BEST ENTRY EVER!

*begs for icons*

Sprinkle Ninjas rock!! ;)

awesome :))))

HAHAHA! It's like cupcake Powerangers!! xoD

You completely inspire me and every single of of your pictures makes me drool!!!

I've added you, hope you don't mind...

♥

Thank you! I'm so glad you like them!

Oh, man. I totally read this and went "Ninja cupcakes... come for you!"... you know... in a ninja accent.

I SAID IT OUT LOUD. Woops.

My coworkers know I'm nuts now!!

HAHAHA!

"you know... in a ninja accent" HAHAHAHA!!!

I totally died over this comment. My husband thought I was choking 'cause I was laughing so hard!

That's so awesome.

I am literally drooling right now. I want flavoured icing on my cupcakes, damn it!

Hehehe.. you should make some!

Ms Andrea, I have to tell you, I am absolutely bowled over by your creations. Your culinary and artistic talents are unmatched! I absolutely love your photographs... of EVERYTHING. I have a visceral reaction to them! I've never wanted to frame a picture of a cupcake... until you. :)

THANK YOU for taking the time and effort to put these together.

PS: I see them on your MySpace, too. love love love. Sorry I haven't commented previously. I sure should have.

YAY! I'm so glad you like them!

I really do appreciate your compliments. I love knowing that people really think about my photos. My goal is to make the food I eat look good enough to eat. I want all of my senses involved. Its good to know it works for everyone else too! hehe..

Thank you!

You are a genius!!

I added your journal despite being on dial up because your photos are completely worth the wait! :D

Thank you! I'm honoured! *smile*

so awesome! how did you make the icing? I really wanna make cupcakes for valentines day.

I actually didnt use a recipe, but I can share with you how I make the icing!

Put Half a stick of butter and half a block of cream cheese in a high powered stand mixer until completely broken down and creamy.

add enough powdered sugar, usually about 2 or 3 cups, a little at a time until you start to notice the cream cheese/butter mixture taking on a matte sort of finish and thicken up. at this point you can add your flavourings. any sort of liquid added at this time will loosen up the paste into a more workable frosting mixture. You can use fruit juices or extracts. For a generic flavoured icing, I'll use half almond and half vanilla. It tastes SO GOOD. But you can make it citrusy or berry flavoured.. even grape. Ha. I've got a strange collection of extracts over here. If you're looking for a strange flavour, a lot of the time you can buy them at stores that sell candy making supplies. OR, you can use things like seedless grape jelly or fruit juice concentrates.

If the liquid loosens up the mixture too much, then just add more powdered sugar. If you're happy with the flavour, and you think it's too thick, add some heavy cream or whole milk. You could even use 2%, but I wouldnt use skim, which is just like adding water. ew.


Good luck! This is the way my family has been making icing for years. Its SO easy.

Another thing, its best to use food colouring paste, if you decide to use arteficial colouring. The colour doesnt thin out the frosting AND it doesnt separate like liquid colourings do.

This-
http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,176,146163-239203,00.html

Is another icing recipe that works really well. Especially if you want the icing to be lighter and fluffy, since the one I use is more dense and sugary.

thanks so much! I hope it works out!

Oh, I loved this entry so very much! I saw it posted in one of the foodie communities I'm a member of, so I hopped over here to check out your journal. I really like what I see, and would love to read your future entries, so I've added you as a friend!

yay! Glad to know you enjoy my photos! I love new friends. *smile*

how do you flavour your icing?

i cannot WAIT for icons of these (i don't use icons with text, though, so here's hoping for some text-less ones. hehe)

I use mostly candy flavouring extracts. I used to work at a bakery, so I buy mine from the supplier. You can find some pretty strange flavouring extracts at stores that sell candy making supplies, even a store like michaels or hobby lobby or whatever sort of craft stores you have where you're from. If they have a Wilton section, they should have candy flavourings. For more unusual flavourings (lychee, goji berry, red currant, grape, pinapple, stuff like that) I make a simple syrup by boiling down strained fresh fruit juice and sugar until it thickens. Then I use a merengue frosting recipe like this one- http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,176,146163-239203,00.html

only I use the juice as if it was the water, and I dont add any extra flavouring extracts.

Its a lot of fun! hehe..

there must be a way that you can mail me these cupcakes... =P

When I find a way to mail a cupcake so that it's undamaged, you'll be the first to know, hows that? hehe..

I LOVE THIS!

*squee*gleefully*

My favourite superhero ever!

So pretty!!

Omg I see you over at flickr. These are so cute but my 7 yr olds have seen the ninjas and they want them. Would you mind telling me where you got them? You are so talented by the way.

an extensive google search (just for you!) revealed their hiding place over at oriental trading company!

http://tinyurl.com/3b8cgu

sneaky little ninjas, hiding away from us.

Yeah, now that I know where to purchase them I'm going to buy some more too. I already have a bag of 'em, but I need more for another photo project I'm working on.

Good luck!

Aww youre so sweet. Thank you so much. Keep on bakin!!!

love the ninjas. seriously. love.

Great!