cupcake topper - Cupcake Project https://www.cupcakeproject.com/tag/cupcake-topper/ Baking and dessert recipes for cupcakes, cakes, muffins, pies, and everything in between - from perfected classics to new and adventurous indulgences Thu, 28 Mar 2024 13:52:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 /wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Cupcake-Project-Favicon.png cupcake topper - Cupcake Project https://www.cupcakeproject.com/tag/cupcake-topper/ 32 32 Candied Cucumber – This is No Pickle https://www.cupcakeproject.com/candied-cucumber-this-is-no-pickle/ https://www.cupcakeproject.com/candied-cucumber-this-is-no-pickle/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:05:00 +0000 http://gw.finelimedesigns.com/2012/01/candied-cucumber-this-is-no-pickle-3/

Cucumbers are clean, crisp, and refreshing. Why do we often sour them, turning them into pickles? Although candied cucumbers resemble bread and butter pickles, I assure you that they taste nothing alike.

Candied cucumbers taste like candy! They are sticky, sweet, and – since I added some fresh mint when I candied them – minty fresh! These candied cucumbers made a gorgeous topper for my cucumber martini cupcakes (coming soon). But, they would also steal the show on an after-dinner cheese plate or perched on the side of a glass of an actual cucumber martini.

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sweet and salty roasted chickpeas on a countertop
Hop on board the chickpea choo choo (I’m picturing a train with chickpeas flying out of the engine instead of smoke) and give these a go! If you’re already along for the ride, I’d love to hear which spices you use.

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This is chickpea recipe is so simple, but you do need a cookie sheet. Chicago Metallic makes my favorite cookie sheet [paid link].

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Gulab jamun is the Indian version of donut holes. But, unlike the donut holes that I would mooch off of my brother’s soccer team while they were having halftime meetings, gulab jamun is not a finger food. Imagine, if you will, hot Krispy Kremes [paid link] fresh out of the fryer, soaked in sugar syrup, and then served on top of some extra syrup. That, my friends, is gulab jamun. Gulab jamun is a dish of little syrup sponges (in this case a cardamom syrup) that your arteries will hate you for but that you won’t be able to resist (if you feel guilty, you can remind yourself that they aren’t as fattening as deep-fried cupcakes).


Many recipes for gulab jamun use mixes [paid link], but as regular readers know, I am a 100% from-scratch kind of gal. I got my gulab jamun recipe from My Feasts. It worked perfectly, with one exception: the balls were supposed to be able to soak in the syrup for hours, but after two minutes, my balls were fully saturated. By the five-minute mark, they had completely fallen apart in the syrup. I have two theories as to why this happened: the syrup could have been too hot, or the balls might not have been fried long enough. If you have any thoughts on this, please leave a comment.

To work around that minor hiccup, I found that the best technique was to let the gulab jamun soak for two minutes and then remove them from the syrup with a slotted spoon. When I was ready to serve them (if I didn’t eat them immediately), I microwaved them for ten seconds at a time (until hot) and served them over a small amount of hot syrup.

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A spilled plastic container of candied carrot curls.
These homemade candied carrot curls make the perfect topping for a classic carrot cake.

Why You’ll Love Carrot Curls

Why are carrot cakes and Carrot Cake Cupcakes always topped with a piped carrot drawing? Apple cakes don’t have apple drawings on them, nor do peach cakes have little piped peaches.

Why not top your carrot cakes with the real thing?! My candied carrot curls are crunchy and sweet with a light lemony flavor. They’re the perfect way to garnish a classic and moist Carrot Cake, these fun Pumpkin Cupcakes, or even a decadent Chocolate Carrot Cake!

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