tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23399261246973061712024-03-12T20:07:43.895-04:00Cupcakes and SundryAdventures in baking and cupcaking!Cupcakes and Sundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11386121907866222150noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339926124697306171.post-60590569758677409852012-07-15T13:13:00.001-04:002012-07-15T13:13:30.664-04:00Homemade MarshmallowsA couple weeks back I was on CHCH Morning Live Hamilton making marshmallows with my business partner from <a href="http://www.sweettable.ca/" target="_blank">Sweet Table</a>. We made marshmallows live on t.v. but also made three types for display including, cotton candy, Oreo and purple marshmallows. We had a table set up with candy, cookies and cupcakes. Here are some process pictures as well as the video of our<a href="http://www.chch.com/index.php/morning-live-blog/item/8660-homemade-marshmallows" target="_blank"> segment</a>.<br />
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<br />Cupcakes and Sundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11386121907866222150noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339926124697306171.post-15923980738260940902012-04-03T21:32:00.005-04:002012-04-03T21:32:55.896-04:00Featured on Amy AtlasMy business <a href="http://SweetTable.ca/">SweetTable.ca</a> was one of Amy Atlas's featured blogs yesterday. Please go over and take a look at the <a href="http://blog.amyatlas.com/2012/04/spring-luncheon-guest-dessert-feature/" target="_blank">post</a> and let me know what you think.<br />
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<br />Cupcakes and Sundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11386121907866222150noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339926124697306171.post-43953985348851230122012-04-01T17:32:00.002-04:002012-04-01T22:18:41.806-04:00Spring Sweet TableWow! It's been a month since I last posted. I bet you thought I had abandoned the blog. Well no fret folks, it's just been a busy month with moving and starting a new volunteer gig two nights a week and starting <a href="http://SweetTable.ca/">SweetTable.ca</a>.<br />
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I finally baked in my new place which was pretty exciting, I have a lot more room to move around and to store things. For this sweet table, I made homemade marshmallows, Oreo truffles, cupcakes and a green ombre rose cake. They all turned out great and I can't wait to make some more marshmallows; I think it takes a bit to get them to turn out just right.<br />
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<br />Cupcakes and Sundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11386121907866222150noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339926124697306171.post-34824773152033695072012-01-28T08:11:00.000-05:002012-01-28T08:12:10.395-05:00Gluten Free MuffinsSo this past week I have made a couple of recipes. I tried out some cranberry walnut muffins and some corn bread muffins. The conclusion I have come to is that you either have to freeze or eat the muffins right away. Due to the amount of flour in them, they go dry really quickly.<br />
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I've decided not to post the recipes for them because I feel that they are not worth sharing. This week I ordered four new gluten free baking books and I can't wait to try some recipes from them, especially that Valentine's Day is approaching. I will need to find a great recipe to make my loved one.<br />
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My first attempt at baking with gluten free flours was a success! I made these delicious cookies that I took to work and everyone loved (they didn't know they weren't from regular baking practices until after they ate them). I made a box of cookies for my partner and his parents (who are going gluten free as well) and a bag for my freezer, so I can have a cookie whenever I want.<br />
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I put a lot of extra things into these cookies. Instead of just using raisins, I used goji berries and chai seeds as well.<br />
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3 cups of oats (make sure they are wheat free)<br />
1 1/2 cups quinoa flour<br />
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1 tsp baking soda (make sure it's aluminum free)<br />
1/2 tsp nutmeg<br />
2 tsp cinnamon<br />
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1 cup brown sugar<br />
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2 large eggs<br />
1 cup raisins<br />
1/4 cup goji berries<br />
1/4 cup chia seeds<br />
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I created sugar cookies in a six and a zero (60), butter tars (for you who don't know what they are it's a Canadian thing!), chocolate covered chips (which made some people go crazy), chocolate milkshake cupcakes, coconut and cherry marshmallows (these were purchased) and a teal ombre cake.<br />
