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I decided to make cupcakes for the cute chocolate cactus decorations I recently made. If you're looking for a fuss free cupcake recipe this is a great recipe as you place all ingredients into a bowl and mix. These Cactus Cupcakes are so fun to make and they look so pretty too.  They are made of a moist vanilla cake and iced with a deliciously sweet American buttercream.  Finally they are topped with a cute chocolate cactus and sprinkles. Happy Baking xo Cactus Cupcakes Ingredients · 125 grams butter, softened · 1 teaspoon vanilla extract · ⅔ cup caster sugar · 3 eggs · 1½ cups self-raising flour · ¼ cup milk Buttercream icing · 115 grams butter, room temperature · 3 cups icing sugar · 3-5 tablespoons milk · 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Decorations · Sprinkles (assorted sprinkles - Dollar Sweets) · Chocolate cactus toppers (refer to chocolate cactus decorat...

I'm super excited to be doing a collaboration with my beautiful and talented friend Jaina @cocoaandsilk over on Instagram. The idea for this collaboration was birthdays, and Jaina's birthday is first up on the 25th of March. We decided that we would make something birthday-related with the main focus on amazing flavours. Jaina is a big fan of chocolate, salted caramel, peanut butter, mint chocolate and raspberries.  So, I decided to make this Chocolate Raspberry Cake to celebrate her birthday. This Chocolate Raspberry Cake is super moist with a delicious raspberry compote between the layers and is covered in sweet buttercream.  It is also decorated with buttercream and sprinkles to give it the birthday cake feel to it.  I also used bright colours as Jaina is a big fan of colourful things. I would like to thank Jaina for this opportunity as this is the first chocolate-layered birthday cake I have made.  Because of the collaboration, it really pushed me to st...

I had a bucket of fairy floss and thought I would use it in my baking.  I made mini cupcakes and added some fairy floss to the top of each cupcake. These Mini Fairy Floss Cupcakes are not only cute but fun to make as a treat. I would like to share with you that adding fairy floss to cupcakes is not an easy task as the fairy floss stick together and forms a sugary ball when the heat of your hand touches it. Also, it's important to only add the fairy floss just before serving them as moisture 'melts' the fairy floss. The fairy floss sure looks delicious and definitely worth adding to the tops of cupcakes.  Have fun with the fairy floss and hopefully you don't end up eating most of it before they get to the cupcakes like I did. Happy Baking xo Mini Fairy Floss Cupcakes Ingredients · 1⅔ cup plain flour · 1 cup caster sugar · ¼ teaspoon baking soda · 1¼ teaspoons baking powder · 170 grams butter, melted · 1 t...

I have always wanted to share this Mini Mocha Cupcake recipe with you all and with Valentines just days away, I thought what a perfect time to share this recipe.  Most people I know love chocolate and coffee.  So these mocha cupcakes are a delicious combination of flavours. This has to be one of my favourite recipes and even kids love them, which surprised me. These Mini Mocha Cupcakes are super moist and full of chocolate flavour with a hint of coffee in both the cupcakes and mocha frosting.  I added some heart sprinkles for Valentines but normally I add a chocolate ball on top. Happy Baking xo Mini Mocha Cupcakes Ingredients · 1 cup plain flour · 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar · ⅓ cup plus 2 tablespoons cocoa powder · ½ teaspoon baking soda · ¼ teaspoon salt · 115 grams butter, melted · 1 teaspoon vanilla essence · 2 eggs · ½ cup strong hot coffee Buttercream icing ·...

Valentine's Day is just around the corner and I thought, what could I make that is delicious and quick to bake as a sweet treat? I came up with these Monster Choc Chip Cookies in the shape of hearts.  These cookies are so easy and quick to make. They are full of choc chips and cookie goodness.  They look cute and are decorated with a delicious chocolate buttercream and sprinkles.   These heart cookies are perfect for Valentines or just to enjoy. Happy Baking xo Monster Choc Chip Cookie Ingredients · 1¼ cup plain flour · ¼ teaspoon baking soda · Pinch of salt · ½ cup brown sugar · ¼ cup caster sugar · 120 grams butter · 1 teaspoon vanilla extract · 1 egg · ¾ cup choc chips Decorations  · CSR All Natural Buttercream Icing Mix Chocolate 250gm · Sprinkles Instructions 1. Preheat oven to 180°C. 2. Spray with oil or grease with butter, tw...

I'm so excited to be part of the #valentinescollab2019 on Instagram with a huge number of amazing bakers.  For this theme everyone will be baking and creating something related to Valentines. Be sure to check out the hashtag to see all the wonderful bakes from all the contributors. Love is definitely in the air. I decided to bake this cute three-tier cake made from cookies.  This Love Heart Cookie Cake is made from rich chocolate cookies stacked on top of each other and layered with delicious strawberry buttercream.  The richness of the chocolate cookies goes so well with the strawberry buttercream. This cookie cake was so fun to make and decorate.  You have so many options when it comes to the type of buttercream and cookie flavours.  I decided to make chocolate cookies as you can't have Valentine's Day without some chocolate right?  The best thing about this cake is you can decorate it anyway you like. You can add decorations purchased from the ...

At Christmas time on Instagram, the @csrsugar had a wonderful twelve days of Christmas giveaway.  I was one of the lucky winners. I won the first three days of prizes.  It included some buttercream icing mixes, specialty sugars and a gorgeous 'In The Forest' mug from Mason Cash. I have been wanting to try out the All Natural Buttercream Icing Mix and so I made these delicious vanilla cupcakes.  The CSR buttercream icing was super easy to make.  It produced a light and fluffy  buttercream perfect for frosting cupcakes. These vanilla cupcakes are ideal as the base for adding your favourite frosting on top.  They are easy to make and light in texture.  I also added some fun to the cupcakes by using @droetkerbakingaunz Midnight Magic sprinkles which looked gorgeous on the cupcakes. I would recommend that you try out the CSR buttercream icing mixes which are available at the @Woolworths and other supermarkets.  There are three different flavour...

I wanted to use desiccated coconut to create the look of snow on cupcakes for Christmas. So, I decided to make some coconut cupcakes. These coconut cupcakes are light, fluffy and moist with a delicious coconut flavour.  To make it feel like Christmas, I made some Christmas trees using royal icing, chocolate sticks and sprinkles of course. These cupcakes are a fun idea and an easy bake for Christmas.  I would recommend that if you wanted to add the Christmas tree toppers that you make them the day before so the royal icing dries completely.  Otherwise the royal icing trees may break if not fully dried. Happy Baking xo Christmas Coconut Cupcakes Ingredients · 1 cup self-raising flour · ½ cup desiccated coconut · ½ cup caster sugar · 2 eggs · 160ml coconut milk · 125 grams butter, melted & cooled Coconut buttercream icing · 60 grams butter, room temperature · 1½ cups icing sugar · ...