I have been baking today, simply because I needed something sweet and sugary. I ended up with a batch of light chocolate cupcakes with a white meringue frosting on top. It is a really good flavour combination those two.
If you are looking for a 100% white frosting, the white meringue frosting is a really good choice. The white meringue frosting holds up really well too. I had a couple of left overs and after a couple of hours they still looked nice. The only thing is that the frosting will crust over time, but it still taste good.
To dress them up, I used some bright and colorful sprinkles to give the final touch. Simple and classic! The reason why I call them light chocolate cupcakes is because they have a light chocolate (cocoa) flavour and my kids loves them.
I love this close up photo of this confetti cupcake Mmmmm.
Are you new to CakeJournal? then you can read more about cupcake decoration, tips and tricks in the tutorial section Look under Cupcakes. For those of you who would like to know what tip I have used for the swirls. I can tell that it is a plain star tip with an 11mm opening.
If you would like to make the cupcakes and the frosting then here are links to the recipes:
Light chocolate cupcakes
White meringue frosting
Happy Caking!
Louise















31 comments
tracy says:
Jan 3, 2011
Gorgeous cupcakes I love your site and you give me lots of inspiration!
I am from the UK I have looked at your meringue frosting recipe is the powdered sugar, icing sugar.
Also I tend to use albumen should I use 6 egg whites instead hope you don’t mind me asking as I haven’t done this kind of icing before.
bye for now off to invest in a sugar thermometer as we speak
Tracy
Anna {Sugarized} says:
Jan 3, 2011
Oh my! I would love to eat one of these right now! =)Looks absolutely yummy!
dina says:
Jan 3, 2011
great looking cupcakes . What tip did you use to frost them?
Bird says:
Jan 3, 2011
I have always wondered how to get pristine white frosting, and now I know! Thank you!!
Alessandra says:
Jan 3, 2011
Beautiful! It is hard do do a perfect point piping the icing… for me at least
Happy New Year
Alessandra
Melanie says:
Jan 3, 2011
very pretty! i love sprinkles.
Lisa Martins says:
Jan 3, 2011
Thanks for the recipes Louise. I will try these out today!
Hanne says:
Jan 3, 2011
Yum, it looks delicious! =D