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I made the tissue garland out of a lot of tissue paper, it's super easy to make. I also made the cupcake crowns and cupcake toppers with my cricut. All of the signage, invites and photographs were taken my Marc at <a href="http://mkphotographics.com/" target="_blank">mkphotographics</a>. He did such a wonderful job!<br />
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We held the party at a country club just north of Toronto and about fifty people showed up. It was a total surprise for my Dad which made all the hard work worth it.<br />
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Hope you like the pictures and all of the hard work on my first sweet table. I can't wait for the next one I create.<br />
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<br />Cupcakes and Sundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11386121907866222150noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339926124697306171.post-79725484781083721182011-11-14T07:00:00.000-05:002011-11-14T07:00:02.054-05:00Mini Pies on a StickAbout a month ago I got Jessie Olsen's "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1570617562/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=cakespycom-20&camp=213381&creative=390973&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=1570617562&adid=0X6D1BMZCKS0CKPY2FWA&" target="_blank">Cakespy Presents: Sweet Treats for a Sugar-filled Life</a>" book and it's amazing. Over the years I've made things from her blog but hadn't tried the mini pie <a href="http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2010/11/cakespy-pumpkin-pie-pops-thanksgiving.html" target="_blank">recipe</a>. I made these for my Dad's birthday with cherry pie filling (his favourite). One thing you have to make sure is that you push the stick really well into the crust or they will fall off once baked. A nice light dessert, especially if you don't want a whole slice of pie.<br />
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I recently hosted a big surprise party for my Dad's 60th birthday. One of the many desserts I made was a teal ombre cake. I had seen some many pictures of pink ombre cakes on the net and really wanted to make one my self, as I am obsessed with ombre right now. The theme for the party was 1950's. The main colours we used were teal, tiffany blue, light blue and cream.<br />
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It's super easy to make an ombre cake. All you have to do is choose your favourite white or vanilla cake base (recipe or boxed mix) and tint the batter to your liking. The hardest part is making sure that the layers have a different amount of dye. Also the colour lightens when baked so you need to make sure there is a gradual difference, which can be quite hard.<br />
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To make a four layer cake you need a double batch of batter and two 8" round cake pans. Make sure to grease the pans and put a layer of parchment paper on the bottom for easy release. Each batch makes two layers. Let them cool then stack them with vanilla buttercream between the layers. I did a crumb coat on the outside and a final dot (not really sure what it is called) technique on the final outer layer. I also made some star decorations with my cricut cake machine and put them on floral wire.<br />
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It turned out to be a great cake, especially it being the first cake I have made. I'm a cupcake girl!<br />
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This is the only picture of inside the cake that was taken. The knife we had just shredded the cake but you still get what it looks like.<br />
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These Halloween shortbread are one of my favourite things to make. I came across the recipe three years ago and have made it every year since. They are light, crisp and buttery. They are perfect to take to work, school or have with tea.<br />
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1 cup unsalted butter<br />
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2 cups all purpose flour<br />
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In a bowl with a mixer beat butter until fluffy (almost white). Add icing sugar and beat until combined. Stir in flour until smooth, flip out onto a clean surface and kneed with hands until all of the dough sticks together. Cut dough in half. Divide one half into one thirds and two thirds.<br />
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Set aside the smallest part of the dough. Tint the largest portion yellow and the other orange. Divide each piece into half. Create a 8.5 inch log with each piece. Place each colour on top of each other to form the candy corn. Wrap each log with plastic wrap and press all of the logs together making a triangle or candy corn shape. Repeat with remaining logs. Put into fridge for 2 - 48 hours. Slice logs into 1/4 inch individual cookies. Bake at 325 degrees for 15 - 20 minutes or until the cookies slightly brown. Makes around 50 cookies.<br />
