urbanfoodie

*20-something, filipina american urbanite
(Minneapolis via NYC, SF, & the Chicagoland area)
*creator, consumer, and all-around enthusiast of food
Nov 6
L’obsession. (via Paris vs New York)

L’obsession. (via Paris vs New York)

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Oct 22
Big girls make their own birthday cupcakes. Made from the Magnolia Bakery Cookbook: Devil’s Food cake recipe (with addition of 1 tsp. cayenne pepper) and cream cheese frosting.

Big girls make their own birthday cupcakes. Made from the Magnolia Bakery Cookbook: Devil’s Food cake recipe (with addition of 1 tsp. cayenne pepper) and cream cheese frosting.

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Jun 17
raspberry lemonade cupcakes my, my. it’s been way too long since i last baked cupcakes. inspired by my love of lemon desserts and the 2 for $5 sale on berries at the market near me, i set out to make cupcakes for a gathering tomorrow night. i suppose i could’ve used the recipe from bon appetit, but i wanted to stay true to my standby, the Magnolia Bakery cookbook. i attempted to adapt the lemon layer cake recipe by adding about 1/2 c. of raspberry puree and then adding 1/4 c. more flour to compensate for the added liquid. i’ve made these cupcakes before, and this was not what they were supposed to be like. the cake turned out dense and floury tasting for my liking. fail.  so….how can i learn from this? i have some hypotheses as to culprit: - the extra flour killed it - perhaps i overworked the batter, thus making the gluten content too high - some other third variable? please leave me a comment if you have thoughts. the icing was taken from the bon appetit recipe, but i think i also failed that too. spooning it on the cupcakes was a total mess. not like their pretty pictures. oh well, i’m still going to feed these to my friends and colleagues. they are much less harsh critics than i. ADDENDUM: one of my roommates just ate them and enthusiastically approved (she said they were “creamy” tasting and the light icing paired well w/ the cake), so who knows?

raspberry lemonade cupcakes

my, my. it’s been way too long since i last baked cupcakes. inspired by my love of lemon desserts and the 2 for $5 sale on berries at the market near me, i set out to make cupcakes for a gathering tomorrow night. i suppose i could’ve used the recipe from bon appetit, but i wanted to stay true to my standby, the Magnolia Bakery cookbook. i attempted to adapt the lemon layer cake recipe by adding about 1/2 c. of raspberry puree and then adding 1/4 c. more flour to compensate for the added liquid.

i’ve made these cupcakes before, and this was not what they were supposed to be like. the cake turned out dense and floury tasting for my liking. fail. 

so….how can i learn from this? i have some hypotheses as to culprit:

- the extra flour killed it

- perhaps i overworked the batter, thus making the gluten content too high

- some other third variable? please leave me a comment if you have thoughts.

the icing was taken from the bon appetit recipe, but i think i also failed that too. spooning it on the cupcakes was a total mess. not like their pretty pictures. oh well, i’m still going to feed these to my friends and colleagues. they are much less harsh critics than i.

ADDENDUM: one of my roommates just ate them and enthusiastically approved (she said they were “creamy” tasting and the light icing paired well w/ the cake), so who knows?

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May 12

carrot cupcakes w/ orange cream cheese frosting

Carrot cupcakes w/ orange cream cheese frosting

well, it was a morning of baking failures and semi-successes. cake recipe adapted from this epicurious recipe, frosting from this epicurious recipe (warning: SUPER sweet!).

batch 1. you know how carrot cake is kinda greasy? well i tried to make it all healthy by totally subbing the oil for applesauce and halving the brown sugar. then i followed some advice of the commenters and doubled all the spices (cinammon, ground ginger, ground nutmeg). that was a dry, overspiced but strangely bland FAIL.

batch 2. added some raisins. instead of the 3/4 c. oil, i used 1/2 oil and 1/2 c. unsweetened applesauce and the spice ratio as indicated in the recipe. oh, and i ran out of corn oil, so i used some peanut oil in there to make up the 1/2 cup. turned out fine and strangely tasty. woohoo! winner!

(if you look at the orange carrot cake for the second link i gave, you’ll find a better recipe IMO).


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Apr 18
Red velvet cupcakes w/ cream cheese frosting, blueberries, and raspberries. Modified from Epicurious recipe. These and dark chocolate/vanilla buttercream cupcakes made for my friend’s wedding reception.

Red velvet cupcakes w/ cream cheese frosting, blueberries, and raspberries. Modified from Epicurious recipe. These and dark chocolate/vanilla buttercream cupcakes made for my friend’s wedding reception.

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