well, not exactly straight from Holland.
I could not resist these silver beadies I saw at the Albert Hein last November while Keith and I were on holiday in Amsterdam.
Here I go again, talking about my childhood...but I swear that there is a huge gap in the existence of these magical silver sugary beads in my life. They were on cakes, cookies and gingerbread houses all through my pre-pubescent days, and then poof they disappeared, I think I remember hearing something about the FDA not being so fond of them because some of the ingredients were toxic-ish...heh
'Til this day, they're a rare find out here in So. Cal, so I just had to get these little "pillen gemengd"
Oh, and how could I say no the the pretty Droste Lady?
This is a basic chocolate cupcake with cream cheese frosting.
I sort of fudged the recipe I found on Epicurious , I didn't add food coloring, I added 1/4 teaspoon of cream of tartar to the dry ingredients and used plain milk with a bit of lemon (since I had no buttermilk). AND, instead of making a paste out of the Cocoa I just added it to the dry ingredients, oh and I added twice the amount of cocoa. Sheesh, I guess I fudged the recipe quite a bit!
The cake turned out quite fluffy and moist.
The frosting was made with about 1/2 a stick of butter, 1 - 8oz. Cream Cheese package (both at room temperature) about 1 1/2 cups of powerdered sugar (or maybe a bit more :P) and some Bourbon Vanilla Extract from Trader Joe's
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