Win 1 of 2 Beater Blades!

The winners are:

Louise T. of Footscray
Tania G. of Springwood

Congratulations to our winners and enjoy your Beater Blade! :)

I don’t know if you remember my Koala cupcakes story from the other week but I got to test drive a brand new attachment for the Kitchenaid called the Beater Blade. Beater Blade is a flat beater with a rubber scraper or wing that means you don’t have to stop and scrape the bowl when you’re mixing which is fantastic for creaming butter and sugar (hello buttercream!) and it also acts like a spatula!

So when Kym from Fully Baked offered a Beater Blade for two lucky Not Quite Nigella readers I was delighted! It is a fantastic idea for buttercream (and means that you don’t have to stop, scrape and restart and do all of that palava numerous time while your buttercream is mixing (and let me tell you it’s a pain when you have to gradually add in colour). The Beater Blade is suitable for either the Kitchenaid tilt-head or lift model or the Kenwood 6.7 litre.  Beaterblades will also be available for Kenwood Chef around end November.

All you need to do is make up an amazing buttercream flavour. Truffle buttercream? Caramel swirl buttercream? Let your imagination go wild! Add your entry via a comment to this story. You can enter once daily as long as your answer is different. This competition is open to Australian restidents only.

This competition is open to Australian readers. The competition ends midnight AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time) on the 30th of September, 2009.

Good Luck to everyone!

Love,

Lorraine

xxx

If you can’t wait for the competition and want to get your hands on a Beater Blade you can contact Kim on the details below:

Kim Tyshing fullyBaked Pty Ltd
PO Box 381
Camberwell Vic 3124
t 0408 518 638
e fullybaked@bigpond.com

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  • 1. Stefania | August 29, 2009 at 8:03 am | #

    Coffee & Frangelico Buttercream for chocolate cupcakes – grown ups only!!!!

  • 2. janna Xerri | August 29, 2009 at 8:13 am | #

    Ooohhhh after i saw your story on that blade i put it to the top of my birthday wish list!

    I LOVE my KitchenAid but it is annoying stopping and scraping!

    Salted caramel Buttercream!

  • 3. cynthaea | August 29, 2009 at 8:26 am | #

    Not sure it is really original but made some fantastic Blood Orange Buttercream the other weekend a touch of Cointreau to the mix was also a delight.

  • 4. Chia | August 29, 2009 at 8:34 am | #

    mmmmm mine would be Bannoffee Buttercream not so crazy but it would be oh so divine

  • 5. jane l | August 29, 2009 at 9:01 am | #

    maraschino buttercream..mmm..

  • 6. rose | August 29, 2009 at 9:04 am | #

    open ONLY to Australian readers? or other areas, too? – ‘mmmm – rum and coconut extracts with toasted coconut! Always some new exciting “project.” Thank you…

  • 7. The Duo Dishes | August 29, 2009 at 9:09 am | #

    Too bad we can’t win. That’d be sweet!

  • 8. LMurphy | August 29, 2009 at 9:27 am | #

    coconut rum (like malibu) buttercream….

  • 9. Amanda | August 29, 2009 at 9:37 am | #

    This post reminded me of the sherry buttercream my nanna used to make to put on top of banana loaf, and there was brown sugar in there too. Another case of a recipe that was never written down and so lost to past times. Anything I try to make now just isn’t quite the same.

  • 10. Jo Murray | August 29, 2009 at 9:41 am | #

    I am going to have to suggest “Margarita” buttercream… Tequila with lemon and lime or even strawberry essence would be so yummy on nice little cupcakes! mmm think I may just go and experiment now…..

  • 11. Blond Duck | August 29, 2009 at 10:16 am | #

    I need a mixer first!

  • 12. Marnie | August 29, 2009 at 10:21 am | #

    oooh, I’d make Maple flavoured buttercream, (with Maple flavoring i bought from Jones the Grocer) possibly topped with cinnamon-toasted pecans….

  • 13. Pam | August 29, 2009 at 11:38 am | #

    I could go for a ‘custard brulee’ buttercream spinkled with a ‘dust’ of crushed toffee’.

  • 14. I am Slimming aka Me | August 29, 2009 at 12:41 pm | #

    So unoriginal but “Bailey’s Buttercream”, OMG my mouth is watering just typing this. xx

  • 15. Sophia | August 29, 2009 at 1:05 pm | #

    Boo! I can never win your cool Australian giveaways! I must move down there, pronto!

  • 16. Hannah | August 29, 2009 at 2:16 pm | #

    Salted caramel buttercream

  • 17. nora@ffr | August 29, 2009 at 2:48 pm | #

    those beater blades sound interesting!!

  • 18. Gab* | August 29, 2009 at 2:53 pm | #

    Dark chocolate chilli buttercream – not sure what it’d be like but the chilli chocolate is good!

  • 19. Anna Geldenhuys | August 29, 2009 at 3:07 pm | #

    Buttercream with passionfruit, a real tropical flavour.

  • 20. Kelley @ Magnetoboldtoo | August 29, 2009 at 3:15 pm | #

    Pina Colada buttercream would be absolutely divine…

    (seems us aussies love our cocktails!)

  • 21. Marilyn | August 29, 2009 at 3:19 pm | #

    I would a Passionfruit Buttercream. Lilikoi flavor will pique their imagination!

