Chocolate brownies!

So it's been a while since my last blog post! Things have been pretty hectic recently - I was ill a few weeks ago and then my boyfriend was so July has just flown by. This weekend has been a bumper baking weekend and it all started with Hummingbird's chocolate brownies. I've made these before but I just had to make them again.

The first time I made them I was convinced it was a fluke...they just tasted too good! However, they taste just as good second time round. I really recommend them to everyone. Also, the recipe says it makes 12, but I can make a good 25-35 slices - I suppose it depends how big you cut the slices.

Here is the chocolate and butter being melted...
Once it's melted together you add sugar followed by flour, then add the eggs. It's so simple and comes together really quickly.

Here they are fresh out of the oven...and cut into slices (look how flakey it is!)...
Hope everyone's having a good Sunday :)

Start again!

After last weekend's disaster I decided to go back to the start, back to where it all began...to the classic vanilla cupcakes from Hummingbird Bakery cookbook. Ok, so not very exciting, but I needed to go back to a trusty recipe (especially in preparation for some other cupcakes I will be making soon!).

As usual, the recipe didn't let me down, here they are fresh out of the oven.

Time for frosting (I chose buttercream). I've seen some amazing frosting recently, making me very jealous, and again I am determined I will get better. Here are some of the results:

Definately not perfect but perhaps a small improvement. I reallly should fill up the cupcake cases a little more to prevent the paper coming away from the cupcake. Generally i'm happy though :)

I'm currently scoffing away on one while watching Glastonbury and wow they taste yummy!

P.s. they weren't quite meant to go as purple as they did, I got ahead of myself with the new colouring pastes I bought!

First blog post

So it's a Sunday evening and i'm finally setting up a blog! I'm really excited about finally documenting all my baking adventures. My current favourite food to make is cupcakes, it dominates my weekends!

Recently I purchased Martha Stewart's cupcake book and I've got a long list of recipes I want to try. I'm also visiting Iron Cupcake for the first time tomorrow with my friend Gem and I recently visited Squires Kitchen, which is a sweet little shop in Farnham, Surrey. I'll definately be going back soon!

I'll soon blog about my adventures so far, and of course document any new cupcakes I try out!