Sunday, January 3, 2010

Sugar Spun Success

For Christmas I got Martha Stewarts Cupcakes book. Which feels like the next step up in cupcaking. It's more then just decorating - it's lots of good recipes.

Such as.... Sugar-Spun crowns - with Devils food cake. Wow. I won't tell you how many sticks of butter go in the cake and frosting - - just that it's more then 5 STICKS. More.

Ben made this "hazelnut spires of hope" - Really cook huh.
The crowns are bringing sugar, water, and corn syrup - brought to boil at 300 degrees, cooled and then drizzled over spoon handles to create threads of sugar, then gathered up into clusters.

It was super fun adventure with Ben. ... The word now is to create them for Shelby's wedding. Oh boy. ...
How long can those cupcakes stay in the freezer?