CUPCAKES ON AN ADVENTURE!

Nadia

January 26, 2014

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Tomorrow my other half and official taster has his birthday! Of course, he has to have a cake so today I have been very busy in the kitchen. Soon I will share photos and recipe for his favorite white chocolate chip and strawberry cupcakes but just wanted to share quickly (before I hit the bed – baking is hard work!) the adventures part of his birthday cupcakes had!

We have again been blessed with amazing weather in Gibraltar – now, I ask, doesn’t this call for another cupcake picnic? To avoid the guilt of eating cake, we first hiked/climbed the Mediterranean Steps and when we reached the top, we had some cheeky sparkling rose and cupcakes! I am happy to report they all survived the bumpy road up and made our exercise all the more worth it!

Hope you all have a great week ahead!

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A CAKE PICNIC!

Nadia

January 13, 2014

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This weekend we were incredibly lucky with the weather on the Rock. Sun, no wind and temperatures of around 18 degrees Celsius. What better way to enjoy such ‘winter’ days but with a cake picnic!

I baked the recently mentioned award-winning courgette cake with cream cheese frosting, made some cookie cupcakes (which were a fail in some ways and not a fail in others, but more on that later), and brought coffee, tea and soft drinks. Close friends and family brought their cake appetites and we enjoyed a wonderful afternoon at the southernmost point of Gibraltar, Europa Point. On a non-windy day (like yesterday) this is the perfect place for a picnic with its beautiful views of the lighthouse, Africa and the actual Rock.

I even took some photos – the quality isn’t great but I was too busy soaking up the sun and eating cake to spend more time with the camera!

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A COOKIE CUPCAKE EXPERIMENT

Nadia

January 10, 2014

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Recently I was killing time at a train station in London when I saw a stand with Millie’s cookies. I am not the biggest cookie fan (you have probably guessed that I am more of a cupcake girl!) but I strolled over to check out what they had on offer.

Of course, my attention was grabbed by the cookie cupcakes and I bought one for the journey to the airport. Little did I know that they won’t be cookie flavoured cupcakes but would actually be made entirely of cookie dough! It was a revelation – soft, chewy, with a rich lovely chocolate buttercream on top and in the shape of a cupcake!

And finally I have decided to attempt the cookie cupcakes this weekend for the little cake picnic I am throwing this Sunday. I am, of course, using one of Martha Stewart’s recipes. Wish me luck – I will share the results afterwards (and even pictures if they come out looking presentable).

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WELCOME, CUPCAKE LOVERS!

Nadia

January 8, 2014

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Welcome to Cupcakes & Unicorns!

If you don’t like either of the above, please close the page now to avoid disappointment.
If you like at least one of them, you should be fine!

In my personal online space you will be able to read about my adventures as a wanna-be baker, find recipes and pictures of cakes, cupcakes and cookies I have made and hopefully have fun doing so.

Enjoy!

P.S. Meet The Giant! One of my favourite cakes so far: chocolate and almond giant cupcake, filled with whipped cream and blackberry jam, topped with chocolate fudge frosting.

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