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<br /></div>Cupcakes and Sundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11386121907866222150noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339926124697306171.post-77720002294831177672011-10-03T22:41:00.002-04:002011-11-13T15:46:17.956-05:00Halloween FavouritesFall is my favourite time of the year. Cooler weather, leaves changing colour and seasonal flavours like apple, pumpkin and candy. Yes I said candy, this is the one time of year (Halloween and the weeks leading up to it) when I have no guilt eating lots and lots of candy.<br />
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Here is a little round-up of past Halloween and Fall cupcakes that Cupcakes and Sundry has made over the years.<br />
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<br />Cupcakes and Sundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11386121907866222150noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339926124697306171.post-63355651785731470212011-09-01T21:55:00.000-04:002011-09-01T21:55:45.698-04:00Custom Chocolate Bars<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div>A couple of weeks ago was National S'more Day, as I was surfing the internet looking for s'more related goodies I stumbled across <a href="http://notsohumblepie.blogspot.com/">Not So Humble Pie's</a> posting on <a href="http://notsohumblepie.blogspot.com/2010/07/smores-candy-bars.html">S'more Chocolate Bars</a>. They looked so good that I had to try them.<div><br />
</div><div>Fast forward three weeks and I finally had some time to try them out, but first I needed a chocolate bar mold. Boy, that was hard to find. I went to the wholesale baking place where I pick up all of my supplies from and they didn't have any thick plain old chocolate bar molds, they were either super skinny or had sudoku on them. I settled on a large chocolate bar mold that I would have to cut into smaller pieces.</div><div><br />
</div><div>First off I followed the recipe and made a s'more chocolate bar, I made sure I tempered the chocolate correctly to get the nice glossy finish. Luckily, the chocolate turned out great! The next bar I tried was a neapolitan bar that I came up with while at the grocery store getting ingredients. I already had some strawberry fluff that my Mom brought me back from Florida so I got some Nilla biscuits to go with it for the vanilla part of the neapolitan equation. Of course you can make any combination of chocolate bars, I can't wait to see what I dream up next...potato chips anyone?!</div><div><br />
</div><div>Here is a little photo journal process (recipe steps) I did to make my delicious custom chocolate bars. </div><div><br />
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</tbody></table><div>If I could change anything for next time I'd make sure my chocolate was a little more set before I started putting the layers not the bar. As you can see from the picture above the marshmallow came through in the shallow areas because the chocolate wasn't set long enough.</div><div><br />
</div><div>At the end, they turned out delicious. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Enjoy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lxVH0ODbMw8/TUtlOv6o7yI/AAAAAAAAAMA/sDbrPCkhDlk/s1600/signature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lxVH0ODbMw8/TUtlOv6o7yI/AAAAAAAAAMA/sDbrPCkhDlk/s1600/signature.jpg" /></a></div><div><br />
</div>Cupcakes and Sundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11386121907866222150noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339926124697306171.post-78638480766211313852011-08-26T18:39:00.000-04:002011-08-26T18:39:08.141-04:00Montreal Eats<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jAj_eeyT4L8/TlfnB4n9liI/AAAAAAAAAYo/QfwlNrkKTqU/s1600/photo-7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jAj_eeyT4L8/TlfnB4n9liI/AAAAAAAAAYo/QfwlNrkKTqU/s320/photo-7.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Here are some of the places where we stopped to eat on our trip to Montreal. I must say most of it was delicious but not everything.<br />
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On our first day we started off at the acclaimed <a href="http://www.schwartzsdeli.com/">Schwartz's Deli</a> on <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Saint-Laurent boulevard, we waited in the pouring rain for about thirty minutes but it was totally worth it. We each got a sandwich and shared fries, coleslaw and a pickle. Of course we could pass up Schwartz's signature black cherry cola which funnily enough is produced right around the corner from my house and I've never seen it for sale anywhere.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px;">Our second stop was at <a href="http://burritoville.ca/">Burritoville</a>, beside Concordia University in the English speaking part of Montreal. Our friend Steve owns this hip vegetarian/vegan restaurant. You can choose between tacos, quesadillas, or burritos with really different fillings than your traditional meat and lettuce. The sides are amazing, they make three different types of tortilla chips, homemade salsas, sprout salad, quinoa and three types of homemade ice teas and lemonades. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px;">Our second day we took the trip up to the Mt. Royal plateau area and had some wonderful poutine from one of the best places to get poutine in Montreal, <a href="http://www.restolabanquise.com/">La Banquise</a>. Their poutine is cheap but excellent. We got the traditional poutine with a side of hot peppers, they have so many alternative types of poutine but I just can't get past the traditional cheese curds and gravy. And these cheese curds were to die for!</span><br />
