Thursday, November 28, 2013

Happy Thanksgiving! • Recipe Test #5 • Sweet Potato Cupcakes with Torched Marshmallow

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our followers! We love you. In the spirit of the holiday, we made sweet potato cupcakes this week. The sweet potato cake has whiskey soaked currants floating in it. We then topped each cupcake with a fluffy homemade marshmallow topping and torched it to perfection. It came out sort of like a marshmallow hot off of a campfire! Win. Next we put a sliver of candied bacon on some of them, which was a personal highlight for me. We experimented with both a gluten free and an all-purpose flour batch. The gluten free batch pleasantly surprised us. The batter was very thick, and came out a bit more dense than the other batch. We decided we will be adding a 1/4 cup of apple sauce to the gluten-free batch next time to help with moisture.

 Currants soaking in whiskey!
 The gluten-free batch held the same shape before and after baking. So thick!
 Candied bacon. mmmmmm
 Whipping up the marshmallow on the stove first. 
 Hand-mixed to completion. 



Friday, November 8, 2013

Recipe Test #4 • Mexican Hot Chocolate Cupcake

Things got a little hot in the kitchen if I do say so myself. ;) Our best cupcake yet! A chocolatey mouth explosion inspired by Mexican Hot Chocolate. The cake is a rich chocolate base with espresso and cayenne pepper for a little kick. We filled each cupcake with a silky chocolate ganache center. Next we topped the cake with a thin layer of ganache, a dollop of fresh cinnamon whipped cream, and dusted it with a suggestion of cayenne pepper and cocoa powder. WOW! A perfect amount of sweet and spicy. Next time we want to try some meringue on top instead of whipped cream to bring it to another level of awesome.
 Mmmmmmm ganache. 
 Unbaked batter with ganache.

 They baked so beautifully.




Sunday, November 3, 2013

Friday, October 4, 2013

Recipe Test #3 • It's Decorative Gourd Season!

We've really been enjoying all things pumpkin lately and I hope you are as well. We wanted to celebrate decorative gourd season with our very own pumpkin cupcake. It's a pumpkin cake base with cinnamon, clove, ginger and nutmeg, topped with maple cream cheese icing and homemade pepitas (pumpkin seed) brittle! The brittle and icing were exceptional, but although the cake was good, it didn't blow our pants off. We are thinking of piping pumpkin pie mousse into the center in our next batch to bring them to the next level. Enjoy some photos and videos from our baking process below.




Adding the pumpkin to the batter. YUM.

Because... well... it's decorative gourd season. 


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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Recipe test 2 • How about them apples!

Recipe test number two was a success! It's like a Fall party in your mouth. We are calling it "How About them Apples". Cinnamon, clove and ginger cake with apple chunks, topped with a pecan crumble and cinnamon and clove glaze. It kind of reminds me of an apple cinnamon bun, in cupcake form. Not overly sweet and great for breakfast in my opinion.

A short clip of Alex hand mixing the very tasty crumble. 
Here is the batter with some pecan crumble before going into the oven. 
 Freshly baked. They smelled SO DELICIOUSLY of cinnamon. 
 Finished cupcake with glaze and more baked pecan crumbles on top and a pinch of fresh cinnamon.
 Mouth party. 

Friday, September 13, 2013

Spice Cake, Fig, Goat & Cream Cheese Icing, Honey Drizzle • YUM! • First Recipe Test

Last night we had our first recipe test! Such a success! Alex is a dream in the kitchen with her awesome baking skills. Our first flavor combination was a spice cake with half of a fig baked into the center, goat and cream cheese icing, topped with a roasted fig drizzled with honey and butter. The cake was spiced with cinnamon, cloves, cardamom seeds and grated nutmeg. The cinnamon we purchased already ground. We grated the nutmeg on a micro plane and the cardamom & cloves were toasted until fragrant on the stove and then ground with a mortar and pestle. The kitchen smelled absolutely divine! Divine I say! If you can believe it, the cupcakes tasted even better than they sound. Enjoy some photos from our baking process to finished cupcake!
 Fresh figs. 
  This was a test shot, but I like it. Babe in action!
  The figs rose beautifully to the top of the spice cakes during the baking process.  
  Roasted figs hot out of the oven! Look at all of that honey and butter melty goodness.
  The first ever cupcake from Babes with the Goods!
  Jess tried a variety of techniques for decorating, which is your favorite?
If you have any creative and delectable name ideas for this cupcake, please list them in the comment section below!

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Baking Adventure! • My Goodies

My goodies coming soon...
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