Cupcakes Make Stuff Better: Science Fair Cupcakes!

Friday, February 16, 2007

Science Fair Cupcakes!

My friends Emma (10) and Chloe (7) had a Science Fair at their school (it was really fun, I got to go!)...and their mom & I made a bunch of cupcakes to take. These were dark chocolate and vanilla cupcakes, with either Vanilla-Overload Cream Cheese frosting, or dipped in dark chocolate ganache. Yummers.

Cupcakes & Science were a good combination..... Experiment successful!

Emma and Chloe - this photo was also posted on
www.Cupcakestakethecake.blogspot.com

Your science fair cupcakes are a little bit famous, I think!

4 comments:

Leanne said...: Those chocolate ganache cuppies really catch the eye right away. I often underestimate really good vanilla treats... until I bite into them. Thinking it over for a second, I don't know which I would grab for first. Maybe a bite of both at once? ^_^; February 22, 2007 10:49 AM
UCC said...: the think white iccing is very yummie looking; February 22, 2007 7:52 PM
Maureen said...: .; March 1, 2007 4:07 PM
Anonymous said...: i like cupcakes; February 5, 2008 9:35 AM

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Why Cupcakes?

It started with baking a cake for fun, in September 2006.

I rediscovered the magic. Those memories of childhood (soft yellow layer cakes with creamy, fudgy frosting) all came flooding back. Everything about it made me happy; the sweet aroma filling the kitchen, the satisfying sight of a fresh cake cooling on a rack in the sunshine. Beating a favourite frosting to glossy perfection, then smoothing it on. Wonderfully cozy.

Cupcakes added that extra dimension to the nostalgia. The lovely, covetous joy of one's own personal treat. No sharing, no frosting-envy, no forks, no plates. Always fresh from it's ideally-designed container.

I clearly remember coming in after school to the scent of spice cupcakes. They were always topped with gorgeous vanilla frosting. Happiness found, retrieving the last trace of soft cake from the inside of those thin pink liners.

And golden cupcakes with that contrast of dark chocolate frosting!

Or the magic of marble cupcakes; shiny foil liners for special occasions. Sweet and enticing messages written on paper and lovingly baked inside! Sprinkles in irresistable colours, icing words of love!

Thus began my quest to re-create that cupcake euphoria. To find the best recipes, intensify the flavours of those fondly-remembered frostings. To come up with those old-style cupcakes that make us smile, get all warm and fuzzy, and want to eat more cake.