Tastes of Christmas: Week 1 Poll!

To start off our Christmas cupcakes celebrations, you can vote for cupcakes inspired by two popular Christmas staples: Gingerbread Cookies or Candy Canes. Which of these Christmas flavours do you want to see made into a cupcake next week?

Voting Ends Tuesday at 5pm.

Christmas Flavours Month at CCW!

November Wednesdays are over, and Christmas is approaching fast. Cupcake Wednesday is preparing for Christmas by celebrating Christmas flavours all December long! Do you have a particular flavour that reminds you of the holiday season? Let me know below and we will try to put it up in the December polls! Tomorrow's first Christmas inspired poll goes up Thursday!

Wednesday November 24th: Banana Pecan Cupcakes With Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting

This week I decided to try a Martha Stewart Banana and Caramel recipe. The cupcakes themselves were easy to make and turned out really nice, however the caramel frosting tested my patience. It took three attempts before I decided to move onto another type of frosting for this particular cupcake. Basically I don't have a candy thermometer and kept burning the caramel in the first recipes. This was not fun to try to clean up!! I replaced the Martha Stewart caramel frosting with a caramel cream cheese frosting that was a lot easier and actually super tasty!

Wednesday's Winner: Go Banana, Go Go Banana!

This Wednesday's winner is.... BANANA! So many options as to what do with these cupcakes... check back tomorrow to see how they turned out. Thanks again for voting. Thursday will have a whole new poll!

Results:
Banana: 17
Apple: 13

New Poll!

This weeks poll you can choose between Apples or Banana. Simple fruits that are used in some of the most delicious desserts. Interested to see what you guys vote for!

Poll ends Tuesday at 5:00 PM

Wednesday November 17th: Lime Cupcakes with Lime Filling and Toasted Coconut Meringue Frosting Topped With Shredded Coconut and Lime Zest

photo by wvs

So this week's lime cupcakes were a nice change from the heavier cupcakes we have had in the past couple weeks. The cupcakes will be a hit with anyone who enjoys lime and are pretty simple to make as well. I did not use self rising flour, but instead tried to recreate my own with baking soda, regular flour and salt. I did not use enough baking soda so the cake part came out a lot denser than intended. Some tasters commented they enjoyed the denser cake with the fluffy meringue, others would have preferred the cupcakes to be fluffier, so I guess you can never win them all!

photo by wvs

Wednesday's Winner: Lime Cupcakes!

You guys have battled it out, but you lime supporters came out with a one vote victory! I have my music on repeat (playing this), and am ready to tackle baking some lime cupcakes. I am excited about a new purchase: I got today a kitchen blow torch and can't wait to use it. I plan to incorporate it with this weeks cupcake baking! Check back tomorrow to see how they turned out (and whether my house is still standing). Thanks for voting, a new poll will be up Thursday!

Results:
Lime Cupcakes: 16
Lemon Cupcakes: 15