Whoopieee!

Following on with the autumnal theme...

A few weeks ago, I made Pumpkin Whoopie Pies. Quite frankly, what's not to love?

Fresh pumpkin, cinnamon and ginger cakey biscuit things with marshmallow filling in between... these delicious morsels need no introduction. And let's face it, the name just makes me so happy! Whoopieee!

This was my first time ever making whoopie pies and they were a bit bigger than I expected... but the folk at work didn't seem to mind!

Smashing with a cup of tea - what? Every American classic needs a British twist!

Click here for the Pumpkin Whoopie Pies recipe

Autumnal Aphrodisiacs

I was off work for two weeks during October following a rather dramatic car accident. I was fully in one piece though the same couldn't be said for my car! I was confined the house as my knee was very severely bruised and walking was quit difficult for a few weeks.

However, a happy end to the story as that was only real injury, I'm back up & about now, even driving and most importantly of all, it gave me some extra time to do something a bit different in the kitchen - I needed something to pass the time - allbeit, sitting down while I baked!

After Halloween, I was left with a pumpkin I'd never found the time to carve. So, returning once again to my all American roots with Thanksgiving this Thursday, what better a plan than to make fresh pumpkin purée!

I took advice from two 'recipes' I found online to create my own; one from The Pioneer Woman (whose site I would highly recomend) and one from The Daily Green. And I was pretty happy with the outcome: 100%, organic, fresh, homemade pumpkin purée.

Click here for how to make homemade pumpkin purée

But waste not, want not - what about the innards?

Best make some roasted pumpkin seeds as well... Did you know they're meant to be aphrodisiacs? I haven't tested them yet...

Click here for how to make roasted pumpkin seeds

Happy Autumn All!!

Attack of the Android

I've been interning at O2 for the past 3 months and one of my main projects has been a collaboration with Sony Ericsson and Android for a social media viral. It's all quite exciting because it's due to go live and to launch the campaign next week so to celebrate, I I took an army of droids to work with me today!
Everyone loves the Android character at work so I thought these would go down well... I was right. There was none left by the end of the day.

(We actually have giant green carboard men dotted around the office... along with giant cardboard squirrels... I'm assured there's a reason for the squirrels...)

Just basic vanilla cupcakes underneath with buttercream and fondant eyes and antenna.
I used Sugarflair Christmas Green colouring.

Just a quick post this week, basically just to show off as I was really proud of these cute little cakes.