Not too shabby

So both of my baking endeavors turned out pretty well today, I am pleased. As per usual, I have documented with pictures for your viewing pleasure. The first thing I made was the Irish chocolate mint cake, which actually had more of a 'brownie' consistency, but it was really friggin good. See below..

The green filling was so perfect I nearly made myself sick spooning down the leftovers. The top was melted semi-sweet chips and margarine, which hardened into a rather heavenly glaze. This cake is like eating one of those Andes mints, in...cake form. I'm taking it to work with me tommorrow so my boss can test it. If she approves I will probably make the actual wedding cake with more of a 'cake' type base instead of the brownie, unless she likes it as is.

The second was the cupcakes with Vyolet. These are actually vegan cookies and cream cupcakes and they also turned out fantastic.

Let me just put it out there that that frosting is other-worldly. Seriously, it's THAT good. The actual cupcakes are a basic chocolate with oreo chunks in them and the frosting is a buttercream with finely crushed oreos mixed in. Aren't they great?

Maybe these people that keep asking me to bake aren't so crazy after all...

xJ

What kind of Ass F*ckery is this?

As odd as this might sound to others as it does to me, I'm making another cake. I know, right? In a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants-moment my boss has decided to get married on St. Patrick's day. Which is, yep, about two short weeks away. I offered to make the cake, to which she at first declined, with reason. I doubt I would trust me to make a cake worthy of a wedding either. Oh, wait...

So anyways, after realization started to sink in that maybe my offer was better than say, a box of ding-dongs or green cupcakes from the grocery store bakery she agreed. So here I am, on my day off, playing with baking things. Actually, today is quite the baking day, me and Vyolet will be making cookies & cream vegan cupcakes later on this afternoon as well. Currently I am keeping my couch warm while the first part of my 'tester' St. Patty's cake cooks. My boss said she wanted a chocolate mint cake, a chocolate mint cake I shall make. Can I just say that the green mint filling that goes in-between the cake and the frosting is highly addicting. I'm seriously having a hard time not bringing it out here to the living room with me. I shall post again later with pics of this St. Patty's tester cake and possibly the vegan cupcakes just for fun.

Stay tuned..