Coca Cola Cupcakes

Coca Cola Cupcakes:

This was a fun recipe to make but OMG! this recipe is MASSIVE! 24 Texas muffin tin sized cupcakes so if you have a heap of people coming over or have an extra hungry husband this is the recipe for you. As most of you know i don't actually like cake that much, i just like to make cupcakes for fun as they are just so cute and i love to give them away however I'm gonna have to get creative as to how I'm gonna get rid of this batch of cakes as there is just a few too many for my husband to take to the office!

Husband verdict: "nice, good takes like coke"


2 cups of sugar
2 cups of plain flour
1 1/2 cups of marshmallows ( i use the ones you get in the baking section)
125g Butter
1/2 cup of vege oil
3 tablespoons of cocoa
1 cup of Coca Cola
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1/2 cup of buttermilk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence

preheat oven to 180 degrees and line your muffin tins with 24x patty cases (this is a large recipe)
In an electric mixer bowl sift sugar and flour then add the marshmallows
In a saucepan mix butter, oil , cocoa and Coca Cola bring to the boil then pour over dry ingredients mix well
Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk just before adding to the mixture along with eggs and vanilla
mix well
place batter in cupcake cases then pop in the oven - they should take about 15Min's or so to cook


Coca Cola Butter cream Frosting:

250g butter
500g icing sugar
4 tablespoons of coke

Beat butter till light and fluffy
add in icing sugar, beat some more
then slowly add the coke and give it another good beat

pipe to your hearts content - caution this is a yummy frosting
As you can see in the picture my frosting has a bit of pink in it - i was just having a bit of a play, i striped some food colouring down the inside of my piping bag ... it kinda worked ;)

Rocky Road Cupcakes

When i came across this recipe i thought back to when i was kid and we would always stop at this fruit and vege shop in Pukekohe on our way home from Auckland and buy rocky road funny how you always remember the little things as a kid :)

This Recipe came out the book 'Cupcakes" by the Aussie woman's weekly the cupcake was quite yummy however getting the topping ( the best part) to stick to the cake was a bit of a mish, i think if i made these cakes again i would have heaps more chocolate on standby to help it stick

Marble Cake:



125g butter at room temp

1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence

2/3 cup of caster sugar

2 eggs - free range ( happy chickens lay happy eggs)

1 1/4 cups self raising flour

1/3 cup milk

pink food colouring

1 tablespoon cocoa powder

2 teaspoons milk , extra



Preheat oven to 180 degrees

Line a 12x hole muffin tin with Texas cupcake cases

Beat butter, vanilla essence, sugar and eggs with an electric mixer till light and fluffy

stir in sifted flour and milk in two batches

divide mixture into into three bowls

tint the first mixture pink

blend sifted cocoa with the extra milk in a cup then stir into the second mixture

leave the third mixture plain

drop alternate spoonfuls of mixtures into cupcake cases pull a skewer back and forward to create a marbled effect, smooth top

bake for about 15 Min's


Rocky road topping:

1/2 cup unsalted peanuts

1 cup red glace cherries halved

1 cup of marshmallows chopped coarsely

1/2 cup toasted coconut

200g chocolate melts melted

- decoration
50g choc melts melted

combine ingredients for rocky road all together then place on top of the cakes then drizzle with chocolate

As i said i had a bit of trouble getting my mixture to stay on so make sure you have plenty of chocolate on hand as you may need more than what the recipie has stated

happy baking

Malibu White Chocolate Cupcakes

I love Malibu and I love white chocolate together mmmmmm yummy!

My official cupcakes tester (one of many) Leigh, likes these cupcakes the most!
I love them too, however I'm not so enthusiastic about the frosting don't get me wrong it matches the cake perfectly and it tastes great however it doesn't have the wow look, i think food should look just as amazing as it tastes so I'm still working on a butter cream that would compliment the cake perfectly ill let you know when I've found a frosting that will work

White chocolate mud cake:

125g butter chopped coarsely

80g eating chocolate - i use cadbury dream as its usually on special

1 cup of caster sugar

1/2 cup of milk

1/2 cup standard flour

1/2 cup self raising flour

1 tablespoon of Malibu

1 egg ( use free range happy chickens lay happy eggs)