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We also stopped by <a href="http://www.fairmountbagel.com/eng/index.htm">Fairmount Bagels</a>, to get some bagels for our trip home and of course we couldn't pass up a fresh one right out of the oven to snack on with some excellent whipped cream cheese. Our dinner that night was nothing to talk about so I'll move on to our french macaron experiences. Altogether I bought macarons from three different shops in Montreal.<br />
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</div><div>The first we stopped at was <a href="http://lamaisondumacaron.com/">La Maison du Macaron</a>, while the shop is lovely and they have a great selection of flavours I found the flavours weren't strong enough especially the shells. Some of the fillings had flavour but it found them generally bland. Also they didn't stay fresh, drying out only after a day.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px;">The second place we stopped at was <a href="http://www.boutiquepointg.com/">Point G</a>, their macarons were amazing. They came in a super cute package, which also kept them really fresh. They had some great flavours including poppy, cassis, lavender and lime/basil (which was really tangy). I though I had taken pictures but I ate them all sorry :( </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px;">My final macaron experience was at <a href="http://www.drfrost.ca/">Dr. Frost</a> (which I have already posted about <a href="http://www.cupcakesandsundry.com/2011/08/ice-cream-macarons.html">here)</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px;">, these were probably my favourite, the shells had tons of flavour and I loved the ice cream in the middle...yumm ice cream!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px;">And finally a video of some of the places we visited while we were in Montreal made by <a href="http://www.mkphotographics.com/">mkphotographics</a>. It includes the <a href="http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/biodome/site/site.php?langue=en">Biodome</a>, the <a href="http://www.rio.gouv.qc.ca/index.jsp?locale=en">Olympic Stadium </a>(tower), Mont Royal and our train ride on <a href="http://www.viarail.ca/en">VIA</a> rail.</span><br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/28214876">In Montreal</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2438452">Marc Koecher</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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Enjoy!<br />
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Cupcakes and Sundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11386121907866222150noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339926124697306171.post-27049902187383054652011-08-26T00:01:00.000-04:002011-08-26T00:01:02.387-04:00Dingbat PressI recently ordered some beautiful letterpress cupcake recipe cards and a little "sweets" notebook from <a href="http://blog.dingbatpress.com/">Dingbat Press</a> it came in a cute envelope with a very nice thank you card. I've been looking at her stuff for the past couple of years and finally decided to purchase some. She not only makes beautiful stationary but business cards and wedding invitations. Here's some pictures of what I got.<br />
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</tbody></table>Enjoy!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AB4sV7qutbY/TTpb-VA2V_I/AAAAAAAAALI/Aahgtu7HiGM/s1600/Untitled-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AB4sV7qutbY/TTpb-VA2V_I/AAAAAAAAALI/Aahgtu7HiGM/s1600/Untitled-1.jpg" /></a></div><div><br />
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</div>Cupcakes and Sundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11386121907866222150noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339926124697306171.post-5445562312084933462011-08-25T10:20:00.000-04:002011-08-25T10:20:00.062-04:00MontrealI just wanted to post a video that my partner made while we were away in Montreal. I think the video is amazing but I might be a little biased. I can't figure out how to post the video in my blog so please click on this <a href="http://mkphotographics.com/videocontent/Montreal%201c-360.mov">link</a> and it will take you to the video. Also you can check out his other work (he does all of my professional cupcake photos over at <a href="http://www.mkphotographics.com/index.html">mkphotographics</a>.<br />
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Hopefully I'll have some pictures of our food adventures in Montreal up soon.<br />
