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14 Jul in Brush Cottage, Links | Comments (1)

If you follow me on Twitter, you might know that I was chosen as an Official Cupcake Tester for Genii Cupcakes. As you can imagine, this made us very happy because:

I never win anything
Cupcakes are becoming my nemesis

The lovely Laura spent a lot of time in her car on Thursday, delivering to the chosen few, but unfortunately I wasn’t able to meet with her then and so she arrived on friday, clearly nervous that mine were delivered a day later than everyone elses.

Dave and I knew that we would be in trouble if we started without Tessa, but we’re not scaredy cats and so immediately tucked into the Lemon one.

We’re perfectly matched, Dave and I. He likes cake and I like icing. He found the lemon cupcake had too much icing, but I liked it that way. The little droplet of lemon curd hidden in the middle also broke the sweetness and gave it that lovely lemony tang – we liked this cupcake 10/10

As expected, we did get into trouble on T’s return home from school – she promptly launched herself into the Oreo Cupcake – 10/10 for ingenuity – who would have thought of an Oreo cupcake? We particularly liked the creamy frosting on this one – a surprise as you expect to get a mouthful of sugar and then it’s actually soft and dreamy creamy. The only comment from T was that the little Oreo perched on top was soft and not crunchy….

She liked the Oreo Cupcake 10/10

Next up was the Vanilla – I liked the little pink and white spotted cupcake paper of course.

We liked this one too – perfect sugary frosting and the lightest of sponge – personally I don’t like those little pink dotty bits on the top – they look nice, but who wants to eat them? Tessa and David have no such qualms though – we liked the vanilla 10/10

It couldn’t be avoided any longer … the Jaffa Cake Cupcake….

Personally I think that whoever decided to combine chocolate and orange should be flogged – that is dangerous talk in the country that the Jaffa Cake and Terry’s Chocolate Orange calls home, but I live on the edge. While visually, this cupcake is quite something, David and I stayed well clear of this one. Tessa of course, was not going to pass this opportunity up. She thought it was very ” masculine”, liked the chocolate sponge texture, but thought that the flavour could be more chocolatey. She liked the frosting both in appearance and flavour, but it’s very rich and she couldn’t eat the whole thing. We gave this one a solid 7/10

You might think that our enthusiasm was waning by this stage but you would be wrong, we were taking our responsibilities very seriously and so next on our list was the Cherry Bakewell.

This one was a dilema for us…none of us like Cherry Bakewell. We didn’t like this one …. out of the 6 cupcakes we tried – this one was our least favorite, but I think that it was just a matter of individual tastes. The sponge was – as with all the others – perfect , visually it was lovely and I think if you do like Cherry Bakewell, you would probably love it! I also thought that the litttle slivers of almond might be nicer if they were toasted and crunchy

We gave this one a 5/10

Are you ready for this?

Behold the magnificence of the Strawberry and Pimms Cupcake!

Laura clearly is a genius for thinking this one up – we loved it 11/10. Perfect for Wimbledon fever and the English summer time. Light as air Pimms infused sponge and frosting with a strawberry that has lapped up all the Pimms it can before being wrapped in dark chocolate … who could ask for more?

We would like to thank Laura very much for selecting us to test her wonderful cupcakes, we loved them and would not hestitate to recommend them:

www.genii-cupcakes.co.uk

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The Lemon and the Strawberry and Pimms look divine! You are SO lucky!

Comment by Colleen Skinner — July 14, 2010 @ 5:36 pm

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