Kitchen Adventures: Victoria's Secret Trio

Baking in the winter is one clever way to escape the cold. You are home with excellent heating and with the extra heat waves from the oven, it just makes your tummy yearn for those finger-lickin’-good chocolate chip cookies.

Baking in the summer…well, let’s just say that’s a crazy idea when you’re all sticky from a run at the gym and it’s 100ºF outside! I was crazy enough to get down to business in my oven mitts, mixing bowl and cupcake ingredients!

This was not what I baked nor what I baked in. Haha. It was in fact my inspiration for the Victoria’s Secret Trio.

I received a mailer from Victoria’s Secret a few days ago and there were some really cool coupons. One of which was a coupon for a free lace trim panty! I was too excited and went to the stores the following day.

This is the result! Cupcakes in Victoria’s Secret’s signature colors. Don’t blame me for this but it kind of tasted like I was eating candied sponge fabric. 

Yay or Nay? Doesn’t really matter because I was on a sweet craving anyway.

Baking on a Whim

I decided, pretty much on a whim, to bake some delicious Nutella Muffins. Indulging in these after a hearty dinner not only fills my tummy but also makes me tons happy.

 Bring on the neon! Decided to experiment with baking neon sprinkles.

 The result of baked neon sprinkles!

Absolutely loving these polka dotted cupcake/muffin liners and heart cupcake/muffin toppers. They make muffins look so fun!

Bake that Cake

As promised, this post is dedicated to all bake-fanatics out there. It was my first time trying out this recipe and my first at baking cupcakes. The first batch of vanilla with dark chocolate ganache cupcakes was made specially for a New Year’s Eve party. The plan was to have a variety of vanilla cupcakes – half with dark chocolate and the remaining with white chocolate ganache.

 Bare cupcakes, otherwise known as muffins.

 All dressed up!

Making the dark chocolate ganache was a breeze. The ganache semi-hardened to the right texture and was ready to be used about 20 minutes from the time it was placed in the refrigerator.  The white chocolate however, refused to cooperate, and as you’ve already guessed, did not make it to the party. One night was not enough to harden the white chocolate. It needed more time than expected – 3 whole days was what it took to form, so I only have pictures of the dark chocolate cupcakes, do pardon me for that.

Couldn't resist the temptation to take a (few) bite(s) in between. Ha.

I was itching to see if milk chocolate was as stubborn as white, so I got out all my bakeware and ingredients and got down to work. 

This time, it took a little longer than the white but not as long as the dark – less than 1 night was all it took.  

Trying out 3 different recipes. The best being the cupcakes on the extreme right with a butter-crispy exterior to boot!

Here's presenting the vanilla milk chocolate ganache cupcakes that were decorated with whatever ingredients I could find at home!

My overall baking experience was great! I’ll definitely do it again.