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The Cook Up with Adam Liaw
series • cooking
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series • cooking
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Millionaire’s shortbread, more commonly known to Australians as caramel slice, is a popular treat featuring a shortbread base topped with layers of caramel and chocolate. These cupcakes put a delightful twist on the classic, with buttery cakes filled with a rich butterscotch centre and topped with fudgy chocolate ganache.
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For Danish butter cookie lovers, these vanilla cupcakes offer a double treat, topped with rich Danish butter cookie icing and finished with an extra cookie for good measure.
Your "cupcake" can look a little fancier, simply by decorating them upside down to what you normally would. Try with this light, chocolatey mini almond torte.
Source: Mary's Kitchen Crush
Although these may take a little more time to prepare and bake, it will be a guaranteed hit. Think of this as a light chiffon cake-like version of a lemon meringue pie.
Lemon meringue angel food cakes. Source: Alan Benson
There's plenty of apple pieces in this "cupcake" recipe, more like batter holding together dark-cooked apple slices. Good for those who like it fruit-forward.
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If kids are attending the picnic, then frosting and sprinkles are a must. Decorate ahead of time, or allow the children to decorate their own. At least there is no need to worry about all the sprinkles on the floor!
Source: Anna's Occasions
Add a summer vibe to your picnic with this coconut and passionfruit cupcake. They can store in an airtight container with the meringue frosting for 1-2 days, so prepare ahead!
Coconut and passionfruit cupcakes with meringue frosting Source: Petrina Tinslay
It's one of those simple and equally delicious recipes that you want to file, in case gluten and dairy need to be avoided – no more missing out on the fun stuff.
Gluten-free and dairy-free vanilla cupcakes Source: Alan Benson
For a different take on cupcakes, try these matcha bites, where the cake is crumbed and mixed with buttercream, rolled and coated with matcha infused white chocolate.
Matcha cake bites Source: Kitti Gould
The combination of vanilla cake, strong coffee and rich mascarpone cream-cheese frosting with a hint of chocolate will give you some serious food-coma vibes.