    Marilyn

  • 22. randomly_chaotic | August 29, 2009 at 3:46 pm | #

    mmmm, kahlua and raspberry swirl buttercream. Do I need to put it on a cake?

  • 23. Sarah | August 29, 2009 at 4:26 pm | #

    Dulce De Leche buttercream… mmmmm calories!

  • 24. Emily | August 29, 2009 at 4:57 pm | #

    Taro butter cream for the Asian flavour.

  • 25. Deb | August 29, 2009 at 5:02 pm | #

    I’ll be naughty and say Peanut Butter Buttercream – with a dash of Frangelico of course

  • 26. Helen | August 29, 2009 at 5:09 pm | #

    Lime and Tequila Butter cream mmmmm

  • 27. yaelian | August 29, 2009 at 6:11 pm | #

    Meyer lemon buttercream with chocolate swirls.

  • 28. Parita | August 29, 2009 at 8:04 pm | #

    I so want a kitchen aid….wish to get it soon :)

  • 29. Vicki | August 29, 2009 at 8:17 pm | #

    Agave syrup & coconut buttercream on vanilla cupcakes would be divine!

  • 30. Linda R Clark | August 29, 2009 at 10:27 pm | #

    A tia maria buttercream, to die for almost

  • 31. SoRMuiJAi | August 30, 2009 at 12:09 am | #

    Passion fruit buttercream with swirls of caramel through it!

  • 32. CJ | August 30, 2009 at 1:34 am | #

    Wasabi buttercream! I think that would give a great cake to a super lemony cupcake.

  • 33. Faith | August 30, 2009 at 6:14 am | #

    I know I can’t win, but if I was in Australia, my flavor would be Black Forest Buttercream with dark chocoalte, fresh cherries, and toasted pecans!

  • 34. Janna | August 30, 2009 at 7:36 am | #

    I’m having a second go!

    Nutella Buttercream! mmmmmmm

  • 35. Skye | August 30, 2009 at 8:12 am | #

    I want one now… peanut butter and chocolate buttercream would be my choice!

  • 36. Katherine | August 30, 2009 at 9:19 am | #

    Look the beater blades have my name on it. Literally. KA TH.. Ehehehe

  • 37. Jenny | August 30, 2009 at 10:49 am | #

    Red bean butter cream…to top green tea cupcakes!

  • 38. Lula | August 30, 2009 at 10:52 am | #

    A Cosmopolitan Buttercream: Buttercream, blended with fresh (or frozen!) cranberries, a shaving of orange peel – and then spiked with some Cointreau (or Orange Juice for a kid-friendly alternative). Finished with fine slivers of maraschino cherries for garnish. Mmmmm…

  • 39. Anna Geldenhuys | August 30, 2009 at 12:22 pm | #

    I’m a choc’aholic. Buttercream with melted chocolate…..

  • 40. SydneyGal | August 30, 2009 at 1:03 pm | #

    Me want! I made peanut butter buttercream, using smooth peanut butter instead of butter, and then stirred through chocolate flakes. Please please please please please please ….

  • 41. James | August 30, 2009 at 2:34 pm | #

    Milo Buttercream

  • 42. James | August 30, 2009 at 2:35 pm | #

    Rockyroad buttercream

  • 43. James | August 30, 2009 at 2:36 pm | #

    or better still peanut butter cream with chocolate drop swirl

  • 44. Kylie | August 30, 2009 at 2:57 pm | #

    fresh pureed mango buttercream to go ontop and in between roasted coconut cupcakes. nice and fresh for spring time next week!

  • 45. Pam | August 30, 2009 at 6:17 pm | #

    How about a spiced ginger buttercream

  • 46. Jesse K | August 30, 2009 at 7:27 pm | #

    I actually bought my Kitchen Aid recently after reading about your icecream attachment! :) haha

    I would love a jaffa style buttercream made with darrel leas choc orange balls. mmmmmmmm YUMMO!

  • 47. Cakelaw | August 30, 2009 at 7:33 pm | #

    Sounds like a pretty useful attachment. Hmmm – how about peach melba buttercream …

  • 48. Liz | August 30, 2009 at 9:09 pm | #

    Chilli and chocolate buttercream

  • 49. Bria | August 30, 2009 at 9:09 pm | #

    Lemon meringue pie buttercream.. yum! Is that even possible??

  • 50. Alissa | August 30, 2009 at 9:44 pm | #

    My Kitchenaid should be arriving in the next two weeks after an annoyingly long wait (trust me to choose the out of stock colour!). I will primarily be using it for cupcakes, so this seems like a must-have for me!

    Today’s flavour…Margarita buttercream, with lime-infused butter, lime rind and tequila. Mmm…

  • 51. aishah | August 31, 2009 at 3:43 am | #

    ive always wanted this! think is THE solution to my Kitchenaid’s unreachable spots.

  • 52. Wendy | August 31, 2009 at 8:13 am | #

    Just bought a kitchenaid on the weekend – what timing!

    I’d have to say maple syrup buttercream.

  • 53. sally | August 31, 2009 at 9:40 am | #

    My most recent buttercream was made with a few drops of Rosewater, a little violet colouring and some Hand Made crystallized violets picked from garden, also with a drop of Rosewater in the egg white. It tasted delicately sweet and exotic

  • 54. sissyhankshaw | August 31, 2009 at 10:04 am | #

    Lavender buttercream to go on vanilla cupcakes with a cup of Lady Grey tea! mmmm

  • 55. Sugar Lumps | August 31, 2009 at 10:35 am | #

    Salty Peanut Butter Caramel Buttercream for chocolate cupcakes, ala a Hershey’s Peanut Butter Cup!!

