Chocolate Cupcakes

Celebrating Chocolate Day with some double chocolate cupcakes.
I wanted to share with you the most simple and delicious chocolate butter-cream frosting I have ever tried.
You can also find it here Recipe along with a nice chocolate cupcakes recipe.
Have a magnificent Friday! 

My naked chocolate cupcakes 

Chocolate Butter-cream Frosting

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 cups (400 g) butter
• 2 cups (400 g)  chocolate chips or chopped chocolate 

Melt together in double broiler or in microwave with power turned down a little.

Whisk together until combined.

Put it in the freezer until it's pretty firm. 

Beat for at least 5 minutes until fluffy. 

Frost cooled cupcakes immediately and then chill.  Serve them cold. 

Photo credit: Emi Trasnitu

Cake Pops -Flowerpot Presentation

Lately everybody felt in love with the cake pops. Easy to make,but time consuming, these beauties just melt in your mouth. 

This time I made a chocolate cake with my favorite mascarpone frosting and the result is beyond delicious. Believe me! ;)

I always loved this presentation for cake pops and cupcakes, involving a  chic flowerpot. This would be perfect for a baby shower or a birthday celebration.
This is how my cake pops ended up looking :)
I hope everybody has a great Friday!

 Photo credit: Emi Trasnitu

Tea Party

Last Saturday I hosted a tea party for some of my friends and neighbors. It was a nice and shinny day outside, just perfect for this kind of party.
We had a really good time together, chatting and laughing. 

For this occasion I made a selection of sweets such as cupcakes, tarts, raspberry - lemon bars and a mini rainbow cake. As my mother was also here, she made her delicious choux à la crème and they were the favorite.

To refresh our selves,  I made a special ice tea blend that I bought from London and also I created my own cocktail.  We also had Hugo, Prosecco, Apple Cider and an interesting turquoise cocktail brought as a gift by my friend Andreea, that was the ladies favorite ;)

Here you can see more photos with what I have prepared for the party. Some of the recipes you'll find later on the blog :) Sorry for the quality of some photos, they were taken with my phone :D 
Enjoy!

Romantic Mint Cake

Ladies, I present you the most romantic cake I have ever made so far. 
I  loved making every detail on this cake. 

 This beauty was a birthday surprise from a friend and neighbor of mine for her dear mother for her 66th anniversary. They both felt in love with the result ;)

Find more photos above.
Have a perfect Monday!

  XO XO

Photo credit: Emi Trasnitu

Pink Velvet Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

Let's start the week with some beautiful and delicious pink velvet cookies.

HAPPY TUESDAY!

 INGREDIENTS:

Cookies:
1 1/2  cup flour
1 cup  fine sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 tsp salt

2 eggs

1/3 cup oil
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

3-4 drops pink dye

Cream Cheese Filling:
4 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/4 C. butter, softened
1 tsp. vanilla extract
3-4 C. powdered sugar


DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line pans with parchment paper.
2. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.

3. To the dry mix add eggs, oil, pink dye and vanilla extract. Mix well.
4. Scoop out pieces of dough that are about 1 tablespoon in size, or a little bigger. (Dough will be gooey.)
5. Give them a nice round and flat shape and then place them on the pan,  a few inches apart.
6. Bake for 7-10 minutes and let cool.

 Filling: 

Beat cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add vanilla and slowly add powdered sugar until you reach your desired consistency.

 Pipe the filling  onto the bottom of half the cookies and top with another cookie.

Photo credit: Emi Trasnitu