Preheat oven to 180 degrees line a 12 hole texas muffin tin

combine butter, chocolate,sugar and milk into a saucepan stir over a low heat until smooth then transfer the mixture over to another bowl and let cool for about 15Min's

beat in the sifted flours, Malibu and egg

divide into patty cases - i usually get 12 cupcakes out of this mixture, its kinda good not to let them rise up too high as you need a bit of space for the ganache to settle in

pop your wee baby's in the oven and cook them for about 15Min's - keep watch they do brown very easily while they are cooking you can get started on you white choc ganache

White chocolate Malibu ganache:

1/4 cup of cream

185g white eating chocolate chopped coarsely

1 tablespoon of Malibu

bring the cream to the boil in a small saucepan then pour over the chocolate and Malibu in a electric mixer bowl , mix until smooth then pop in the fridge for 30 Min's

Happy baking :)

Sweet Jams

I love the Edmond's cookbook, just about everything i make out of that book comes out awesome and to be honest when i know of a recipe that works i usually stick to it .

I use it quite often as a base cake for example my Perky Narna cupcakes . this time Ive used jam and simply piped it into the cupcake, it would be great for the kids just a plain and simple treat.

125g butter softened

1 teaspoon of vanilla essence

1/2 cup of caster sugar

2 eggs FREE RANGE - happy chickens lay happy eggs!

1 cup of plain flour

2 teaspoons of baking powder

1/4 cup of milk

cream the butter, vanilla and sugar till light and fluffy. add your free range eggs one at a time beating them well into the mixture, sift in the flour and baking powder together and fold into the mixture, stir in the milk then give it a good beat with your electric mixer - i LOVE my electric mixer its only a wee thing but it does the trick! spoon into 12 large cupcake cases in a Texas muffin tin , bake for 15 Min's

once the cupcakes have cooled grab your trusty piping bag and use that long weird piping tip that you never seem to use and fill with you favourite jam i use good ol Craig's jam, push the tip slowly into the middle of you cupcake till you get about halfway in the cake and squeeze as you pull the tip out.

i used fondant to decorate, i simply added pink food colouring to my fondant then cut out 12x circles then 12x hearts in a red fondant to get your hearts to stick i just used a bit of water but you could use a little butter icing if you want

Welcome to my new blog :)

Hi Everyone

This is my very first blog ... yay go me!

as you know i love to bake and at the moment cupcakes are just my most favourite thing to bake. Its quite funny cuz i don't actually like eating cake so i end up giving all away to family and friends ha ha.

So my whole reason for starting a blog is i thought it would be cool for you to all see what I'm baking then have a go at it yourself, alot of my friends are always asking for recipes so i thought what the hell lets stick em up where everyone can see them!



so here goes ....



I love to make weird and wacky cupcakes so when i came across this recipe i had to give it a go!



Perky Nana Cupcakes



125g butter at room temp

1 teaspoon of vanilla essence

1/2 cup of caster sugar

2 eggs - i use free range happy chickens lay happy eggs!

1 cup of standard flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 a cup of milk

3x Perky Nana bars (the bigger ones)


cream butter vanilla in sugar till its light and fluffy, add the eggs one at a time and beat well, sift the flour and baking powder into the wet mixture and fold it in , put in the milk and give it a good mix, chop up 2 & half Perky Nana bars and put them in the mix eat the left over Perky Nana yum! pop into 12 cupcake cases (big ones) i use a Texas muffin tin for my cupcakes. make sure you get some candy in all of the cases - we wouldn't want anyone to miss out wouldn't we!
pop in the oven at 180 degrees for about 15 Min's watch them closely they brown over quite easily


Banana Butter Cream Frosting


I actually made this icing in two parts as i didnt quite have enough to decorate my cakes so ive just doubled the recipe for you to follow hopefully it will work out

200 grams of butter at room temp
3 cups of icing sugar
2-3 tablespoons of milk
1 teaspoon of banana essence
1 teaspoon of yellow food colouring

beat the butter until its pale and fluffy sift in the icing sugar then give it a bit of a mix then add in your essence and food colouring and just enough milk to get the right consistency

I then piped the icing onto my cupcakes and sprikled with choc hail