Receipes asked for at SENZ

Hi guys! As asked for at SENZ, here are the receipes that I baked for you over the weekend....

Chocolate cupcakes

Both receipes I found on the web. My trick is to google "Best ever......" and then try a couple that look good and have good reviews.

The cupcake base was found at www.addapinch.com, here's the direct link.

My buttercream icing is different to the one above, here's the link to the buttercream icing I use.... it is the most delicious, very sweet and divine. EVERYONE loves it. I think the secret is adding the salt. It helps take some of the sweetness out.

This time around, I added in some butterscotch flavour. It is made by Go Bake (did you see them at SENZ? So good!) and it's called Flavacol butterscotch. They make a ton of different flavours, all are good, but I think this is definitely my favourite and works soooooo well with chocolate!

Ok, so that's the cupcakes from Friday mornings class.

Here's the receipe from the Saturday afternoon class - ginger crunch.

But before I give you the receipe, let me tell you the story of how I found it.

I was celebrating a decision I made about some personal issues, and wanted to tell my kids, but also wanted it to be a celebration, so after school, instead of going home and having a 'normal' afternoon tea. We all jumped on our bikes and rode to Milford where we had a special afternoon tea at "The Swiss". It was summer and we all had milkshakes and a treat to eat. I chose their oaty ginger crunch. It was amazing. So amazing that I 'needed' to make one just like it (I'd had one at a local cafe a while before and never got to see it again and decided I needed to learn to make it in case I couldn't get anymore again! LOL). Thankfully The Swiss had a name by each item of food, so I googled...oaty ginger crunch. And I came up with a receipe from a cafe in Queenstown.

HERE it is.

Very simple to make. Doesn't take long. The longest part is waiting for the base to cool down so it's only warm before you put the icing on top (well that's what I do, can you put it on earlier??).

And again, divine.

So far with both of these receipes I haven't had a fail. So I'm thinking they are really good receipes! Also I get ALOT of comments on them. So I recon give them a go.....

Enjoy!

Comments

[Karen]

Thanks Trina - Fiona raved about your cupcakes so I will be giving those a try. When I make Ginger Crunch with an ANZAC biscuit base I don't wait for the base to cool.

[Lainie]

These sound so yummy, I'll definitely be giving both of them a try over the school hols.

I've always iced my ginger crunch while the base is hot.

[Lisabee]

The ginger crunch was divine! Yum yum yummy! Fab food and love the two classes I did with you, texture throughout and 12 n 1 album! Awesome thanks Katareeena. :)

[Danielle Tilley]

I came here just to find your ginger crunch recipe after constant pestering by hubby! It was truly beautiful, thanks!!

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