This week's baking project came a little early... It wasn't all that long since my batch of Anzac biscuits and serious mocha cupcakes...
But since it was our monthly crop last night, I thought it only right to come armed with some sweet stuff!
So I made butterscotch and chocolate chunk cookies that looked nothing like the picture but tasted yummy - like diam bars in biscuit form:
I know where I went wrong in failing to achieve the look from the book - will let the butterscotch cool down more next time.
And I also tried the ever so easy lemon cupcake recipe and I must say... they tasted rather wonderful and very lemony which I like!
The piping skills still leave a lot to be desired - I think my astigmatism is to cupcake icing as it is to clagging paper down straight on cards and layouts. Not perfect!
But behold the buttercream mountain:
You can only just make out the ivory tint to the icing and the bubblegum rainbow sparkle dust (which would make for a very nice shade of embossing powder!).
And thankfully all cookies and cupcakes have now been eaten and I no longer have anything in the house to tempt me. Hurrah! :D
Well, that is until the next crop. :o)
Oh and as for actual scrapping, I managed to get a few more pages prepped for my December/Christmas journal so am in a bit of a festive stash mood again... I wonder if it's time for some new Christmas cards. <g>
The lemon cupcakes and the cookies were delicious - as is your lemon card! Mary
Posted by: Mary | Saturday, 16 October 2010 at 05:15 PM
Looking scrummy Nat. I found this website good reading. I'm going to give the dipping method a go next :-) http://www.cakejournal.com/tutorials
have fun.....
Lynetta
Posted by: Lynetta | Saturday, 16 October 2010 at 11:01 PM