Pinterest Crafting: Stout Cupcakes

I'm not really doing these as often as I hoped but at least I'm trying, right? This time I thought I'd try one of the hundreds of cake recipes I've pinned.

Stout Cupcakes

 Matt and I had the day off together so we decided to do a little baking. I wanted to try something we'd never done before so I scrolled through my Pinterest and found this pin. They are basically chocolate and stout cupcakes with a bit of coffee, a ganache on top and finished with salted pretzels. The full recipe can be found over here, Matt and I just halved the ingredients as we thought 36 cupcakes between two of us was a little greedy! The cakes themselves were really yummy and went well with the pretzels but we really messed up with the ganache. I think we managed to split it but personally even if we had got it right the extra chocolate made it a little too rich for me. I'd definitely make them again but next time I'd add a creamier topping to balance it out.

Baking...

Sometimes all you need is a good baking day. I love putting on a podcast in the kitchen and getting stuck in. Giggling away to something I'm listening to whilst mixing up my ingredients brings me such joy. There's something to be said about creating something yourself, I feel the cakes just taste that little bit better when I know I've put my time and effort into it.

I've also discovered a new quirk of mine. If I come across a recipe online or in one of our books I have to write it down before I use it. I don't even write it down in my recipe book but in a random notebook I have on hand or a scrap of paper even. I have no idea where this need came from or why I do it but I realised that I've always done it. It is fun to come across random old recipes whilst tidying though.

(photos taken on a Saturday morning baking day 28th July)