Three Gingerbread Cupcakes

Well, first, an apology, I didn't manage to get a photo of these cakes because the picture i took went straight onto my laptop, which was then burgled. So no photo, just a picture.

Ahem, on with the cakes, so there are three types of ginger involved, hence the name - ground ginger, fresh ginger and glace ginger - oooooooh! So you get a nice gingerbready cake that has lumps of ginger in and is all warming.

The frosting is a bit like the blueberry one in that you whip some cream and some sugar and some ginger and then put it on top.

I really liked these cakes and I'm not the bigest ginger fan, and was a bit nervous of the glace ginger cos it sounds a bit gross. But no, very very nice.

However, Daisy didin't really like them "cos ginger, innit" - not everyone is a fan of ginger it seems.

I think cos they have all the ginger I bet they're really good if you have a cold or have bad digestion. So, cakes can be good for you!

Maple Walnut Delights

Well, what a lot of maple syrup - half a litre to be precise. Couldn't imagine that much actually fitting into the recipe, sounds like so much. Also, I made them not in cupcake big size, but in mini tiny cupcake sizes. That meant there awere 60 mini cupcakes wafting around, and they got wafted into our tummies and into my friend's pub - where they provided a much needed sugar rush, and to my friend's party where real Americans said they were good.

The cake however wasnt too sweet, most of the KAPOW came from the icing, which was a cooked meringue frosting. It was quite easy to make and pretty tasty, but you could definitely feel it when the sugar hit.

Daisy-o-meter said they were "a grower". Rachel's reaction favoured all the sugar. I think they are nice, but I don't think people really like maple enough over here. Poor maple walnut delights.