Archives for category: Nutella

Cosmetics A La Carte Cupcakes

April 1, 2013 //

I’ve been getting my make up from the same place since I was allowed to wear it at 13. Cosmetics A La Carte, where not only do they have incredible make up, complete with a bespoke option, but they take the time to show and teach you how to apply it. I’ve always loved visiting their shop in Motcomb Street which is like a sweet shop filled with colours of shadows, lipsticks and glosses. It’s always so much fun to visit the lovely girls that work there.

This year they are celebrating their 40th anniversary and when we paid them a visit this weekend I took some cupcakes. I topped the vanilla and chocolate cupcakes, half with the ‘A’ from their logo, which features on all of their packaging and on the other half, tiny lipsticks. These reminded me of one of my favourite lipsticks of theirs, a bright red belonging to my Mum in the original A La Carte turquoise tube. It really is the perfect red and I had been “borrowing” it for special occasions until it was hidden. I might now have a new favourite, ‘Cupcake’ which is the perfect shade for a cake lover such as myself. Happy 40th to Cosmetics A La Carte, I hope they enjoyed the cupcakes!

Categories Cupcake, Edible Topper, Nutella, Vanilla

Happy Easter

March 31, 2013 //

I’ve loved this week. It’s been full of Easter baking which I’ve enjoyed sharing with friends and family. Easter isn’t complete without mini eggs and they are even better on cupcakes. My sister helped me decorate them, her overwhelming need to colour co-ordinate is evident but she did an excellent job. Happy Easter everyone!

Categories Cupcake, Easter, Nutella, Sprinkles, Vanilla

Cupcakes for Keith

March 6, 2013 //

These cupcakes are for a guy called Keith at my sister’s work who is leaving. He’s such a lovely guy who has been at Found the longest out of anyone and I’m sure is gonna be majorly missed. I used gold foil cases and made both vanilla and chocolate cupcakes, because I never know which people prefer. For the toppers I did this funny little bear drawing by hand, scanned it in to the computer and coloured him. Then I had the image made in to cake toppers. Let me explain the drawing…I’ve always liked doing funny animal drawings, they kind of really amuse me. So as Keith plays the ukulele and they are so tiny I chose a big bear to exaggerate this. He also does KaraUke. Yep that’s right karaoke to ukulele. Yep awesome. We should all go. Don’t worry, I’m aware that this is totally not a normal cake to give someone, but I think its kinda cute and I hope he likes it!

Categories Bear, Chocolate, Cupcake, Drawing, Frosting, Gold, Nutella, Vanilla

Trophy Cupcakes

September 19, 2012 //

Some events and achievements are too special not to celebrate with cake. I made each of the trophies by melting chocolate, pouring it into a mould and then once they had set covered them with this edible silver spray. I then placed them on cupcakes that had either vanilla or nutella frosting and finished with some edible glitter.

Categories Chocolate, Frosting, Nutella, Silver, Vanilla

Spiderman Cupcakes

July 23, 2012 //

It feels like I saw the trailer for the new Spiderman film a lifetime ago now. I’ve been looking forward to seeing it for so long I bought these Spiderman cupcake cases and toppers in America way back in March. I decided on chocolate cupcakes with Nutella frosting. I was beyond excited that I finally got to use them and see the film this week. Both were totally worth the wait.

Categories Chocolate, Cupcake, Film, Frosting, Nutella

Gluten-Free Cupcakes

June 12, 2012 //

Being able to make gluten-free cupcakes seemed like a good skill to have, as lots of people have ditched gluten and some just plain can’t have it. I was worried they were going to taste plain or have a funny aftertaste but they don’t, they are great. I used my go-to Hummingbird recipe but swapped the flour and baking powder for gluten-free options. I made two kinds, vanilla cake with vanilla frosting and chocolate cake with nutella frosting. The only thing I did find is that after a little bit the cases slightly came away from the sides. Maybe the way forward is heavier metallic cases as it’s possibly something to do with the cake shrinking as it cools or how moist the cake is and how thin the cases are.

Categories Blue, Cupcake, Frosting, Hummingbird, Nutella, Sprinkles

Chocolate Cupcakes with Nutella Frosting

September 27, 2011 //

Assuming that most people like chocolate I made these chocolate cupcakes for my sister’s office. They are Hummingbird recipe chocolate cupcakes topped with Nutella Frosting. I am a huge Nutella fan and it’s often eaten straight out of the tub with my housemates at university, but in frosting form it’s even better.

Categories Chocolate, Found, Frosting, Hummingbird, Nutella, Sprinkles