Cupcakes

I felt that even though my work schedule was getting more hectic, I had the urge to generate more output from the oven rather than from my computer... what does that mean? am i starting to hate work now?

What make a sunday morning more like a sunday morning? a decadent cupcake that's too pretty to eat. This is my first attempt making cupcakes... not that big of a fan in the past bc the icing is usually too sweet to my taste. Ironically the cupcakes in HK are much better and innovative than the ones in US... babycakes and sift make some adjustments according to the asian tastebuds so not as sugary than the ones in the states.

I used the renown magnolia recipe to make the cupcake base, but added baking powder to puff it up.

I have to admit that my piping skill is not up to par.. I tried piping out pedals to resemable florals.. unfortunately they don't like that much like florals after sitting in room temperature for too long.. gosh i just blame it on hk warm weather.

For coloring instead of using food coloring, I made the icing with pistachio praline to enhance the flavor... what can possbily go wrong with pistachio!

The ingredients are quite scary to some of my friends.. yes, is mainly butter and sugar.. well just one occasionally wouldn't hurt.. but as a baker I probably have eaten two per days to finish the whole batch. I really need to pass on more fat to my beloved friends...

My next project is to top the cakes with chocolate ganache.. think it would be much more popular than just sugary icing.