  • 56. Katrina Smit-Eadie | August 31, 2009 at 12:22 pm | #

    Accompany mini home-made pavlova rounds with tropical storm buttercream (pureed pineapple, mango passionfruit mixed with abit of OJ). Drink with Brown Bros Zabiba Rosa sparkling for a fresh twist.

  • 57. Alissa | August 31, 2009 at 12:23 pm | #

    Brown sugar and bacon buttercream…I’ve been wanting to jump on the bacon cupcake craze for a while now!

  • 58. Mel | August 31, 2009 at 1:58 pm | #

    Baileys buttercream mmmmm

  • 59. Lesley | August 31, 2009 at 2:10 pm | #

    Turkish Delight buttercream. I LOVE my Kitchenaid.

    My just turned 5 yo (Oscar) asked if he could vote for Raspberry buttercream (made with Raspberries out of Grandma’s garden).

  • 60. Jessica | August 31, 2009 at 5:29 pm | #

    Coconut & Cherry buttercream
    Add kirsh for the adults mmmmmmm

  • 61. mongie | August 31, 2009 at 9:44 pm | #

    I’m going oriental… Green Tea / Taro swirl buttercream

  • 62. Wendy | September 1, 2009 at 10:08 am | #

    Coffee Buttercream – must be as I have not had a coffee yet this morning!

  • 63. Anna | September 1, 2009 at 10:26 am | #

    Hi Lorraine, Seville orange marmalade buttercream. goes with so many things, especially cakes made with almond meal. yum.

  • 64. Alison | September 1, 2009 at 11:37 am | #

    How about a sweet and savoury combo – Honey buttercream with a vegemite swirl! Sweet and salty always goes well for me!

  • 65. Alissa | September 1, 2009 at 1:21 pm | #

    Nutella buttercream and vanilla buttercream swirled together. Would look divine and taste great!

  • 66. Marnie | September 1, 2009 at 9:59 pm | #

    Mandarin buttercream, maybe with a hint of ginger… i love my KitchenAid too, and I think the Beaterblade would make it perfect.

  • 67. Wendy | September 2, 2009 at 8:26 am | #

    Rum and coconut buttercream – for cupcakes!

  • 68. Inki | September 2, 2009 at 9:37 am | #

    Banana and Honey butter cream mmmmmmm I can taste it now

  • 69. Alissa | September 2, 2009 at 10:35 am | #

    Lavender buttercream. How delightful on vanilla cupcakes for a delicate tea party!

  • 70. Robert | September 2, 2009 at 10:52 am | #

    lemon curd buttercream made with the beautiful meyer lemons. fresh and crisp for spring cupcakes

  • 71. Marnie | September 2, 2009 at 2:36 pm | #

    what about a lovely fragrant pear flavoured buttercream… I recon that’s the first flavour i’d try to perfect with a BeaterBlade.

  • 72. Anna Geldenhuys | September 2, 2009 at 6:41 pm | #

    Buttercream with lemon juice to taste. Add some white chocolate and cream cheese. Yummmmm.

  • 73. Rebecca | September 2, 2009 at 9:29 pm | #

    Violet buttercream for special occasions.

  • 74. Dana | September 2, 2009 at 11:16 pm | #

    Cinnamon buttercream with an apple spice cupcake!!

  • 75. Liss | September 3, 2009 at 6:55 am | #

    I have to say now after a bit of experimentation, honey lemon myrtle! (On ginger bread cup cakes!)

    I so NEED one of these, my love affair with my kitchenaid is only thwarted by the scraping – a bit annoying!

  • 76. Alissa | September 3, 2009 at 3:53 pm | #

    Popcorn at the Movies – slightly salty, very buttery and sprinkled with popcorn.

  • 77. Wendy | September 4, 2009 at 9:23 am | #

    Coconut buttercream!

  • 78. Anna Geldenhuys | September 4, 2009 at 11:56 am | #

    Buttercream with Baileys on small cupcakes so you get a lot of Baileys!

  • 79. Yiling | September 4, 2009 at 4:10 pm | #

    Lychee Martini buttercream. Mmmmmm. Perfect for a girls’ night in!

  • 80. laura c | September 4, 2009 at 4:34 pm | #

    I would love a neopolitan buttercream, with strawberry, chocolate and vanilla swirls throughout. Yum!

  • 81. jackie segal | September 4, 2009 at 8:21 pm | #

    Fantastic invention, have been waiting for years for something like it. LOOOOve your website its beautiful
    Lemoncello Buttercream would be amazing as well as Chestnut puree buttercream

  • 82. Chris | September 5, 2009 at 3:07 am | #

    Dark Cherry with orange peel.

  • 83. Alissa | September 5, 2009 at 11:10 am | #

    Cherry Ripe – Coconut and cherry buttercream, dipped in dark chocolate.

  • 84. kirgibg | September 5, 2009 at 4:54 pm | #

    Simple, elegant and slightly exotic: I’d flavour the buttercream with a handmade rosewater syrup, and top with persian fairy floss.

  • 85. Anna Geldenhuys | September 5, 2009 at 5:18 pm | #

    To make black buttercream: add cocoa powder to the buttercream until it is dark brown, then add a small amount of black paste food colour.

