Saturday, March 28, 2009

Okay, so I'm not Julia Child

We're going to a dinner party tonight, and I offered to bring a dessert. After the heinous day that was Friday, I opted to follow a piece of culinary wisdom that I read in one of Amanda Hesser's books: go with what you know.

I made chocolate buttermilk cupcakes in a jumbo cupcake pan. I had assistance.
Once they cooled, I split them in half.
I melted some unsweetened chocolate and made the go-to buttercream....

I tested the chocolate to see if it was cool enough to add:
Oh yeah, unsweetened chocolate.

Added the chocolate to the buttercream. There, that's better.
Then I spread a thin layer of chocolate buttercream on the bottom half of each, followed by a heaping tablespoon of raspberry jam. I replaced the tops and then finished with frosting and berries.

Tiny cakes! Yay!

3 comments:

Sri said...

OH MY GOD, those sound delicious! Could you send me the recipe for ALL of that??
I have to have one NOW! Or you should make them again and I'll come eat them :-)

Lori said...

I can absolutely send you recipes....and I would also make them for you anytime!!

Anonymous said...

I love this pic of Charlotte. She looks like a little pink pixie with that outfit on !!! ...ang