A prize for you
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.
Posted: June 12th, 2008 under knitting.
Comments: 21
Comments
Comment from Mai-Huong
Time: June 12, 2008, 2:57 pm
Oh, those look so lovely! I always adore your recipes and the pictures- they’re always so quaint and cheery.
Comment from hadley
Time: June 12, 2008, 3:10 pm
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.
Comment from joan
Time: June 12, 2008, 3:10 pm
How sweet, and thoughtful. And best of all, there are no calories in those pretty pictures!
Comment from Lin
Time: June 12, 2008, 3:35 pm
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!!
Comment from soknitpicky
Time: June 12, 2008, 3:54 pm
Oooh, I am very excited! The cupcakes look soooo good
Comment from Caitlin
Time: June 12, 2008, 4:09 pm
Mmm… those look delicious! Thank you for posting the recipe.
Comment from maria
Time: June 12, 2008, 4:15 pm
Awww:)
Comment from yoel
Time: June 12, 2008, 4:42 pm
Yum! Those cupcakes look amazing! Thanks for the recipe!
Comment from Judy
Time: June 12, 2008, 4:46 pm
Thanks for the two cheery pictures of your knitted buddy with banner and those wonderful looking cupcakes.
Comment from Emily
Time: June 12, 2008, 6:24 pm
Those look amazing! Question: is lassi available as such where you are, or do you whip up your own with yogurt and ….?
Comment from Jolanda
Time: June 12, 2008, 6:55 pm
Yummie! that looks absolutely delicious.
Comment from Alice from france
Time: June 12, 2008, 6:56 pm
Awww! You’re welcome Elijah! Defenitely too cute!!
The cupcakes are cute too! How do you made the pink cream?
Comment from genna
Time: June 12, 2008, 9:29 pm
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.
Comment from Marie
Time: June 13, 2008, 1:12 am
What is it about cupcakes that makes them so charming? I think its their little crimped paper skirts!
Comment from Debbie
Time: June 13, 2008, 1:19 am
I love Elijah! He’s definitely alive! The cupcakes are so simple and elegant!
Comment from Shelly
Time: June 13, 2008, 2:01 am
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)!
Comment from Cornflower
Time: June 13, 2008, 9:56 am
These look and sound wonderful! Thanks for the recipe.
Comment from Joanna
Time: June 13, 2008, 11:23 am
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!
Comment from Jane in London
Time: June 13, 2008, 9:08 pm
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~
Comment from Laura
Time: June 14, 2008, 12:51 am
i love your blog, the patterns and the finished pieces are lovely. and that cupcakes look tempting indeed!!!!!
Comment from Bloemenjansje
Time: June 14, 2008, 8:37 am
Just doubling up the question about the lassi, and do you use sweet or salty lassi?
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