Chocolate Cupcakes with Raspberry Swiss Meringue Buttercream

Chocolate Cupcakes with Raspberry Swiss Meringue Buttercream

So many great things have happened over the last couple weeks! Lots of opportunities and changes have popped up for me, and I think I’ve decided what I want to do! I love video games, I love computers, I love learning about new technology, so I’m going to college for computer programming so I can translate video games and/or code! Yay! I’m pretty excited. So I’ll be staying in Ottawa for the time being. Huzzah! (EDIT: I am no longer sure about my life decisions. A recent acceptance for a Master’s program has made me confused. I’ll keep you folks posted XD) But more about these cupcakes. I wanted to experiment more with swiss meringue buttercream, and boy oh boy was this buttercream amazing!

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Chocolate Cake

Yeah! Another cake for my portfolio. Chocolate cake is one of those things that are unbelievably simple, yet are so decadent. I don’t like eating chocolate too much, but I love the sheen of melted chocolate, when it runs off the spatula in dark, shinny ribbons… gaw. Chocolate is beautiful. Actually whenever I see those  Lindt chocolate commercials I want their fancy spiral whisks to spin around in chocolate. [Read more...]