These are my favourite cupcakes so far by a mile - you can tell just by the name of them that they're going to be yummy and I guarantee you won't be disappointed! Peanut Butter Brownie Cupcakes The recipe for the brownie batter I use is here - it's the one I use for brownies all the time but I wouldn't add the chilli if you're using it to make these cupcakes.  The only other thing you need is peanut butter. 1.  Make the brownie batter according to the instructions in the other post. 2.  Spoon a little of the brownie batter into the bottom of each cake case. 3.  Add a dollop of … [Read more...]

We're loving Sunday's since we started Cupcake Sundays, although I can't say that they're doing my diet much good ;-) Today's cupcakes of the day are Lemon and Ginger Cupcakes and they're quite possibly my favourite ones so far!  They were inspired by a lovely lemon and ginger tea from Teapigs that I've been drinking this week. 150g butter 150g sugar 150g self raising flour 3 eggs 2 lemons 1 and 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger Icing sugar 150g cream cheese To make 15 cupcakes: Cream the sugar with the butter. Add the eggs and beat the mix together. Add the juice and zest of … [Read more...]

I'm loving this series of The Great British Bake Off, as are most of you guys judging by the #GBBO chat on Twitter every Tuesday night ;-) Not only can you watch the show on your TV on a Tuesday night and buy the Showstoppers recipe book that goes alongside it (it's brilliant, I have it), you can now also get the Great British Bake Off App which has just been launched.  The App is great and features stacks of easy to find, easy to follow recipes from Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood.  Well worth checking out. To celebrate the launch of the App, myself and nine other bloggers will be … [Read more...]