Comments on: Green tea butterfly cupcakes w mascarpone frosting

By: Not Quite Nigella

Not Quite Nigella — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:46:59 +0000

Hi Kerusha-I hadn’t actually seen their website yet, thanks for the tip, I’ll go and have a look. The birthday cupcakes sound great. I’m afraid I just bought the decorations for my husband’s 30th birthday beach cupcakes.

Best rated cupcake is hard but of the bought ones I think the My Little Cupcake ones are nice but not particularly exciting in that they’re just vanilla.

Of the ones I’ve made I’d have to say the Mochaccino cupcakes, Papaya and coconut cupcakes and the Red Velvet cupcakes were the tastiest.

Haha I think Australians are perhaps a bit more conservative but curious and definitely open to new cupcake flavours! I think that some cupcakes made from American recipes are too sweet for Australians on the whole eg Magnolia’s vanilla cupcakes and from what I’ve read most people halve or cut the amount of sugar in the recipes to suit our less sugar loving palette.

By: Kerusha

Kerusha — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 07:36:08 +0000

Yeah.. I resort to the Ochard icing. Their website is fantastic.. I made about 50 beach cupcakes today and the actual birthday cake was a jellyfish with fondant fish, seahorses, shells etc. Looked awesome.

So I have to ask, whats the best rated cupcake to you… and do you think Sydney is ready for unusual flavours?
I know Americans would eat anything… but aussies are a bit hesitant ( well I think so)!

By: Not Quite Nigella

Not Quite Nigella — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 05:59:29 +0000

Hi Kerusha-I don’t make my own fondant, I buy it from the supermarket. Its called (rather umimaginatively) “White Icing” by Orchard. I cut the butterflies with a butterfly cutter then I rested them face down on some cardboard shaped as a V so that they dried in that shape.

And thanks so much!

By: Kerusha

Kerusha — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:45:42 +0000

Hey - Just found your blog today.. mainly because I wanted to see whats going on with the cupcake scene in Sydney. I have this sudden urge to open one up… a very very big urge!

ANYWAY, 2 questions,
1. Do you make your own fondant?
2. How did you get your fondant butterflies to ‘flutter’ up. Sit them in smething?

thanks! Love Your Blog!

By: Not Quite Nigella

Not Quite Nigella — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:16:52 +0000

Hi Samantha-that would be totally fine and a great idea, thanks for letting me know!

By: Samantha Cheung

Samantha Cheung — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 03:40:50 +0000

Hi - Just wanted to say I love your Blog name! I’m also a huge Nigella fan.

I have a soap and candle company and would very much like to name a candle “not quite Nigella” if that is OK with you. I can of course link to your blog. I have an upcoming one called Domestic Goddess, so if I think of one more, it would be a nice Nigella-inspired collection.

Let me know what you think.

Samantha

By: Not Quite Nigella

Not Quite Nigella — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:42:29 +0000

Hi Pieds Des Anges (Kyl)-Have you tried asian grocery stores? That’s the only place I really see it or specialty food stores. Hmmm green tea & salt… interesting! I might try that as I love caramel & salt.

It certainly looks like I am going through more of a major cupcake phase than normal!

By: Pieds Des Anges (Kyl

Pieds Des Anges (Kyl — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:49:02 +0000

I’ve been looking for macha and don’t know where to buy it. Have you ever thought of mixing it with salt? I saw that in a magazine the other day.

You are on a serious cupcake roll eh? Those butterflies are so pretty.