I’m about to go to the post office with a huge bag of packages and send the prizes from the blogiversary contest on their way. I wish I could send one to everyone who entered, but instead I have a little thank you gift for everyone reading
I baked these cupcakes for my friend Joanna’s birthday along with some extras for tonight’s knitting group at K1. Totally winged the recipe, but I did have the forethought to measure things just in case they were good, and I’m so glad I did. The perfect balance between dense and spongey, with the addition of lassi helping to keep them moist and cutting the sweetness with a little tang. I hope you like them too.
Joanna’s Cupcakes
Made 40ish mini muffin size cupcakes and I’m guessing about a dozen full size muffins.
Melt together 4oz / 115g butter + 4 oz / 115g dark chocolate.
Beat together 3 eggs, 3oz / 85g light muscavado sugar, 2oz / 55g agave nectar, 6fl oz / 170ml lassi. Mix in the chocolate butter mixture and then fold in 6oz / 170g flour, 2tsp baking powder and 1oz / 30g cocoa.
Bake at 180 degrees c / 350 degrees f until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. About 10-15 mins for this size.
Joanna’s loved Turkish delight for as long as I can remember so I was trying to go for that sort of flavour with these. It wasn’t perfectly sucessful but the rose water spiked buttercream was certainly very good and at least a little reminiscent of that treat.
So ridiculously pretty.
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Oh, those look so lovely! I always adore your recipes and the pictures- they’re always so quaint and cheery.
I couldn’t imagine a cuter “thank you”. Maybe you should have Elijah and his banner printed off into cards.
Also, I wish I were eating one of those cupcakes. Yum.
How sweet, and thoughtful. And best of all, there are no calories in those pretty pictures!
Lovely, thank you! If I bake those I will end up eating the lot before my husband comes home so I am only allowed to bake when others are here to share!!
Oooh, I am very excited! The cupcakes look soooo good
Mmm… those look delicious! Thank you for posting the recipe.
Awww:)
Yum! Those cupcakes look amazing! Thanks for the recipe!
Thanks for the two cheery pictures of your knitted buddy with banner and those wonderful looking cupcakes.
Those look amazing! Question: is lassi available as such where you are, or do you whip up your own with yogurt and ….?
Yummie! that looks absolutely delicious.
Awww! You’re welcome Elijah! Defenitely too cute!!
The cupcakes are cute too! How do you made the pink cream?
I am going to have to try making those cupcakes… the picture of the frosting alone is making me quite hungry.
Only recently have I discovered your blog and am very sad that I never knew about your store when I lived in Edinburgh last fall! Someday I will go back and definitely check it out.
What is it about cupcakes that makes them so charming? I think its their little crimped paper skirts!
I love Elijah! He’s definitely alive! The cupcakes are so simple and elegant!
It is so cool that your little creatures are taking over…they are SO cute! Today is my birthday and I made cupcakes..yours look so much better..trade you (white chocolate wasabi)!
These look and sound wonderful! Thanks for the recipe.
A recipe named after me!!! Yay! I can confirm that these were some of the very best cupcakes I have had ever. Although two of the tiny things was as much as I could handle in one evening – soooo rich :) I wish I hadn’t been so generous with them… I want one now!
Are those really wheat free?! They look gorgeous, and I want to bake now! Oh well. I shall bide my time until I’m next On Call, which is my night for sitting home and baking. ~x~
i love your blog, the patterns and the finished pieces are lovely. and that cupcakes look tempting indeed!!!!!
Just doubling up the question about the lassi, and do you use sweet or salty lassi?