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Monday, April 23, 2012

FORGET-ME-NOTS CUPCAKES

I was out the whole day yesterday (and pretty much the whole Saturday too), so I apologize for not being able to get back right away to all of you who visited my blog, and left comments, as well as my meme hopping buddies.  Thank you!  Right now, as I write this post, from 46 comments or so, I'm down to just 22 more to approve and get back to at least on this blog (I have about 18 more on my other blog plus the Happiness Is participants that I need to visit too), so I still have a lot of catching up to do.  Hehe!

As I've said, it was a busy weekend for me.  Vince and I drove down to New Jersey yesterday.  We were invited to a lunch celebration for my goddaughter, Samantha, who I haven't seen for seven years.  She was just a baby when I last saw her in the Philippines.  Her mom (Momsie) and dad (Kuya) were both very close friends of mine way back from college.  I was one of their bridesmaids when they got married, and when the firstborn (Samantha) was christened, I was given the privilege to be one of her godmothers☻ I last saw Momsie in 2005 before I left Philippines, whereas I last saw Kuya in 2009 in New Jersey.  The story of our friendship deserves a separate post, plus I want to share some pics of us too, so I'll reserve those for a future post.

Anyway, before I end this post, let me share these cupcakes I made for my friend, Momsie.


These are chocolate cupcakes baked from scratch.  For the decoration, I used thinned royal icing and gum paste and fondant.  I was supposed to make buttercream icing, but I found that I still have a lot of royal icing in stock, so I decided to just thin the royal icing out and use that instead.  The forget-me-nots flowers were made out of gum paste and fondant mix, and the rest of the decor were thinned royal icing.


I need to practice more to improve in decorating cakes/cupcakes, especially work on my piping techniques.  I'm almost done with my second Wilton course, and later today, I will do my final cake in class for course 2.  Oh, wish me luck!

Do you know that you can store uniced cupcakes in the fridge for a week,
and in the freezer for three months? ☻

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14 comments:

  1. JessicaApril 23, 2012 at 2:47 PM

    awww! those are pretty and delish cupcakes Sis Karen, you really are a pro now :-) Can I call you Ms. Chef from now. Dropping by from BPC.

    http://www.sportyjess.com/have-you-seen-an-orange-golf-ball/

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  2. RcelApril 23, 2012 at 7:01 PM

    Yay! Those are pretty cupcakes! I am not sure if I would eat them, parang nakakabusog na kasing tingnan! LOL. I store cupcakes in the fridge for one week nga. But I never freeze them. :D

    As for my pandesal, I haven't made one pa using my breadmaker. Last week sana, kaso dumiritsong nag-bake si breadmaker after kneading. Naging loaf bread tuloy yung lasang pandesal ko. Hahaha. I will this week and see what happens. LOL.

    BPC hop!

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  3. Pinch of thoughtsApril 23, 2012 at 8:32 PM

    looks delicious sis ang cupcakes mo. very cute din. nice blog and thanks for the comments. have a happy day!

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  4. KRIZZAApril 23, 2012 at 8:59 PM

    Love it KM! Your cup cakes look kinda cute and presentable. I'm sure your friends and god daughter would love it. It's a work of love from the very thoughtful ninang eh. :)

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  5. anneyApril 24, 2012 at 11:18 AM

    Lovely cupcakes! Ganda namn ng design KM!

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  6. Chie Wilks April 24, 2012 at 8:21 PM

    Wow, you are getting better and better at baking na KM. You are getting creative too at decorating cakes. These cupcakes are pretty.

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  7. PinxApril 24, 2012 at 10:19 PM

    yes, i know that you can keep cupcakes in the freezer for 3 months, i've got myself a copy of Cupcake Diaries (Georgetown Cupcakes). those cupcakes are really cute. i really woukd like to bake cupcakes from scratch. bpc hop here

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  8. ronaApril 25, 2012 at 5:53 AM

    I'd like to applaud you for the good work! Your baking is becoming better and better! Palakpakan!

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  9. emzkieApril 25, 2012 at 6:04 PM

    these cup cakes are so cute KM! love it

    from BPC
    http://www.justbetweenuandus.net/2012/04/kids-and-their-sandbox.html

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  10. Leah H.April 26, 2012 at 1:16 AM

    Oh, so beautiful naman ng cupckaes mo:)

    Visiting for the 114 challenge- hope you can stop by:)

    http://dsahmblogs.com/2012/04/the-swing-parts.html

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  11. Pretty KatApril 26, 2012 at 1:20 AM

    wow..ang cute sa mga cupcakes, parang sayang kainin. lol BPC hop here.

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  12. Bridal Cars ManilaApril 30, 2012 at 1:00 AM

    Cute cupcakes !!

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  13. ronaJune 11, 2012 at 12:50 PM

    Im missing you here big time ;((((

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  14. betchaiOctober 17, 2012 at 8:41 PM

    oh, galing mo, wish I know how to design cupcakes too, I enrolled in lesson also before but somehow, I find it too difficult for me :( i did not have patience to improve my cake decorating, i indeed up just making cakes without the icing :(

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