Caramel Cupcakes & Courgette, Walnut and Cinnamon Cake

Sorry about the long delay between posts but exams and revision has left precious little time to write up our baking forays. Over the last few weeks we've  made a few more recipes from the bible of cupcakes The Hummingbird Cake Days.

First of all we made some Caramel cupcakes which had a beautiful richly smooth frosting with caramel undertones from the light sponge as well as the topping. They were as per usual another simple recipe that yields a huge number of cupcakes that wowed all we gave them to. They were the perfect token of appreciation for years worth of help and hopefully brought some happiness into someone's day. We would recommend them as they are perfect cupcakes but personally we preferred other recipes purely because of our own preferences.

We also made a Courgette, Walnut and Cinnamon cake which at face value seems to be an odd and adventurous recipe but was actually one of the best things we've baked from the book. It is essentially the same as a carrot cake but with a different vegetable which doesn't really have any taste but just keeps the cake incredibly moist. It was delicious! We would recommend this to anyone who has a love of cinnamon like we do but we would advise not telling people you serve it to that it has courgette in until after they've eaten it as it would change the way they view it. It's a huge cake that is always received positively and tastes divine.