Sorry I have been a little bit slack with posting lately. It's that busy time of year, when you spend all your spare time searching for perfect Christmas presents and recipes, writing Christmas cards, deciding on a colour theme for decorations, and dreaming up what the Christmas table setting will look like. For our family, we do not decorate for Christmas until after my sisters Birthday on the 1st of December, we don't want her celebrations overshadowed by Christmas goings on!
This year my sister turned 17, and made a very mature decision to hold a dinner party for her friends. She spent ages choosing what she was going to serve, and did almost everything herself.
I gave her a hand with decorating, her invitations where yellow, white and black with birdies, so we went with those colours and birds for the theme.
This year my sister turned 17, and made a very mature decision to hold a dinner party for her friends. She spent ages choosing what she was going to serve, and did almost everything herself.
I gave her a hand with decorating, her invitations where yellow, white and black with birdies, so we went with those colours and birds for the theme.
We had a table with nibbles, lollies, tea cups & cupcakes ready to go for dessert...
Photo by Caitlin
The table runner fabric was from Ikea, it was black & white with bird print, I bought a yellow fabric pen and added yellow accents throughout the print. The fairy lights strung above the table provided a magical atmosphere.
Caitlin asked me to make cupcakes for dessert. One of her favourite flavours of mine is Turkish Delight cupcakes, so naturally she chose them. I used the cutest black and white polka dot cupcake liners, and the sweetest ceramic mould to make the fondant birdies on top. I finally am a proud owner of a Wilton M1 tip, after visiting about 4 cake decorating stores, someone finally had one in stock! Oooh the swirls it makes are so so pretty!
Caitlin did such a good job, she worked so hard and it all went very smoothly, I was super proud of her. I was also very impressed with her group of friends, she has definitely surrounded herself with wonderful, kind, well adjusted people.
Turkish Delight Cupcakes - Recipe adapted from Women's Weekly Cupcake Cookbook
Makes 15 Cupcakes
Ingredients
1 1/2 Cup (225g) self-raising flour
1/3 cup (35g) cocoa powder
3/4 cup (165g) caster sugar
185g softened butter
3 eggs
1/2 cup (125mls) milk
1-2 teaspoons of Rosewater essence, according to taste
2/3 cup of Turkish Delight chocolate bar cut up into small cubes
1/3 cup of finely chopped dark chocolate
Method
1. Preheat oven to 180C/ 160C fan forced. Line holes of muffin pans with cupcake liners.
2. Sift dry ingredients into large bowl, add remaining ingredients, except the Turkish Delight and chocolate; beat with electric mixer on low until speed until ingredients are combined. Increase speed to medium; beat until mixture is smooth and has changed to paler colour.
3. Now add the Turkish Delight and chocolate, gently fold through the batter (I like to sprinkle mine with flour first to try and stop it all sinking to the bottom)
4. Drop 1/4 cup of mixture into cases. Bake for about 20 mins. Stand cakes for 5 minutes before turning onto rack to cool.
5. Frost as desired, I used a simple buttercream for these cupcakes. Enjoy!
Turkish Delight Cupcakes - Recipe adapted from Women's Weekly Cupcake Cookbook
Makes 15 Cupcakes
Ingredients
1 1/2 Cup (225g) self-raising flour
1/3 cup (35g) cocoa powder
3/4 cup (165g) caster sugar
185g softened butter
3 eggs
1/2 cup (125mls) milk
1-2 teaspoons of Rosewater essence, according to taste
2/3 cup of Turkish Delight chocolate bar cut up into small cubes
1/3 cup of finely chopped dark chocolate
Method
1. Preheat oven to 180C/ 160C fan forced. Line holes of muffin pans with cupcake liners.
2. Sift dry ingredients into large bowl, add remaining ingredients, except the Turkish Delight and chocolate; beat with electric mixer on low until speed until ingredients are combined. Increase speed to medium; beat until mixture is smooth and has changed to paler colour.
3. Now add the Turkish Delight and chocolate, gently fold through the batter (I like to sprinkle mine with flour first to try and stop it all sinking to the bottom)
4. Drop 1/4 cup of mixture into cases. Bake for about 20 mins. Stand cakes for 5 minutes before turning onto rack to cool.
5. Frost as desired, I used a simple buttercream for these cupcakes. Enjoy!
Hope the rest of the week goes nicely for you all! I am so ready for the weekend already!
25 comments:
I'm definitely going to give these a go with a vegan bent as turkish delight is vegan :)
Such cute decorations on the cupcakes!
very good idea for a party :) everything looks great and nice colour scheme choices
I looove rose cupcakes! One of my favorite flavors. The dinner party looks magical! I love the birds on top of the cupcakes, but I think I would go for one with a chocolate on top ;)
Everything looks so pretty, and that cupcake recipe sounds yummy!!
what a lovely table..
and those cupcakes are devine!!
xoxo
wow! It looks so great! I love the decorations and the lights. The cupcakes look so cute! You did a great job with the fondant. Glad to hear you found the tip! Happy Holidays!
Love those cute little birds. You and your sister did a wonderful job!
Good to have you back - and with such charming cupcakes! Your sister has great taste :)
This post made me all kinds of happy! It sounds like you have a wonderful relationship with your sis. I grew up with 2 brothers, and I always wondered what it would be like to have a sister. When I met my love, he had a little sister who was 4 years old. I've become really close with her over the years (she's 11 now), and she's like the sister I never had.
The party seems like SO much fun! Everything looks fantastic, and the cupcakes literally made me hungry. I've never even had Turkish Delight chocolate before, but I've wanted to ever since I read the Chronicles of Narnia as a child. I would *love* to try it in cupcake form!
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I feel ya Jessy! I have been so busy too but just blog when you can! The party looks darling as do the cupcakes. So happy you were able to find that tip :) It does make gorgeous swirls!
I just love those cupcakes!! Very sweet!
I tried to be all mature like that once when I was in my teens!! I so couldn't wait to hold a fancy dinner party! I once made my parents dress up too!!
You and your sis did a great job!
looks awesome jessy!! love the table runner, and nice idea about jazzing it up yourself with marker.
your cupcakes look spectacular too! such cute little birdies!
i couldn't live without my many 1M tips!! i have so many... !
xo lyndsay
How lovely - everything looks wonderful! I especially like the table runner idea - might have to copy you :D
You seriously make the most adorable and yummy cup cakes! This is one party I would LOVE to be invited(and finish up all your cup cakes). Lol.
I love your blog! It's so cute!! Such cute and yummy-looking cupcakes! Your sister's dinner party looked so elegant and lovely!
look good! i like the swirls!
What a cute party! It's so fun to see other people go all out for birthdays. You both did a fabulous job.
these are adorable. what is in a turkish delight bar exactly? i can't tell you how many pastry tips i own and time after time i go for that wilton one. congrats on finally getting one. and congrats for being featured on CTTC. i bet you sister loved these!
Hi Jessy! Great blog! I have never had Turkish Delight, but this recipe looks really good. I may have to try them here at the shop! Keep up the great work!
-Jenniffer
http://cupadeecakes.blogspot.com
Ya, I'll give you that recipe... I just have to remember what one I used... I think is was Donna Hay. But I'll check and send it your way!
What a perfectly charming setting for a party...Fabulous! xx
so cute!! your sister's friends must have been incredibly impressed, everything is absolutely adorable!
Such cute decorations on the cupcakes!
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