  • 86. Maddie | September 5, 2009 at 6:23 pm | #

    Chocolate, Orange and Strawberry! With a dollop of cream on top! :D

  • 87. Chia | September 5, 2009 at 7:42 pm | #

    Green Tea and red bean icing, my latest obession

  • 88. kirgibg | September 6, 2009 at 11:10 am | #

    How about peanut brittle? I’d grind some brittle down in a mortar and pestle (leaving some larger pieces for that ‘crunch factor’), then stir it through buttercream made with brown sugar and top with chocolate shavings. Ahh… childhood memories of my favourite chocolate treat: scorched peanut bars. Whatever happened to those?

  • 89. Marnie | September 6, 2009 at 4:09 pm | #

    what about an aniseed and/or liquorice flavoured buttercream? that would be such a lovely surprise.

  • 90. Sally Milford | September 6, 2009 at 5:27 pm | #

    Vanilla bean. Simple. Classic. Delicate. Delicious.

  • 91. Anna Geldenhuys | September 6, 2009 at 7:31 pm | #

    Rich and delicious!!
    Cream,white chocolate and coffee.

  • 92. Shaz | September 6, 2009 at 8:15 pm | #

    Jasmine rice buttercream (blitz uncooked rice with some water, put through a sieve, use liquid to make the buttercream) – a subtle yet dynamic flavour!

  • 93. Maggie | September 6, 2009 at 9:15 pm | #

    Aniseed flavoured buttercream, gives you that bit of bite with the sweetness.

  • 94. Arctic | September 6, 2009 at 10:51 pm | #

    Butterscotch buttercream

  • 95. Jody | September 7, 2009 at 9:34 am | #

    “Illusion” Buttercream -
    malibu, midori and pinapple for adults or coconut, melon and pineapple for kids (on a blood orange cupcake) topped with shredded coconut and fresh/candied pineapple.

    Reminds me of a summer’s day.

  • 96. kirgibg | September 7, 2009 at 9:56 am | #

    A twist on the sweet/savoury combination: roasted sweet potato and brown sugar buttercream.

  • 97. Alissa | September 7, 2009 at 4:18 pm | #

    I’m on a party food theme after my daughter’s first birthday on the weekend…
    Can you make buttercream with jelly? Because I rediscovered the simple pleasure of red jelly this weekend LOL

  • 98. Anna Geldenhuys | September 7, 2009 at 4:48 pm | #

    Add peach puree. Yummy, with peach muffins.

  • 99. Maria | September 7, 2009 at 9:56 pm | #

    This is going to sound really weird, but chocolate cream cheese frosting! I made a batch of chocolate cupcake with me NEW kitchenaid tonight, what to frosting them with? I sometimes have left over frosting that I dont know what to do with, so I shove it in the freezer. I dug up some chocolate, and cream cheese and thought what the hell…lets mix them together. Pretty tasty actually….although I’m on a massive sugar high right now!

  • 100. kirgibg | September 8, 2009 at 8:20 am | #

    I’ve just been flicking through my Nigella Lawson cookbooks and was inspired by a recipe from her ‘Trashy’ section. How about Coca Cola? If you could access the syrup from a post-mix system, all you’d have to do is fold it through the lightly whipped buttercream mix. – Perhaps using Diet Coke would negate the calories in the rest of the cake! Well, it’s worth a try…

  • 101. Jetlagmama | September 8, 2009 at 1:35 pm | #

    Blood Orange buttercream with just a hint of cinnamon and cardamon on blood orange cupcakes. I’d like to test whether the efficiency of the blade would hinder my son’s enjoyment of licking the bowl (ie nothing left to lick!)….

  • 102. asti | September 8, 2009 at 2:59 pm | #

    Inspired by my favourite Maggie Beer ice cream – Honey & salted caramel buttercream with burnt fig jam swirls.. yummmm

  • 103. Anna Geldenhuys | September 8, 2009 at 3:44 pm | #

    I’d love some Cointreau in my buttercream right now. Lot’s of it!!!

  • 104. Robert | September 8, 2009 at 5:24 pm | #

    burnt caramel buttercream

  • 105. kirgibg | September 9, 2009 at 7:07 am | #

    ‘Lamington for grown ups’ flavour: chocolate and Malibu buttercream, then sprinkled with shredded coconut. (If you stirred some dessicated cocnut through the buttercream as well, it could be Coconut Rough flavour instead!)

  • 106. Alissa | September 9, 2009 at 10:45 am | #

    Pina Colada, with Malibu and pineapple pieces.

  • 107. Anna Geldenhuys | September 9, 2009 at 12:30 pm | #

    Citrus buttercream on an orange cake. Add orange rind to buttercream. Yummm…

  • 108. Tuyen | September 9, 2009 at 2:11 pm | #

    how about lychee buttercream

  • 109. John Mitchell | September 9, 2009 at 9:44 pm | #

    Double chocolate fudge and caramel butter cream – forget the cake just eat the icing!!

  • 110. kirgibg | September 10, 2009 at 5:16 pm | #

    I know it sounds odd, but… salted potato chip buttercream. I’d grind the chips down(potato crisps in a bag, not hot ones from the local take away) until they’re powder-like, then use them to flavour buttercream. Salty + sweet + comfort food flavours – oh so wrong, but somehow oh so right!

