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