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We had Oscar’s family birthday party on the weekend.  This time I made the cake myself – penguin cupcakes.  I got the idea from familyfun.go.com.  They were quite easy to make, the biggest problem I had was making the chocolate circles to replace the biscuits used in the original recipe.  I put the chocolate in the fridge to set then brought it back to room temperature to cut, most of my circles broke and I had to re-melt the chocolate and start again.  I’ve called this post Penguin Cup Cakes after the original recipe, but they look more like owls to me.  My mum thought they were beetles!  Oscar at least recognised them as birds.The cupcakes are a Bill Granger recipe from Bill’s Food. Penguin Cup Cakes   I stored the cup cakes in an airtight container in the fridge overnight, then took them out to come up to room … Continue reading →