  • 111. Shella | September 10, 2009 at 9:52 pm | #

    wow, lots of great suggestions makes me wanna go bake cupcakes now!

    Dedicated to my hubbie who is a spearmint fan, I would do choc-spearmint buttercream. (actually have to make him a choc-spearmint baked cheesecake for his bday soon – haven’t made one yet!) His mum makes him chocolate truffles with spearmint leaves (lollies) cut up in them (mummys boy haha)

    Can I suggest another flavour?
    Sherbert Buttercream – a really tangy fizz wizz buttercream with a tingle for plain vanilla cupcakes. Mmmmm, with 100s and 1000s on top.

    Bubblegum buttercream. (with bubblegum essence from chocolate making supplier) and i’d have to tint it purple because I used to love grape hubba bubba!

  • 112. ali | September 11, 2009 at 9:08 am | #

    An Asian influenced suggestion – black sesame buttercream.

  • 113. kirgibg | September 11, 2009 at 9:23 am | #

    I’ve just been preparing for my 11 year old son’s birthday party and have had all the glorious memories of my favourite childhood flavours running through my mind…
    Fairy floss buttercream!

  • 114. Anna Geldenhuys | September 11, 2009 at 12:16 pm | #

    Marshmallow buttercream!!

  • 115. Alissa | September 11, 2009 at 1:14 pm | #

    Truly outrageous, but can’t get it out of my head now…vegemite buttercream! Would probably work better with a cream cheese base though…

  • 116. asti | September 11, 2009 at 5:11 pm | #

    Another old favourite comes to mind.. Cookies & creme buttercream – cream cheese buttercream with heaps of choc chip cookies or oreo stirred in. Lovely with some rich, dark & super moist chocolate cupcakes

  • 117. kirgibg | September 12, 2009 at 5:36 am | #

    Another sweet / savoury buttercream combination:
    ‘American Breakfast’ flavour!
    -bacon, pure maple syrup, then topped off with fresh blueberries. Mmmm….

  • 118. Ros Mayes | September 12, 2009 at 10:02 am | #

    Rose Petal Buttercream….delicate vanilla cupcakes flavoured with rosewater …. topped with rose flavoured butter cream amd garnished with frosted rose petals….perfect for a special Home Made High Tea!!!

  • 119. Caz | September 12, 2009 at 10:35 am | #

    Now that I finaaaally have a kitchenaid i an enter! ;) My cheapo mixer died on me after non stop cupcaking so I thought it would be time to get a proper mixer!

    I would say toffee apple buttercream! Apple is so refreshing and tasty especially for the warmer weather coming up!

  • 120. Kym | September 12, 2009 at 4:40 pm | #

    Um, double chocolate chip flavour with a hint of baileys!

  • 121. Anna Geldenhuys | September 12, 2009 at 6:07 pm | #

    I would love to have one of these beaters to make all these divine buttercreams!!

  • 122. Chris | September 12, 2009 at 8:08 pm | #

    Raspberry and Lime buttercream !! with fresh raspberries … just noticed that it has my sister’s name on it Ka-th too …

  • 123. Alissa | September 13, 2009 at 12:45 am | #

    Musk stick buttercream.

  • 124. kirgibg | September 13, 2009 at 8:37 am | #

    Apricot and brandy buttercream. I’d steep dried apricots for a few weeks in some brandy, then puree together with a hint of cinnamon before folding through the buttercream.

  • 125. Anna Geldenhuys | September 13, 2009 at 5:38 pm | #

    Italian buttercream, glucose and egg white!

  • 126. kirgibg | September 14, 2009 at 7:51 am | #

    Now that the stress of the 11 year old’s birthday party is all over…
    dark chocolate and port buttercream.

  • 127. ali | September 14, 2009 at 9:39 am | #

    Caramelised banana and dulche de leche butterream. hmmmm…

  • 128. Tanya Kennedy | September 14, 2009 at 10:35 am | #

    To match my baby pink kitchen aid I would have to choose rhubarb and berry swirl buttercream adorned with piped fairy pink daisies.

  • 129. Alissa | September 14, 2009 at 11:50 am | #

    I know we don’t celebrate Halloween here, but I’m reminded of an icecream flavour I had in Dunsborough, WA once…spiced pumpkin. I think it’d be great as buttercream too!

  • 130. Jody | September 14, 2009 at 2:09 pm | #

    Candy cane flavoured.
    I love the christmas candy canes, so I would grind them up and mix through the buttercream. Serve at christmas or all year round!!

  • 131. Anna Geldenhuys | September 14, 2009 at 3:27 pm | #

    Chocolate buttercream with,let the hand slip, Grand marnier on a chocolate cake. I’d love to have a slice now!

  • 132. Robert | September 14, 2009 at 4:33 pm | #

    salted caramel buttercream

  • 133. Amelia Rees | September 14, 2009 at 6:58 pm | #

    Blood orange buttercream!

  • 134. kirgibg | September 15, 2009 at 9:14 am | #

    How about something light and fresh to reflect the gorgeous weather we’ve had in Sydney recently?
    - Fresh mint and pineapple buttercream, topped with a crisp dried pineapple slice (dried upside down over a glass to create a flower shape). Pretty, dainty and yummy, all in one!

  • 135. Jody | September 15, 2009 at 9:30 am | #

    Tiramisu!!!

    Or if it can’t be done, Tiramisu cupcakes with Mascarpone butter cream.

