Valentines Day

Conversation Hearts
Originally uploaded by whimsicalbakery

What a better way to say "I LOVE YOU" then with one of these yummy conversation hearts. Red Velvet filled with cream cheese icing.

Superbowl Cupcake Tower

Superbowl Cupcake Tower
Originally uploaded by whimsicalbakery

Hand carved helmet cake featuring the two team, Colts & Saints.
Lemon Cake with Vanilla buttercream filling ~ Tower finished with chocolate cupcakes decorated with buttercream grass, candy footballs and field goal flags. CONGRATULATIONS, New Orleans SAINTS!

Hot Cocoa Cupcake

Hot Cocoa Cupcake
Originally uploaded by whimsicalbakery

Iron Cupcake Earth challenge for JANUARY is WINTER WARM UP! We were asked to create a cupcake based on or inspired by ANYTHING you use to warm you up in the cold of winter.

I have been waiting for a chance to bake "cup" cakes in tea cups and thought that this would be the perfect opportunity. I chose a food network recipe make for baking in cups to ensure they would turn out well. VERY YUMMY! Topped with whipping cream, mini marshmallows and a square of dark chocolate.

I am competing to win the following prizes, from these generous IronCupcake:Earth Prize Providers:

The Demy™ by Key Ingredient
Hello, Cupcake by Karen Tack & Alan Richardson
Bella Cupcake Couture
Cupcake Stackers by Gourmac
The Cake Mix Doctor Returns! by Anne Byrne
Beautiful Baking Liners by Vestli House
Sweet Cuppin' Cakes Bakery & Cupcakey Supply

Golf Cake

Golfing Cake
Originally uploaded by whimsicalbakery

The perfect cake for an avid golfer.

Topped with gumpaste golf figure and cart is our Classic Vanilla cake with a Key Lime filling.

FORE!

Flavour of the Month ~ Gingerbread

Snowflake
Originally uploaded by whimsicalbakery

Gingerbread is a large part of our Christmas at the Bakery. This year we baked gingerbread men and snowflakes as part of our Holiday Cookie Exchange that has raised over $1700 in the last two years.

Happy Holidays!!

Polls are OPEN!

The Sweetest Kitchen hosted December's Cupcake Hero challenge ~ VOTE NOW for your favourite cupcake ~ HINT: Scroll to the end for Whimsical Bakery's submission!

Cupcake Hero ~ Coconut Cupcakes

Coconut Cupcakes
Originally uploaded by whimsicalbakery

A new cupcake challenge this month ~ Cupcake Hero ~ flavour for November is "Coconut".

We chose a Coconut Cupcake with Cream Cheese Frosting & Chocolate Frosting. Finished with coconut shavings.

Recipe taken from Martha Stewart ~

Makes two dozen cupcakes
3 cups cake flour (not self-rising)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
5 large eggs
3/4 pound (3 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
1 cup buttermilk
1 pound sweetened flake coconut
Cream Cheese Frosting
Directions

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Sift the dry ingredients together into a medium mixing bowl, and set the bowl aside. Break eggs into a small bowl, and set aside.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. With the mixer running, carefully pour in eggs and vanilla and almond extracts.
Mix in the flour mixture and buttermilk by alternating between 1 cup flour and 1/2 cup buttermilk; be sure to start and end with the flour mixture. Add half the coconut, and mix until just incorporated.
Line a cupcake tin with paper liners. Fill each cup with batter using an ice-cream scoop with a 1/4-cup capacity; the batter should nearly reach the tops of the cups. Bake until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.
Remove cupcakes from the oven, and allow them to cool briefly in the tin before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely, about 45 minutes. Generously ice them with cream cheese frosting, and sprinkle with remaining coconut.