Don't get me wrong, I love making cupcakes, they're probably my favourite things to make ever, since they're so easy and people always like them. What really bothers me though is that we've all taken to calling them bloody cupcakes. Lets face it they're buns, fairy cakes, or at a push just little cakes. Everything now seems to be a cupcake. A couple of years ago in a kitchen I was looking for the bun cases. The others in the kitchen (a South African and various Southern Poshos) laughed at me because they had no idea what a bun case was.... "Ah, cupcake cases!" they said. No not bloody cupcake cases BUN CASES. I'm not that old and they were bun cases and buns when I was a kid. It is am Americanism and if you don't believe me the dictionary says so here.
Anyway today I'm making some BUNS to take over to a couple of friends who have just moved into new flats in the same building, which is convenient for us all. I'm completely jealous of them because I can't imagine a time ever when I'll be able to afford to even buy a 40% share in my own home. But I digress. I made Jane's chocolate drop cakes, but I'm not mad about the results as they're really pale. Should have made my own recipe (one I wrote when I was at Prima) and will know better next time. Pah! Am going to ice them with white chocolate buttercream and then top with some appropriate little chocolate decorations that I'm just about to make.
Yep, they could actually do with being a bit more blimmin' brown!
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