  • 136. Alissa | September 15, 2009 at 11:16 am | #

    Cashew Nut butter buttercream with toffee shards.

  • 137. Anna Geldenhuys | September 15, 2009 at 2:52 pm | #

    I am running out of ideas, will have to rummage through my recipe books for more.

  • 138. kirgibg | September 16, 2009 at 7:49 am | #

    Slow roasted pear and ginger buttercream, with a caramel fudge ripple and a hint of cinnamon.

  • 139. Laura Jilka | September 16, 2009 at 9:32 am | #

    Bailey’s Buttercream on a Chocolate Mud cupcake! Mmm!

  • 140. Alissa | September 16, 2009 at 10:37 am | #

    Cola buttercream!

  • 141. Sarah | September 16, 2009 at 5:39 pm | #

    Woah way too many alcoholics on here!!!! lol :)

    I’d make one for the kiddies and go for fairy dust buttercream… strawberry with crushed clinkers and sprinkles

  • 142. Andrea | September 16, 2009 at 8:18 pm | #

    Chocolate raspberry buttercream – my idea of heaven!

  • 143. Alissa | September 17, 2009 at 2:15 pm | #

    Cranberry buttercream…the tanginess would go well with the sweetness of all that butter and sugar!

  • 144. kirgibg | September 17, 2009 at 2:47 pm | #

    It certainly is feeling like Summer at my place, which inspires me to think of-
    Bellini buttercream!
    I’d flavour a basic buttercream mixture with sweet champagne and white peach puree. Maybe even a splash of peach schnapps!

  • 145. Jody | September 18, 2009 at 9:06 am | #

    I have done sweet (and alcoholic), now savoury…..
    Pureed baby carrots mixed through a soft butter-cream (more butter than Icing sugar). The sweetness of the carrots would not make it too savoury, maybe add a touch of honey.

  • 146. Anna Geldenhuys | September 18, 2009 at 10:53 am | #

    Intensify the chocolate buttercream with “Nachtmusik” a chocolate liquer. Divine!!

  • 147. kirgibg | September 18, 2009 at 11:39 am | #

    How fabulous (and cheap!) are strawberries lately? How about…
    - Fresh strawberry and (good quality) balsamic vinegar buttercream. It would be both tangy and sweet, and great on top of a simple buttercake.

  • 148. kirgibg | September 19, 2009 at 7:14 am | #

    Here’s one from left field:
    curry powder and freshly grated nutmeg (with a touch of honey for sweetness).
    - great on a pumpkin loaf!

  • 149. Anna Geldenhuys | September 19, 2009 at 6:16 pm | #

    A dollop of buttercream and lemon curd on lemon muffins. Yummm!

  • 150. Alissa | September 19, 2009 at 6:59 pm | #

    Strawberry and passionfruit with kiwifruit slices on top. Pavlova-esque without the eggs (my friend is allergic).

  • 151. Anna Geldenhuys | September 20, 2009 at 8:50 am | #

    What about a recipe book with all these ideas. It would be a bestseller!!

  • 152. kirgibg | September 20, 2009 at 11:24 am | #

    Oh my – it’s been a very long week, which gives me reason to suggest..
    vodka and fresh orange buttercream, (decorated with orange blossoms). It could be called the ’springtime screwdriver!’

  • 153. Chris | September 21, 2009 at 9:52 am | #

    After reading your latest blog what about a chocolate & chilli buttercream with the truffles to top it off !

  • 154. Alissa | September 21, 2009 at 10:00 am | #

    Like kirgibg, it’s been a long week, I’m thinking Irish Coffee…

  • 155. kirgibg | September 21, 2009 at 10:39 am | #

    Coconut Ice buttercream – with a splash of coconut rum for a bit of a kick (definitely not one for the school fete, though…)
    - I’d even tint only half the mixture pink and layer it with white to make it look like the real thing!

  • 156. Anna Geldenhuys | September 21, 2009 at 11:37 am | #

    What about Nutella swirls in buttercream.

  • 157. Anna Geldenhuys | September 21, 2009 at 12:15 pm | #

    What about Nutella swirls through the butercream!

  • 158. Lilia | September 21, 2009 at 10:07 pm | #

    Avocado brown sugar buttercream

  • 159. brussellsprout | September 21, 2009 at 10:40 pm | #

    Cinnamon vanilla buttercream would be fab.

    i so want one of these beaters – the only prob with the kitchenaid is the scraping down!!

  • 160. paul | September 22, 2009 at 6:08 am | #

    Hmm….Caramalised pecans (in) Buttercream

  • 161. Anna Geldenhuys | September 22, 2009 at 10:00 am | #

    Mix Chocolate buttercream with a, broken into pieces, South African peppermint crisp. Yummm!

  • 162. brussellsprout | September 22, 2009 at 10:44 am | #

    mango coconut buttercream – yuuuummm!

  • 163. Alissa | September 22, 2009 at 5:10 pm | #

    Pink lemonade, with pop rocks mixed in to give that fizzy popping sensation. Mmm…might have to make this one now!

  • 164. kirgibg | September 23, 2009 at 9:25 am | #

    I’m inspired by the amazing red glow outside my window at the moment…
    Roasted cumquat and fig buttercream.
    My contribution for 22/9 is fresh lemon and crystallised ginger, garnished with slices of choc-dipped ginger.
    (I nearly had withdrawal symptoms – I couldn’t access the site for nearly 2 whole days!!)

