Monday, July 27, 2009

That cooking mojo


So those of you who follow me on Twitter will know that a few weeks ago I lost my cooking mojo after a few failed dishes. Well I think I found it again. Either that or the strong painkillers I'm on have sent me loopy and I dreamt up these dishes...


The little Tinker has taken more of an interest in cooking lately so I let her stand on a chair and help me make a batch of fairy cakes.


I thought fairy cakes would be more fun than regular iced cupcakes because they are just a touch more fiddly and I think for toddlers that makes it a little more fun, plus the Tinker really likes anything with wings at the moment so when I explained that the bits on the top were wings she was fascinated.


Ok so you start with your basic cupcake recipe. I always use the Nigella food processor recipe and I use lots of vanilla bean scrapings. Ditch the icing and all you need instead is some cream and some jam or lemon curd and a teaspoon of icing sugar.
















Tinker loved these little cakes and they were so easy and fun to make. Only problem with making them in the afternoon is that I had so many hours til my husband came home, it was hard not to eat them all. I managed to save him one so he should feel honoured really.




11 comments:

  1. how creative are you!? looks awesome and yummy!

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  2. I have the fondest memories of making these butterfly cupcakes with my Aunt when I was a wee one! xx

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  3. I love these and that they seem reasonably healthy. I too have that eating problem though when I bake (which isn't often). Usually, I scoff most of the baked good before Z gets home. My butt isn't that forgiving, unfortunately.

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  4. You know, I was thinking- you could replace the cream for yogurt if you were feeling particularly health conscious!

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  5. Orange and poppyseed cake topped with king island cinnamon and honey yoghurt would be very drool worthy...I'm inspired and might try it this weekend. Thanks for the inspiration :)

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  6. Oh yum, I never thought of doing them with lemon curd. I might have to make some on the weekend.

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