Let it snow!

I mentioned a few days ago that we Germans love our Advent time. Today it's already the 2nd Advent and for this matter we also love backing. We love making all sorts of cookies which usually have some jam, all sorts of nuts and christmassy spices such as oranges, tangerines, ginger, cloves, cinnamon, lemons, rum, chocolate... I'd usually be very traditional I make every year the same cookies which I've done for many many years which my mum gave me on the way.

However this year after spending a year in the UK I really got hooked on cupcakes! I love them because they are usually fairly simple to make, so far they always were a huge success and decorating them is a simple and nice way to do a bit of artwork. And are cupcakes not ideal for a little sweet snack in between? Not as big as a piece of cake but not as small as a tiny cookie. And I rarely go crazy on my icing, because usually in shops I think it is just way too much and ends up to be too sweet!

Two of my best friends were very kind and gave me for my birthday a great cupcake cooking book ("Eat Me!").  I rarely have used a present that much before!

So yesterday for for the weekend of the 2nd Advent I decided to let my traditional German cookies rest in their book a bit longer and find a recipe which has all those lovely Christmas spices I love so much. And I found one in my beloved cupcakes book: ginger, cinnamon, zest of clementines, cloves and almonds! When my better half had a bite he said "It tastes like a ginger man!". This is a perfect description of a Christmas cake!

Whilst I was in Brighton I also found those really cool snowflakes for decoration. I bought them in summer, which felt awkward but now I couldn't wait to use them! So I tried to make those Ginger-man-tasting-cupcakes look like a winter wonderland. The icing turned out pretty nice and the sugar gives the whole cover a little extra shine!


Ho!Ho!Ho! Let it snow!