  • 165. Robert | September 23, 2009 at 9:41 am | #

    A nice velvet cherry chocolate ganache. Using only the finest dark chocolate (of course from the adora chocolate shop in earlwood). perhaps also with a hint of rum for a bit of a kick

  • 166. louise | September 23, 2009 at 10:04 am | #

    fresh strawberrys from the garden, mixed with a touch of good quality balsamic vinegar and a touch of mint. combined with fresh cream spiced up with vanilla pod, sugar and butter

  • 167. brussellsprout | September 23, 2009 at 10:42 am | #

    I am thinking something a bit more DUSTY and brown today, to match the Sydney weather!

    Honey and Macadamia buttercream.

  • 168. Alissa | September 23, 2009 at 10:55 am | #

    Thinking trashy today…Fruit Loop buttercream!

  • 169. Anna Geldenhuys | September 23, 2009 at 4:01 pm | #

    Mocha buttercream, chocolate and coffee on a chocolate cake with chocolate shavings on top. We won’t count the kilojoules!

  • 170. Anna Geldenhuys | September 24, 2009 at 8:46 am | #

    Buttercream with ground almonds!

  • 171. kirgibg | September 24, 2009 at 9:30 am | #

    How funny – I think that Alissa and I must be on the same wavelength. My very next contribution was going to be Fruit Loops. Honest! Looks like I’ll have to go with another ‘trashy’ breakfast cereal idea…
    Cocopops! I’d flavour the buttercream with powdered drinking chocolate, then stir through a mixture of both ground down and whole Cocopops. Yummo!

  • 172. Alissa | September 24, 2009 at 11:05 am | #

    LOL kirgibg, we’ve overlapped several times – are you my long-lost twin?

    Caramel buttercream (made with condensed milk boiled for 3 hours), with sea salt flakes mixed through. Inspired by Zumbo’s chocolate mousse cake!

  • 173. brussellsprout | September 24, 2009 at 12:17 pm | #

    lime and basil buttercream.

    this is making me want to make cupcakes and buttercream SO MUCH!

  • 174. louise | September 24, 2009 at 4:20 pm | #

    champagne orange made from freshly squeezed oranges and orange zest mixed with cream and good quality white chocolate

  • 175. robert | September 24, 2009 at 4:22 pm | #

    passionfruit ganache buttercream: fresh sweet passionfruit pulp mixed in with a thick heavy cream and white chocolate

  • 176. kirgibg | September 25, 2009 at 9:36 am | #

    I’ve had this one in mind for a while now…
    vintage cheddar buttercream with a ripple of fig paste, garnished with crisp slivers of crunchy pear.

  • 177. brussellsprout | September 25, 2009 at 10:03 am | #

    today i am thinking of something incredibly healthy (yeah right!)

    Apricot & Almond.

  • 178. MChan | September 25, 2009 at 2:56 pm | #

    Chocolate Mint Hazelnut with a hint of chilli buttercake- definately kick a punch and very yummy

  • 179. robert | September 25, 2009 at 3:00 pm | #

    chai flavour: chai spices brewed in cream and mixed with silky white chocolate

  • 180. Erin | September 25, 2009 at 3:15 pm | #

    Pina colada buttercream – with fresh pineapple and a splash of malibu rum, topped with coconut shavings. mmmmmmm…

  • 181. Alissa | September 25, 2009 at 4:51 pm | #

    Oh kirgibg and I really are on the same wavelength- I was about to suggest blue cheese and pear!

    Let’s go for one from my childhood – locut buttercream. Gee it’d take a lot of them to get enough for it…lucky my husbands grandmother has a few bushes!

  • 182. kirgibg | September 26, 2009 at 8:15 am | #

    Olive oil and sea salt, folded through a very fluffy vanilla buttercream (just like pouring a little good quality olive oil over vanilla icecream, then sprinkling with flaked sea salt).
    It’s not as odd as you think…

  • 183. Maz | September 26, 2009 at 8:31 am | #

    A sticky date buttercream swirled high over a vanilla cupcake… will delight my teenage students and me!!

  • 184. Amy | September 26, 2009 at 8:54 am | #

    Hmmmm, I can think of a few traditional pairings like chocolate and coconut to go on banana cupcakes, choc mint for chocolate ones and a pale lemon for Earl Grey cupcakes and maybe, for sour cherry cakes, a cinnamon buttercream tinted pale pink with the syrup from the sour cherries. I need to write these down…..

  • 185. brussellsprout | September 26, 2009 at 10:08 am | #

    Pineapple & mint buttercream

    how lovely would that be on a light coconut cupcake? fresh & summery. (ignore the fact that there is a gale force wind blowing in sydney today!)

  • 186. Chia | September 26, 2009 at 9:59 pm | #

    Banoffeee, carmel and banana buttercream, mmmmmmm

  • 187. kirgibg | September 27, 2009 at 9:59 am | #

    Another one from left field -
    Peanut butter and banana buttercream.
    I know the combination sounds completely trashy, but they’re fabulously good flavours when made into a sandwich on nutritionally void fresh white bread. Elvis sure knew what he was doing…

  • 188. m.e (cathie) | September 27, 2009 at 3:55 pm | #

    dark chocolate caramel fudge …mmm I can taste it ♥

  • 189. Anna Geldenhuys | September 27, 2009 at 5:25 pm | #

    Cupcakes for children. Coloured buttercream with sweets on top.