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Thanks and Enjoy!<br />
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They had about six flavours, all of the macarons shells were the same flavour just different colours, it was the ice cream that was different (which I found out when I went back for a second one). The first one I had was black cherry, which is one of my favourite ice creams and the second was chocolate mint. I'm definitely going to make these when I get back to Toronto. The are sooo good!<br />
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Enjoy!<br />
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Cupcakes and Sundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11386121907866222150noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339926124697306171.post-23940859951971312642011-08-12T11:44:00.000-04:002011-08-12T11:44:25.499-04:00Red Velvet Whoppie PiesI first made these whoopie pies quite a while ago. Unfortunately, most of the pictures taken with my camera didn't turn out as it was in the bottom of my purse with a broken container of apple sauce. Luckily I took a couple of pictures with my iPhone. These whoopies pies were really good, I took them in to all of my co volunteers at Pride Toronto and they were devoured, I had a hard time getting them there without people eating them.<br />
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I used the recipe from the <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/red-velvet-whoopie-pies-recipe/index.html">Food Network</a> Kitchens and didn't make any big changes except the amount of food colouring. I've come to the conclusion that you don't need to use as much food colouring as many recipes call for. I still got a good red hue with half the amount of food colouring. Next time, I want to try natural food colouring or beets.<br />
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</tbody></table>Enjoy,<br />
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Cupcakes and Sundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11386121907866222150noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339926124697306171.post-87654303641241383602011-08-10T11:38:00.000-04:002011-08-10T11:38:44.008-04:00National S'mores DayIf you're a reader of this blog you will know that I LOVE s'mores, anything with the combination of chocolate, marshmallow and graham cracker is good in my book!<br />
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Here is a collection of s'more baked goods that I have made over the years and one s'more chocolate bar that I will be making as soon as I get home from vacation.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plan Jane S'more Cupcakes (chocolate cake, marshmallow<br />
frosting and graham cracker crumbs)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">S'more Bars (recipe<a href="http://www.cupcakesandsundry.com/2010/12/smore-squares.html"> here</a>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KSmUR0Tk130/TS-YsnVirWI/AAAAAAAAAJs/4xruomAR3pg/s1600/IMG_5257.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KSmUR0Tk130/TS-YsnVirWI/AAAAAAAAAJs/4xruomAR3pg/s320/IMG_5257.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">S'more Whoopie Pies (recipe <a href="http://www.cupcakesandsundry.com/2011/01/smore-whoopie-pies.html">here</a>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z8ldPYk40QQ/TaIn2vidaLI/AAAAAAAAARc/e681P7n5NDo/s1600/IMG_0173.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z8ldPYk40QQ/TaIn2vidaLI/AAAAAAAAARc/e681P7n5NDo/s320/IMG_0173.jpg" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brownie cupcakes with marshmallow, chocolate<br />
chips and graham cracker chunks on top</td></tr>
</tbody></table>The chocolate bar that I just have to try is over at Not So Humble Pie. The <a href="http://notsohumblepie.blogspot.com/2010/07/smores-candy-bars.html">s'more chocolate bar</a> that she has made looks absolutely wonderful. I can't wait to try it!<br />
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Happy National S'mores Day Everyone!<br />
Enjoy,<br />
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Cupcakes and Sundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11386121907866222150noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339926124697306171.post-64001018009591251302011-08-09T18:06:00.000-04:002011-08-09T18:06:21.823-04:00Snicker French MacaronsI made these quite awhile ago and never posted them. The macarons turned out great, they are quite finicky to make. They take patience and a stand mixer, there would be no way that I could hold on to a normal electric mixer.<br />
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These snickers macarons include a chocolate macaron shell, peanut butter and marshmallow nougat, chocolate ganache and caramel or dolce de leche sauce. These macarons are decadent, you can only have one, maybe two at a time. I'm going to see if I can find the recipe, until then check out the photos, they'll make you drool!<br />
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