Pink Cupcakes for a Girly Lunch
Pop on over and meet my new blogging friend Marina at Cuoche dell'altro mondo. When Marina invited me for lunch at her place I thought "ooh Italian food cooked by a real Italian woman" . I'm soooo going there for lunch. Then when she said she had two little girls who would be home I thought " oh little girls, they are so sweet". After living in a houseful of men little girls sounded very appealing. Little girls don't rush about yelling and shouting (except when they shut their finger in the door). Not that my boys rush about yelling and shouting anymore but I do have to put up with action movies on the TV and band practise in the garage.
I've done my time making boy cakes and here was my chance to make girly cakes for little girls....pink...with hearts...and served on a pretty pink dish.
I used my favourite banana and nutella cupcake recipe from Delicious Days, baked them in mini muffin papers for 10 minutes, iced with white and pink tinted icing and added heart sprinkles.
Marina shares her blog with a friend in Germany so the posts are sometimes, Italian, sometimes German and a little bit of English. We had a lovely afternoon, and talked and talked about food as food bloggers do. I''m looking forward to learning more about Italian food from Marina and in exchange I'll teach her a little about New Zealand and Australian food.
Thanks! Wonderful time with you Barbara! Thanks! No cupcake left...already at 4 pm! Really delicious!
MARINA
Posted by: Marina | June 08, 2007 at 07:07 PM
Lovely pink, Barb! Great to know another foodie blogger. Hello to you, Marina!
Posted by: arfi | June 08, 2007 at 07:41 PM
love the color! and they sound delicious too.
Posted by: Kat | June 08, 2007 at 08:58 PM
Glad you had a good time. Those look very pretty cakes I can see why they disappeared so quickly.
Posted by: chrisb | June 08, 2007 at 10:41 PM
Just beautiful little cupcakes. I would love to start meeting some of my fellow food bloggers one day.
Posted by: cheryl | June 08, 2007 at 11:34 PM
Aren't they great? I'm happy that I found them and I wish they wrote it all in English for the benefit of the whole food blogging community. Barbara, I have two girls too (and a boy), when are you coming over with those cup cakes?
Posted by: ilva | June 09, 2007 at 01:05 AM
I would love to try out this recipe. The cupcakes look so cute and very "girly"!
I also like the pink cake plate--nice presentation!
Posted by: Augustina | June 09, 2007 at 05:40 AM
I've always wondered about the baking time for those mini muffins, now I know--just as quick as cookies.
Posted by: Rosemary in Utah | June 09, 2007 at 10:33 AM
I just made girly pink macarons...eheheh! Your cupcakes look wonderful. Must have been a treat!
Posted by: Helen | June 09, 2007 at 01:10 PM
Marina - and thank you for the wonderful risotto and fish.
Arfi - great to see our little community growing.
Kat - I love all shades of pink.
Chrisb - those mini muffins are gone in one bite.
Cheryl - come visit us in nZ.
Ilva - actuall I'm hoping to be in your region in 2008. Marina has a little boy to but he was at school. I made him a special big cupcake with blue and yellow butterfly sprinkles.
Augustina - the cupcake recipe is a good base for many different icings.
Rosemary - and they cool down quick so you can start eating them soon.
Helen - I so love your pink macarons.
Posted by: barbara | June 10, 2007 at 11:24 AM
Barbara, your cupcakes look lots of fun, like they were made by fairies! ;-)
Posted by: bron | June 10, 2007 at 03:42 PM
Pretty in Pink!
That is a great cake plate, it sets them off perfectly.
A note on the yelling~ You have never heard my girls getting ready to go out or 'sharing' clothes. Boys would never raise such a ruckus over a pair of shoes!
Posted by: sandi @ the whistlestop cafe | June 11, 2007 at 05:48 AM
Bron: hehe, your girls would love them.
Sandi - I thouight the plate so pretty too and gave it to the little girls for their tea parties. That is a funny comment about the shoes and boys. LOL
Posted by: barbara | June 12, 2007 at 07:38 PM
Barb I have been reading your blog!! You simply amaze me - very talented and interesting articles you write. I am sitting here thinking of you as you under go another operation. My heart is in my mouth as I know the anxiety you must be feeling. Your rocks the boys & of course wonderful husband Bryan who must be the most wonderful man on this planet. I cannot wait for the day we take off your yellow band I gave you!! Our prayers and love is unconditional. Jenny & John
Posted by: Jenny | June 26, 2007 at 08:58 AM
Oh my - too gorgeous!! And I usually don't even LIKE pink ;-) Love your cake stand too...
Posted by: Jeanne | July 19, 2007 at 08:27 PM
This picture made me hungry. I am so making these adorable cupcakes for my daughters class. I love that pink stand too..
Posted by: OCMom | February 07, 2008 at 05:52 AM