  • 190. brussellsprout | September 27, 2009 at 10:30 pm | #

    Caramel date buttercream.

    I am thinking of a flavour like sticky date pudding – a cupcake with light date mix and maybe pecans!

  • 191. kirgibg | September 28, 2009 at 9:57 am | #

    Baklava buttercream! It would have a combination of both chunky and ground walnuts, cinnamon, clove, honey syrup and a tiny squeeze of lemon. Garnished with some crispy baked layers of filo, of course!

  • 192. LilyL | September 28, 2009 at 11:51 am | #

    Coconut & rum buttercream

  • 193. robert | September 28, 2009 at 3:46 pm | #

    white chocolate ganache buttercream infused with delicate saffron threads

  • 194. cheryl | September 28, 2009 at 4:25 pm | #

    Tiramisu butter cream OR Tim Tam buttercream!

  • 195. Anna Geldenhuys | September 28, 2009 at 5:32 pm | #

    A Mars bar cut into small pieces and mixed with chocolate buttercream.

  • 196. Alissa | September 28, 2009 at 8:14 pm | #

    Cinnamon and chocolate fudge buttercream. The cinnamon would be rather unexpected but I think it’d be fab!

  • 197. karina wong | September 28, 2009 at 8:36 pm | #

    dark chocolate mocha butter cream

  • 198. brussellsprout | September 28, 2009 at 10:59 pm | #

    Hazelnut and cinnamon buttercream

  • 199. karen | September 29, 2009 at 12:00 am | #

    Khalua, pistachio’s with buttercream.

  • 200. MChan | September 29, 2009 at 8:59 am | #

    Milo and condensed milk buttercream.. how great is that?

  • 201. kirgibg | September 29, 2009 at 9:45 am | #

    Only 88 days until Christmas! For a festive touch, how about…
    orange, cinnamon and clove
    buttercream (beautiful teamed a with ginger spiced cake).

  • 202. Nicki | September 29, 2009 at 2:02 pm | #

    Raspberry Cheesecake Ripple. Nothing better swirling this through butter cream.

    I think I gained 3kg just thinking of this :)

  • 203. Kel | September 29, 2009 at 2:45 pm | #

    Pomegranate buttercream…yum yum!

  • 204. Belinda Bonello | September 30, 2009 at 1:22 am | #

    Milk chocolate, caramel and swirls of white chocolate buttercream

  • 205. joan | September 30, 2009 at 6:35 am | #

    How about a basic choc strawberry, noone seems to make it anymore but it’s fantastic

  • 206. Brianna Reeves | September 30, 2009 at 8:33 am | #

    Peppermint crisp and caramel buttercream.
    or
    Jaffa flavoured (Orange and Chocolate) with roasted cocounut butter cream

  • 207. kirgibg | September 30, 2009 at 10:46 am | #

    I’ve saved this one especially for last. It’s not exactly a buttercream flavour, but a garnish which adds extra interest and texture to an already sweet topping…
    ‘Choc Top’ cupcakes!
    - Pipe the buttercream on top of a cupcake in a ‘Mr Whippy’ fashion, then place in the deep freeze until completely chilled. Meanwhile, melt some chocolate and Copha in a small, deep bowl. With a steady hand, dip the top of each cupcake into the chocolate and allow to set before serving. You could even sprinkle on nuts, shredded coconut or 100s & 1000s for extra crunch and colour!

    Thanks NQN for this competition; it really made me think outside the square. It’s been a blast!

  • 208. Venette | September 30, 2009 at 10:49 am | #

    pandan and coconut buttercream with a sprinkle of crushed peanuts and fresh dessicated coconut

  • 209. Elizabeth Davey | September 30, 2009 at 12:43 pm | #

    frog in a pond buttercream – the taste of choc and jelly

  • 210. Anna Geldenhuys | September 30, 2009 at 1:58 pm | #

    Boil a tin of condensed milk until it is caramel. Swirl the cold caramel through chocolate buttercream and use to sandwich a chocolate cake.

  • 211. Jody | September 30, 2009 at 9:25 pm | #

    Old school ‘Blue Heaven’ milkshake syrup mixed through the buttercream with malted milk powder sprinkled on top.

  • 212. Fiona | September 30, 2009 at 9:33 pm | #

    Ginger buttercream using Buderim ginger marmalade and garnished with glace ginger – this’d be great on pear or apple cupcakes or really lemony cupcakes… yum!

  • 213. kirsty claassen | October 4, 2009 at 2:14 pm | #

    Hot chocolate and baileys butter cream!

  • 214. Nei-kiewa | October 4, 2009 at 9:41 pm | #

    I know this comes in too late to win the nifty beater gadget but I thought you might appeciate this idea. Ready? Bergamot (the flavour that creates Earl Grey tea) and Leatherwood honey. You,d have to close your eyes and breathe in the parfume of this buttercream before letting it melt on your tongue.
    What do you think?

  • 215. Lula | October 13, 2009 at 4:26 pm | #

    I received my blade in the mail today! I literally squeeled out loud when I saw it on the door step! Thank you so much NQN :) Lula xx

  • 216. romaverona | November 29, 2009 at 9:17 am | #

    I’m waiting for my beater blade to arrive. Got one off Ebay. Can’t wait.

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