Exploring Tastebuds

So lately a lot of my friends were asking me how to make this icing and its the easiest of all. Its nothing but a creamed mix of butter, icing sugar and vanilla essence. This icing is good for cupcakes ad well as icing cakes. Its really creamy and light and as its simple to make, this is the one you will prefer making the most. Ingredients: 200 gms of butter at room temperature 500 gms of icing sugar (A pack of it) 2 tsp vanilla essence Method: Beat or cream equal amounts (200gms each) of butter and sugar till light, fluffy, creamy and smooth.  Add more icing sugar to get the right consistency according to the use.  Finally add the vanilla essence and beat well for a few seconds. Using a pallete knife smear your cake once chilled with it or put into a piping bag and pipe over you cupcakes using various nozzles. Note: * You can use zest of lemon or orange or use various other essences to flavor you icing instead of using only vanilla essence. * ...

It has a very strong chocolate flavor along with being dense and thick. You could always go for milk chocolate if semi-sweet isn't what you like. Ingredients: 1 1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips 1/2 cup water divided 2 Tbsp butter (this is a must, no substituting) 3 large egg yolks 2 Tbsp sugar 1 1/3 cup whipping cream Method In a microwave safe bowl, place the chocolate chips, 1/4 cup of the water, and 2 tbsp of butter. Microwave on high for 20 seconds and then stir. Then microwave in 10 second intervals, stirring after each one, until the mixture is well blended and melted. (Took me a total of 30 seconds). Allow to cool for 10 minutes. In a small saucepan, whisk together the remaining 1/4 cup of water, egg yolks, and sugar. Cook over low heat, make sure you do it right. This takes about 1-2 minutes. Now for the tricky part, remove from the heat and continue whisking. This is important so you don’t end up with scrambled eggs. Now, whisk t...