It sounds gross at first, but once you try all of these flavors together, you'll have to agree.</span><br />
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<div style="color: #cc0000;">For this batch of strawberry cupcakes I'm using vanilla cake batter as the base flavor. For the back row, I added the strawberry puree in addition to fresh strawberry pieces. For the front row, I only added fresh strawberry pieces. You can see the obvious color difference. We'll see if there's an obvious flavor difference.</div><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">The cupcake wrappers were not filled enough - but not because I measured anything wrong - these cupcakes just didn't rise at all. Usually when filling the wrappers you generally fill them 3/4 full because the cupcakes should rise 1/4 above the top of the wrapper, giving you that perfect cupcake size. I am deducing that because of all of the extra sugar content in the strawberry puree and strawberry pieces, that sugar reacted with the sugar already in the vanilla batter and caused a malfunction in my high-altitude oven. This recipe may need less sugar in the vanilla batter from the get-go because the natural sugars from the strawberries will make up the difference. </span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Then I took a vanilla buttercream and added a bunch (too much?) of the fresh strawberry puree. It turned out to be more of a strawberry glaze than frosting. My guinea pig, who I feed all of my experiments, said that it almost tasted like sweetened strawberry yogurt. Not bad, but maybe not so good for a cupcake topping. Then I topped them off with fresh strawberry garnish for that little extra flavor and texture. </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="color: #cc0000;">You can see how the cupcake didn't really rise due to altitude issues but the texture of the cake is quite moist. The frosting doesn't have enough hold so it becomes a glaze...still tastes like a delicious strawberry delight! Not quite a true batter cupcake. Yet...</span><br />
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what to do with leftover kentucky bourbon pie filling from the derby days cupcakes? make kentucky bourbon pie! I decided to make whole wheat pie crust to see what it would taste like. I just substituted the flour for King Arthur's whole wheat flour and it was delicious. The pie crust was flaky, buttery, and had that multi-layered texture that adds depth to the whole tasting experience.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;">whole wheat dough balls</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;">leftover pie filling added</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;">topped off with more pecans & chocolate chips for a little extra goodness. I'm using whole wheat crust, after all...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;">one slice of fudgey, nutty, chocolatey bourbon pie with whole wheat crust</span></td></tr>
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batter cupcakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273694320569034724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294539188436282289.post-79942386294686901882011-05-12T11:40:00.000-06:002011-05-13T14:32:37.609-06:00NYC holla back<div style="color: #e06666;">I am so excited to announce that the very famous (at least in the cupcake world) - Cupcakes Take The Cake blog - has picked up my most recent Derby Days Cupcake Photos to feature on their international cupcake platform. The founders of the blog live in NYC and fly around to cupcakeries all across the nation to give us blog followers feedback. Pretty nice gig if you ask me. The link is found here: </div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #e06666;">http://cupcakestakethecake.blogspot.com/2011/05/kentucky-derby-cupcakes-by-batter.html</div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #e06666;">As a result, my facebook fan base has grown from 326 to 342 in a matter of days. Big stuff for my little mountain town business. </div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
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</div>batter cupcakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273694320569034724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294539188436282289.post-55461025901750749312011-05-08T19:23:00.000-06:002011-05-08T19:23:02.702-06:00cookie pie - chicago style<div style="color: red;">Watching TV after the Kentucky Derby, I spotted a whole show dedicated to pizza. Having an obsession with pizza, I had to make sure I am on the inside track. They focused on NY, Chicago and LA - but what stuck out the most, of course, was the pizza featured from my birth city. The show discussed the pros and cons of deep dish (I think they're all pros) - Uno vs. Lou Malnati's - and the finale of the Chicago segment was the chocolate chip cookie pie. Tyler proceeded to drool over the under-baked pizza-shaped cookie, topped with ice cream, whipped cream & cherries. When I casually mentioned that I could do that - his eyes popped out of his head. So he went to pick up the pizza (how could we have avoided that result), and I made the cookie dough. What I learned is interesting - cookie dough is essentially cake batter without the liquids. Butter, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, flour, baking soda, salt & chips! I used chocolate and peanut butter chips for a little extra kick. This is what I came up with...</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">fresh strawberries to add texture</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">chocolate, vanilla & strawberry ice cream medley </span></td></tr>
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