If you want to jazz up some plain chocolate cupcakes, here’s a quick and easy way to do it.
Split the cupcake into two layers. Smother the two lower layers with cream (you may opt to whip in sugar), then add a layer of strawberries. Put the middle layer on top of the bottom layer, then place back the cupcake top. To up its pretty quotient, sprinkle confectioner’s sugar (also called powder sugar or icing sugar) over the cupcakes. This is how my sister did it.
I’ve also done this before with mamon (Filipino spongecake). In the absence of chiffon cake, mamon is a quick way to make a delicious strawberry shortcake too! You know what will make that mamon strawberry shortcake even yummier? Freeze it a little bit before eating. It’s sinfully indulgent.
This is a quick way to make plain cupcakes and spongecakes exciting. It’s a great go-to dessert when you have surprise guests over. Instead of serving them the same old cupcakes or the same old mamon, try this instead. Don’t forget the confectioner’s sugar. It makes any dessert look even yummier!
How would you give chocolate cupcakes a second life?
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Martine
January 11, 2012 at 12:57 am (12 years ago)You’re KILLING me, Toni. I want to die and eat this forever. Nomnomnom…
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January 11, 2012 at 8:56 am (12 years ago)ang galing! resourcefulness = lusciousness :)))
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Dea
January 11, 2012 at 10:35 am (12 years ago)That slightly frozen mamon strawberry shortcake idea is just genius.
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Kay
January 12, 2012 at 7:14 pm (12 years ago)by letting them digest thoroughly in my tummy
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January 13, 2012 at 12:47 am (12 years ago)Ang sarap naman niyan!
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Massa P aka fruityoaty
January 15, 2012 at 6:47 am (12 years ago)OMG, that looks amazing! DROOLING…
I tried to make bibingka mini cupcakes recently… They tasted alright…
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