Edible Tasty Prints

Just noticed that Edible Tasty Prints posted my AOK cupcakes on their website... woot!

AOK CUPCAKES!

I needed a fun and unique way to decorate AOK's cupcakes ... so I decided on edible prints and I found 'Edible Tasty Prints'. They are located in Tustin and have a super quick turn around time. They are super affordable and awesome!!!

www.edibletastyprints.com

Chocolate Tomato Cake with Strawberry Tomato Glaze

Yes, you read right ... a chocolate tomato cake with a strawberry tomato glaze.



Last Sunday, the Sur family had a 'Tomato Cook-Off' where we had to create appetizers, entrees, and a dessert using tomatoes. I came up with a chocolate tomato cake with a strawberry tomato glaze ... and boy was it yummy!

The pureed tomato in the cake actually made the cake a lot more moist and gave it a nice flavor ... not really a tomato-ey flavor, but a hint of flavor that was kinda indescribable but obviously there ... and it was a yummy flavor! As for the glaze ... the glaze had a very sweet, strawberry flavor with that kick of tomato. Oh it was so sweet and delish!

It felt like a chocolate-y type of day ...

I embarked on a afternoon of chocolate-y goodness. I baked a batch of Roger's fave ... cookies and cream cupcakes. Switched out the usual calling for canola oil with apple sauce. (I scored a huge jar of Mott's apple sauce in the clearance section at Albertson's). Cupcakes came out a lot more moist...I will probably make that a permanent switcheroo.
All deco-ed out with a schmear of vanilla icing and then covered with oreo crumbs.
Below are my trial run of chocolate mint cupcakes. I made the mint icing from scratch ... looks white in the picture ... it's actually a very light, minty green :) These came out a lot better than expected and will definitely add to my fave cupcake recipes.