Vanilla Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Swiss Meringue Buttercream

Vanilla Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Swiss Meringue Buttercream

I’m on a salted caramel kick right now. It’s a pretty trendy flavour as it is but it is for a good reason. It’s delicious. I’ve also been looking for a great vanilla cupcake recipe for the longest time, and I think I found it! It’s perfectly light, rises beautifully, and has that perfect little crispy top that is great with swiss meringue buttercream. Yum.

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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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Rosewater Macarons with White Chocolate Swiss Meringue Buttercream

Rosewater Macarons
DAY TWO OF MACARON WEEK!
This batch of macarons was kind of intriguing. I had always wanted to try some of the more floral flavours (like green matcha tea, lavender or earl grey), but rosewater essence was something that peaked my interest during my occasional rounds at Bulk Barn. So I thought, hey, why not? These macarons were really nice, they were lightly flavoured with rosewater, it wasn’t that noticeable, and the white chocolate ganache was DELICIOUS. I’m not usually a fan of white chocolate, but the swiss meringue buttercream was a -perfect- combination for the white chocolate. Light, buttery goodness.

Zebra Cake with Salted Caramel Swiss Meringue Buttercream

I’ve always really wanted to do a zebra cake. Actually this cake almost failed completely but I persevered and I think it turned out pretty well! I had my second batch of successful swiss meringue buttercream (you’re only hearing about this now because my first failed and first successful batches are part of my Macaron Week so you’ll see it then) and I was SO EXCITED. Swiss meringue buttercream (from here on it known as SMB) is the ultimate diva of icings, but boy is it tasty. It’s light, buttery, and BEAUTIFUL. It goes on stuff so smoothly! And the inside of this cake is just so darn pretty!