Friday, May 27, 2011

#BakefestDXB

Does anyone actually eat cupcakes like this? (I don't).






I haven't blogged in ages and I miss it entirely! I actually miss cooking and baking for the PURPOSE of blogging about it, and I miss spending ages taking photographs of my food, and I miss writing these posts and reading your lovely comments. Mostly, I miss reading through all your blogs and getting inspired by each and every post. The creativity, innovation, talent, and love that goes into each of your posts is just phenomenal and I quite love being part of an international community of food bloggers. I feel as if we all share something special and can relate to each other in a way not many other people can!

I also miss taking part in all the amazing blog challenges that go on every month- the creativity in them is wonderful and the best part is the round-ups where we see all the pictures!


My awesome new invention of serving cupcakes in drinking glasses.




Attempting food photography


I've been baking and cooking quite a bit recently- I had a couple of dinner parties and one afternoon gathering that kept me busy in the kitchen. And today, I took part in Round 2 of #BakefestDXB which you might remember from an earlier blog post.  The event was lots of fun with a few familiar faces from last time and lots of new ones.

My dessert table.

I made raspberry cream sandwiches, chocolate shortbread drops, a three toned pink layer cake, vanilla cupcakes, chocolate cupcakes, and some mini cupcakes (made from left over batter and frosting!) -That's why I love mini cupcakes so much.

You can find the recipe for my raspberry cream sandwiches here. I made them early this year and they were a huge success. The cream is made out of pureed raspberries and white chocolate and the cookies have vanilla beans in them (which, in my opinion, make ALL the difference).

And here's the recipe for the vanilla cupcakes with vanilla frosting.

Oh, and GUESS WHAT? My mixer broke. Again. The new one. So all of this I made by hand. I also made risotto yesterday after baking the cupcakes so my arms got one hell of a workout. It's a handheld Kenwood electric mixer- just like my old one.. very basic, no fancy attachments or anything.. and now the whisks just won't move.. I think it's the icing sugar. The last one stopped working as I was making frosting. And my cute mechanical sifter also gets jammed with icing sugar! SIGH.

Anyways, here are some pictures from the event. As you can tell (I hope you can- it's not too subtle!), I went on a pink theme. Mainly because Spontaneous Euphoria (both the catering business and the blog) are pink. And also because I had been coming across lots of pink dessert tables recently and was just INSPIRED.




 












11 comments:

  1. hey sid - great to see you again today. your cakes looked beautiful! sorry we had to dash and miss out on tasting all your goodies. wee scotch was just not feeling well again.

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  2. Wow! How busy have you been?!
    It all looks so yummy.

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  3. This all looks so incredibly delicious!

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  4. You were the star of the show Sid - lovely to see you.

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  5. Everything looks amazing!

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  6. Those cupcakes look like they've been iced with satin, wish I'd tasted those too! But nothing beats a cream 'wich, so that one made my day!
    [PS. this is the umpteenth time I'm telling you this, but you're such a go-getter in the kitchen, it's awesome!!]

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  7. All looks so beautiful and yummy..and I like your serving plates on the first pictures♥

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  8. No wonder you've had no time for blogging with all this going on. It all looks amazing. Rally like the way you do your cupcake icing - very stylish. Err, just wondering how you eat a cupcake from a glass?

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  9. Wow! I absolutely love your dessert table. How do you do that beautiful cupcake icing? It's lovely!!

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  10. Was great to be a part of this with you. Your table looked beautiful! I'm upset that we didn't get to try each others' baked goodies though :( Till another time!

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  11. thanks everyone! :p
    and choclette: with a spoon haha! or a fork.

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